S
associated with large, complex, and noisy ➤*19–21—Thirty-First Annual Midwest 8–11—International Workshop on
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data sets to present their work in a peer- Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop Recent Advances in Time Series Analysis,
reviewed forum. It also will provide an (MBSW), Muncie, Indiana Protaras, Cyprus
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ideal setting for graduate students and This workshop will feature Michael The aim of this workshop is to bring
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others new to the field to learn about Proschan, Jerome Friedman, and Rod together a number of experts in time series
cutting-edge research. For more informa- Little. Invited talks will be presented in analysis with young researchers in the field.
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tion, visit
www.siam.org/meetings/sdm08 or four parallel tracks: Clinical will focus on The meeting was organized around two
contact Pang-Ning Tan, 3115 Engineering current issues in clinical trials; discovery/ short courses given by M. Rosenblatt and
Building, East Lansing, GA 48824; (517) preclinical will focus on statistical issues in P. Brockwell and 10 sessions with invited
432-9240;
ptan@msu.edu. the design and analysis of -omics experi- speakers. For more information, visit www.
ments; nonclinical will focus on statisti-
ucy.ac.cy/~rats2008 or contact Konstantinos
*27–29—20th Annual Kansas State
cal contributions to CMC development, Fokianos (
fokianos@ucy.ac.cy) or Theofanis
University Conference on Applied Statistics
manufacturing, and quality control; and Sapatinas (
fanis@ucy.ac.cy).
in Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas
postmarketing will focus on assessing
This conference will bring together
medicines post-launch. There also will be a ➤11–13—Graybill Conference VII
statisticians from academia, industry, and
contributed poster session. Poster abstracts - Biopharmaceutical Statistics, Fort
government to discuss ideas and advances
must be submitted by April 25, 2008. Collins, Colorado
in the application of statistics to solve agri-
Students may submit posters for the Charlie Graybill Conference VII will focus on
cultural research problems. The three-day
Sampson Award. For more information,
biopharmaceutical statistics and include
conference will include a keynote speaker,
visit
www.mbswonline.com or contact
invited sessions and short courses bringing
workshop, and series of contributed paper
Melvin Munsaka, Takeda Global Research
together leading researchers in the fields
and poster presentations. Keynote speaker
& Development, Inc., 1 Takeda Parkway,
of clinical and nonclinical statistics and
Thomas Loughin will present the Sunday
Deerfield, IL 60015; (224) 554-5912;
statisticians with statistical programmers
workshop, “Methods and Models for
mmunsaka@tgrd.com.
and data managers interested in learning
Categorical Data in Agriculture.” For more
about current work in these fields. Keynote
speakers will be Bob O’Neill, L. J. Wei,
information, visit
www.ksu.edu/stats/agstat. 25–29—Joint Meeting of the SSC and
Christy Chuang-Stein, and Janet Wittes.
conference or contact John Boyer, Kansas SFdS, Ottawa, Canada
For details, visit
www.stat.colostate.edu/
State University, Department of Statistics, The joint meeting of the Statistical
graybillconference or contact Naitee
101 Dickens Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506; Society of Canada and Société française
Ting, Pfizer Inc., Global Research &
(785) 532-0518;
jboyer@ksu.edu. de statistique will be held at the Ottawa
Development, MS6025-B3141, 50 Pequot
Congress Centre. For more informa-
Ave., New London, CT 06320; (860) 732-
tion, visit
www.ssc.ca or contact Bruno
May
4871;
naitee.ting@pfizer.com.
Rémillard, HEC Montréal, 3000, chemin
de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal,
16–18—International Conference on
*30–7/2—1st International Symposium
Quebec H3T 2A7, Canada; (514) 340-
Interdisciplinary Mathematical and
on Biopharmaceutical Statistics,
6794;
bruno.remillard@hec.ca.
Statistical Techniques, IMST 2008/FIM
Shanghai, China
XVI, Memphis, Tennessee
The International Society for
This conference will be broad-based, cover-
June
Biopharmaceutical Statistics (ISBS) will
host its first international symposium to
ing a range of topics in mathematics, sta-
tistics, and other closely related fields. The ➤
provide an international forum for sta-
*4–6—ASA Quality and Productivity
tistical professionals across the world to
focus will be on highlighting advances in Research Conference,
share and exchange information and to
interdisciplinary mathematical and statisti- Madison, Wisconsin
improve and promote the harmonization
cal techniques. The conference also will The theme of the 2008 conference
of statistical practice. The symposium will
facilitate participation of junior researchers, is “With Data and Statistics, Unlock
cover a range of topics in research, devel-
particularly women and minorities, by pro- the Hidden Treasure of Knowledge.”
opment, and regulations of drugs, biolog-
viding financial support. Featured will be George E. P. Box will be honored for
ics, medical devices, and biotechnologics.
plenary talks by distinguished researchers, a lifetime of achievement in statistical
The theme is “The Roles of Statistics in
including C. R. Rao, Malya Ghosh, Nigel methods and applications for quality
Biopharmaceutical Globalization.” There
Karton, Viatcheslav Melas, John Rayner, and productivity and C. F. Jeff Wu will
will be keynote speeches and presentations
Mary Lou Zeeman, and Dan Zelterman. be honored for seminal contributions to
of invited and contributed talks. Abstracts
The deadline for abstract submission and statistical theory and methods for quality
of contributed talks will be accepted
regular registration is January 31, 2008. and productivity. For more information,
online starting in January 2008. There
For details, visit
www.msci.memphis.edu/ visit
www.education.wisc.edu/conferences/
also will be two days of preconference
IMST2008-FIMXVI or contact Sat Gupta, 2008QPRC or contact Paul Tobias, 8418 short courses June 28–29. For more infor-
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, La Plata Loop, Austin, TX 78737; (512) mation, visit
www.IsBioStat.org or con-
Greensboro, NC 27412; (336) 256-1126; 288-0951;
ptobias@austin.rr.com. tact Jie Chen, 304 Evening Walk Lane,
sngupta@uncg.edu. Warrington, PA 18976; (215) 491-4623;
jie_chen@merck.com.
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