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30–7/4—ICMI/IASE Study Teaching achievements in the field of quality and 13–18—IBC 2008, Dublin, Ireland
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Statistics in School Mathematics, methodologies for survey statistics, with This conference will include 20 invited
Monterrey, Mexico a special focus on official statistics. The sessions, other special sessions, contributed
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This study brings together the mathemat- conference will encompass relevant topics talks, posters, and preconference short

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ics and statistics education communities for improving quality in the European courses (July 13). Abstracts for contributed
to analyze teaching statistics at the school statistical system. Short courses also will oral and poster presentations may be
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level and make recommendations about be offered. To present a paper, submit submitted online at www.cpregistrations.
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how to train mathematics teachers to an abstract no longer than 500 words com/ibc/2008 until January 31, 2008. The
better succeed in educating statistically with three keywords to q2008@istat.it conference language is English. For more
literate students. For details, visit www. by January 18, 2008. For more infor- information, visit www.cpregistrations.
ugr.es/~icmi/iase_study or contact Carmen mation, visit q2008.istat.it or contact com/ibc/2008 or contact John Hinde,
Batanero, Facultad de Educación, Campus Marina Signore, via C. Balbo 16, Rome, Mathematics Dept, NUI Galway, Galway,
de Cartuja, Granada, International 18071, International 00184, Italy; q2008@istat.it. International GA1, Ireland; +353 91
Spain; 34 958243950; batanero@ugr.es. 492043; john.hinde@nuigalway.ie.
8–12—III European Congress of
July
Methodology, Oviedo, Spain 13–19—AACR Cancer Biostatistics
The III European Congress of Workshop, Sonoma, California
1–4—ISBIS-2008: International
Methodology, held in conjunction with The American Association for Cancer
Symposium on Business and Industrial
the Society for Multivariate Analysis in Research has developed this intensive,
Statistics, Prague, Czech Republic
the Behavioural and Social Sciences, will week-long program to provide essential
This symposium will focus on quan-
focus on the improvement of teaching background information on state-of-
titative aspects of banking, insurance,
and research in methodology in the fields the-art cancer biology, translational, and
finance, and important statistical issues
of social science, health, education, and clinical cancer research; new statistical
relating to productivity improvement
behavior. For more information, visit techniques arising from biological dis-
and decisionmaking at all levels of busi-
methodology.cop.es or contact Rolf Steyer, coveries; novel translational study designs
ness and industry. Many leading quan-
Am Steiger 3, Haus 1, Jena, International for targeted therapies; and rigorous study
titative financial analysts and industrial
07743, Germany; 00493641945231; design and analysis methods for junior
statisticians will be participating in the
rolf.steyer@uni-jena.de. and mid-level biostatisticians. Acceptance
varied and stimulating scientific pro-
gram of invited and contributed papers.
Authors will have the opportunity to
submit extended versions of their papers
for publication in a special edition of the
society’s journal, Applied Stochastic Models
in Business and Industry. For more infor-
mation, visit www.action-m.com/isbis2008
or contact Milena Zeithamlova, Vrsovicka
68, 101 00, Prague, International 10,
Czech Republic; milena@action-m.com.
➤2–4—International Conference
of Computational Statistics and
Data Engineering 2008, London,
United Kingdom
This conference is held under the World
Congress on Engineering 2008 by the
International Association of Engineers.
Camera-ready papers and registration are
due March 31, 2008. For more infor-
mation, visit www.iaeng.org/WCE2008/
ICCSDE2008.html or contact William
Young, Unit 1, 1/F, 37-39 Hung To Road,
Hong Kong, International HK, Hong
Kong; wce@iaeng.org.
8–11—European Conference on Quality
in Official Statistics, Rome, Italy
This biannual meeting is intended to
serve as a European-level forum for
discussing recent developments and
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