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➤*9–10—52nd Annual Fall Technical

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Conference, Phoenix East/Mesa, Arizona
AR The goal of this conference is to engage
researchers and practitioners in a dialog that
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leads to a more effective use of statistics to
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improve quality. It will feature the latest
developments in statistical methods as they
relate to quality improvement and decision-
making. It also will highlight discoveries
in unique and innovative statistical meth-
odologies and quality tools. To submit a
paper by February 22, 2008, visit www.asq.
org/cpi. For more information, contact J. D.
Williams, One Research Circle, K1-5A-61,
Niskayuna, NY 12309; (518) 387-7322;
james.williams@research.ge.com.
➤22–24—International Conference on
Machine Learning and Data Analysis
2008, San Francisco, California
This conference is held under the World
Congress on Engineering and Computer
Science. Draft papers must be submitted by
July 2, 2008. Registration and camera-ready
papers are due July 30, 2008. Accepted
papers will be published in the conference
proceedings (ISBN: 978-988-98671-0-2).
For more information, visit www.iaeng.org/
WCECS2008/ICMLDA2008.html or con-
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➤31–6/3—37th Annual Meeting
the ASA’s Member Services toll-free direct line
of the Statistical Society of Canada, at (888) 231-3473 for all of your ASA needs. If
Vancouver, Canada
you prefer, you may email Member Services at
This conference will bring together aca-
demic, governmental, and industrial
researchers, as well as users of statistics
asainfo@amstat.org
and probability. It will present workshops
and invited and contributed sessions.
or fax (703) 684-2037.
The SSC features sections in biostatistics,
survey methods, business and industrial
statistics, and probability. Consequently,
the program will include papers in all areas
of statistics and probability. About 450
(888) 231-3473
statisticians are expected to participate.
For more information, visit www.ssc.ca
or contact Christian Léger, University of
Montréal, Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, CP 6128 Succursale Centreville,
Montréal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada;
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