C
24—The 16th Federal Forecasters
May
host the IISA conference 2008. Two ple-
ALEND
Conference, Washington, DC nary lectures will be presented by Jayaram
This conference, themed “Health Care
16–18—International Conference on
Sethuraman and Marvin Zelen. Also
AR
Forecasting: Informing Future Choices,”
Interdisciplinary Mathematical and
arranged are six specially named presenta-
OF E
seeks to highlight how forecasting must
Statistical Techniques, IMST 2008/FIM
tions honoring R. R. Bahadur, D. Basu,
account for rising health care costs, demo-
XVI, Memphis, Tennessee
V. S. Huzurbazar, P. R. Krishnaiah, S. K.
VENTS
graphic changes, and emerging diseases.
This conference will be broad-based, cover-
Mitra, and P. V. Sukhatme. The six spe-
It also will focus on how new technolo-
ing a range of topics in mathematics, sta-
cial lectures will be presented by Barry C.
gies and treatments might change both the
tistics, and other closely related fields. The
Arnold, Krishna B. Athreya, Evarist Giné,
supply of and demand for health care. We
focus will be on highlighting advances in
Glen Meeden, Sanat Sarkar, and Lee-Jen
will examine the role of federal forecasters
interdisciplinary mathematical and statisti-
Wei. The rest of the technical program will
in the evolution of public policy to address
cal techniques. The conference also will
be made up of invited paper sessions cover-
the need for sustainable, high-quality health
facilitate participation of junior researchers,
ing most of the areas of probability and
care in a time of change. For more informa-
particularly women and minorities, by pro-
statistical science. Plans are under way to
tion, visit
www.federalforecasters.org or con-
viding financial support. Featured will be
organize panel discussions on topics includ-
tact Jeff Busse, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,
plenary talks by distinguished researchers,
ing teaching, editor’s forum, and young
MS 988, Reston, VA 20192;
including C. R. Rao, Malya Ghosh, Nigel
researchers’ needs. Invitations are extended
(703) 648-4914;
jbusse@usgs.gov.
Karton, Viatcheslav Melas, John Rayner,
to all colleagues to participate. For more
Mary Lou Zeeman, and Dan Zelterman.
information, visit http://merlot.stat.uconn.
24–26—SIAM International
The deadline for abstract submission and
edu/~nitis/IISA2008/index.htm or contact
Conference on Data Mining
regular registration is January 31, 2008.
Nitis Mukhopadhyay, 215 Glenbrook
(SDM ’08), Atlanta, Georgia
For details, visit
www.msci.memphis.edu/
Road, Storrs, CT 06269; (860) 486-6144;
This conference will provide a venue for
IMST2008-FIMXVI or contact Sat Gupta,
nitis.mukhopadhyay@uconn.edu.
researchers addressing the problems associ-
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
ated with large, complex, and noisy data
Greensboro, NC 27412; (336) 256-1126;
25–29—Joint Meeting of the SSC
sets to present their work in a peer-reviewed
sngupta@uncg.edu.
and SFdS, Ottawa, Canada
forum. It also will provide an ideal setting The joint meeting of the Statistical Society of
for graduate students and others new to the
*19–21—Thirty-First Annual Midwest
Canada and Société française de statistique
field to learn about cutting-edge research.
Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop
will be held at the Ottawa Congress Centre.
For more information, visit
www.siam.org/
(MBSW), Muncie, Indiana
For more information, visit
www.ssc.ca or
meetings/sdm08 or contact Pang-Ning Tan,
This workshop will feature Michael
contact Bruno Rémillard, HEC Montréal,
3115 Engineering Building, East Lansing,
Proschan, Jerome Friedman, and Rod
3000, chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine,
GA 48824; (517) 432-9240;
ptan@msu.edu.
Little. Invited talks will be presented in
Montréal, Quebec H3T 2A7, Canada;
four parallel tracks: Clinical will focus on
(514) 340-6794;
bruno.remillard@hec.ca.
*27–29—20th Annual Kansas
current issues in clinical trials; discovery/
State University Conference on
preclinical will focus on statistical issues in
➤*29–31—Fourth Workshop on
Applied Statistics in Agriculture,
the design and analysis of -omics experi-
Statistical Analysis of Neuronal Data
Manhattan, Kansas
ments; nonclinical will focus on statisti-
(SAND4), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This conference will bring together
cal contributions to CMC development,
This workshop series is concerned with
statisticians from academia, industry, and
manufacturing, and quality control; and
analysis of neural signals from sources such
government to discuss ideas and advances
postmarketing will focus on assessing
as EEG, fMRI, MEG, 2-Photon, and
in the application of statistics to solve agri-
medicines post-launch. There also will be a
extracellular recordings. It aims to define
cultural research problems. The three-day
contributed poster session. Poster abstracts
important problems in neuronal data analy-
conference will include a keynote speaker,
must be submitted by April 25, 2008.
sis and useful strategies for attacking them;
workshop, and series of contributed paper
Students may submit posters for the Charlie
foster communication between experimental
and poster presentations. Keynote speaker
Sampson Award. For more information,
neuroscientists and those trained in statisti-
Thomas Loughin will present the Sunday
visit
www.mbswonline.com or contact
cal and computational methods; encourage
workshop, “Methods and Models for
Melvin Munsaka, Takeda Global Research
young researchers, including graduate stu-
Categorical Data in Agriculture.” For more
& Development, Inc., 1 Takeda Parkway,
dents, to present their work; expose young
information, visit
www.ksu.edu/stats/agstat.
Deerfield, IL 60015; (224) 554-5912;
researchers to important challenges and
conference or contact John Boyer, Kansas
mmunsaka@tgrd.com.
opportunities; and provide an atmosphere
State University, Department of Statistics, that aids the interaction of young researchers
101 Dickens Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506; and senior colleagues. Some travel funds will
➤22–25—International Indian
(785) 532-0518;
jboyer@ksu.edu.
Statistical Association (IISA) Conference
be available. Anyone interested in present-
on Frontiers of Probability and Statistical
ing work as a talk should submit an abstract
Science, Storrs, Connecticut
by March 1. In addition, all participants
The Department of Statistics of the
are encouraged to present posters involving
University of Connecticut-Storrs will
new methodology, investigation of existing
methods, or application of state-of-the-art
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