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8–12—III European Congress probability and statistics held every four
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of Methodology, Oviedo, Spain years. It features the latest scientific develop-
The III European Congress of ments in the fields of probability and sta-
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the Society for Multivariate Analysis in will cover a range of topics and feature more
the Behavioural and Social Sciences, will than a dozen keynote lectures presented
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focus on the improvement of teaching by leading specialists. In addition, there
and research in methodology in the fields will be invited paper sessions highlight-
of social science, health, education, and ing topics of current research interest and
behavior. For more information, visit many contributed talks and posters. For
methodology.cop.es or contact Rolf Steyer, more information, visit www.ims.nus.edu.sg/
Am Steiger 3, Haus 1, Jena, International Programs/wc2008/index.htm or contact Irene
07743, Germany; 00493641945231; rolf. Tan, Department of Statistics and Applied
steyer@uni-jena.de. Probability, 6 Science Drive 2, Faculty of
Science, National University of Singapore,
13–18—IBC 2008 Dublin,
Singapore, International 117546, Singapore;
Dublin, Ireland
wc2008_general@nus.edu.sg.
This conference will include 20 invited
sessions, other special sessions, contrib- 15–17—LASR 2008: The Art and
uted talks, posters, and preconference Science of Statistical Bioinformatics,
short courses (July 13). Abstracts for Leeds, United Kingdom
contributed oral and poster presenta- The 27th Leeds Annual Statistical
tions may be submitted online at www. Research workshop will continue to
cpregistrations.com/ibc/2008 until January explore the LASR themes of statistical
31, 2008. The conference language is bioinformatics, shape and image analysis,
English. For more information, visit www. and interdisciplinary statistics. For details,
cpregistrations.com/ibc/2008 or contact John visit www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/lasr2008 or
Hinde, Mathematics Dept, NUI Galway, contact Stuart Barber, Department of
Galway, International GA1, Ireland; +353 Statistics, Leeds, International LS2 9JT,
91 492043; john.hinde@nuigalway.ie. UK; +44(0)1133435146; workshop@
maths.leeds.ac.uk.
13–19—AACR Cancer Biostatistics
Workshop, Sonoma, California 21–25—9th World Meeting of the
The American Association for Cancer International Society for Bayesian
Research has developed this intensive, Analysis, Hamilton Island, Australia
week-long program to provide essential ISBA 2008 will combine an excellent sci-
background information on state-of-the-art entific program—including five keynote
cancer biology, translational, and clinical speakers, 90 oral presentations, three paral-
cancer research; new statistical techniques lel sessions, and two poster evenings—with
arising from biological discoveries; novel an active social schedule. For details,
translational study designs for targeted visit www.maths.qut.edu.au/asba/docs/
therapies; and rigorous study design and isba08 or contact Clair Alston, School
analysis methods for junior and mid-level of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland
biostatisticians. Acceptance into the work- University of Technology, GPO Box 2434,
shop will be on a competitive basis through Brisbane, International 4001, Australia;
an online application process that will open isba08@qut.edu.au.
in December 2007 and close on March
2, 2008. Successful junior-level applicants
23–26—17th International Workshop
will receive financial assistance to attend.
on Matrices and Statistics, IWMS ’08,
For more information, visit www.aacr.org or
Tomar, Portugal
contact Mark Mendenhall, 615 Chestnut
For more information about this conference,
Street, 17th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106-
being held in honor of T. W. Anderson’s
4404; (267) 646-660; mendenhall@aacr.org.
90th birthday, visit www.ipt.pt/iwms08
or contact Francisco Carvalho, Estrada
14–19—7th World Congress in da Serra-Quinta do Contador, Tomar,
Probability and Statistics, Singapore International 2300-313 TOMAR, Portugal;
The World Congress in Probability and +351 249 328 100; fpcarvalho@ipt.pt.
Statistics is a major international event in
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