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7–9—14th ISSAT International
Conference on Reliability and
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Quality in Design, Orlando, Florida
This annual conference is an international
forum for the presentation of new results,
research development, and applications in
all aspects of reliability and quality in design.
The call for papers can be viewed at www.
issatconferences.org. Submission of papers is
due by February 15, 2008. All submitted
papers will be reviewed for merit and con-
tents, and accepted papers will be published
in the conference proceedings. Outstanding
papers will be considered for publica-
tion in special issues of the International
Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety
Engineering and IEEE Trans. on Systems,
Man and Cybernetics. For more informa-
tion, visit www.issatconferences.org or contact
International Society of Science and Applied
Technologies, P.O. Box 1504, Piscataway,
FL 08855; cs@issatconferences.org.
12–14—useR! 2008: The R User
Conference, Dortmund, Germany
This conference is focused on R as the
24–26—Current Trends and Challenges contact Rebecka Jornsten, 501 Hill Center,
“lingua franca” of data analysis and statisti-
in Model Selection and Related Areas, Piscataway, NJ 07030; (732) 445-3145;
cal computing, providing a platform for R
Vienna, Austria rebecka@stat.rutgers.edu.
users to discuss and exchange ideas about
This workshop will provide a forum
how R can be used for statistical compu-
for presentation and discussion of cur-
tations, data analysis, visualization, and
rent trends and challenging problems in August
applications in various fields. It also will
model selection and related shrinkage
give an overview of the new features of the
methods. Invited speakers include Yannick
*3–7—2008 Joint Statistical Meetings,
rapidly evolving R project. For more infor-
Baraud, Ruudy Beran, Ed George, Patrik
Denver, Colorado
mation, visit www.R-Project.org/useR-2008
Guggenberger, Ching-Kang Ing, Paul
JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) is the
or contact Uwe Ligges, Vogelpothsweg 87,
Kabaila, Gabor Lugosi, and Yuhong Yang.
largest gathering of statisticians held in
Dortmund, International 44221, Germany;
Contributed presentations are welcome. For
North America. It is jointly held with
useR-2008@R-Project.org.
details, visit www.univie.ac.at/workshop_
the American Statistical Association, the
modelselection or contact Hannes Leeb, 24
International Biometric Society (ENAR
17–21—29th Annual Conference of
Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06510;
and WNAR), the Institute of Mathematical
ISCB, Copenhagen, Denmark
(203) 508-2339; hannes.leeb@yale.edu.
Statistics, and the Statistical Society of
This conference will provide a forum for the
Canada. Attended by more than 5,500
international exchange of theory, methods,
people, activities of the meeting include oral
and applications of biostatistics in medi-
➤29–8/2—New Researchers
Conference, Boulder, Colorado
presentations, panel sessions, poster presen-
cal research and practice among clinicians,
The Eleventh Meeting of New Researchers
tations, Continuing Education courses, an
statisticians, and members of other disciplines
in Statistics and Probability provides
exhibit hall (with state-of-the-art statistical
who are working or interested in the field of
an opportunity for new researchers to
products and opportunities), the Career
clinical biostatistics. For more information,
exchange research ideas in an informal
Placement Service, society and Section busi-
visit www.iscb2008.info or contact Bjarne
setting and interact with invited senior
ness meetings, committee meetings, social
Nielsen, Datavej 24, Birkerod, International
participants. For more information, visit
activities, and networking opportunities.
DK-3460, Denmark; +45 70202058;
www.stat.rutgers.edu/~rebecka/NRC or
For more information, visit www.amstat.
BN@cyncron.com.
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