C
visit
cnls.lanl.gov/CQIT or contact Leading scientists will make presentations components appearing in linear models,
ALEND
Razvan Teodorescu, MS B213, Los and lead open discussions on state-of-the- generalizations to nonlinear models, design
Alamos, NM 87545; (505) 667-7075; art and developing methods. Speakers and analysis of experiments, and compari-
AR
razvan@lanl.gov. include Donald Berry, Marie Davidian, son of linear experiments. For details, con-
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Garret Fitzgerald, Peter Gilbert, Lawrence tact Katarzyna Filipiak, Wojska Polskiego
Gould, Frank Rockhold, Lawrence 28, Poznan, International 60-637, Poland;
VENT
April Rubinstein, Daniel Sargent, Stephen
linstat@au.poznan.pl.
S
Senn, Peter Thall, Janet Wittes, and Janet
14–16—Bayesian Analysis of High-
Woodcock. A range of topics linked closely
24—The 16th Federal Forecasters
Dimensional Data, Coventry, United
to translational medicine will be examined,
Conference, Washington, DC
Kingdom
and the conference will conclude with a
This conference, themed “Health Care
The aim of this workshop—a satel-
panel discussion to synthesize and challenge
Forecasting: Informing Future Choices,”
lite event within “Statistical Theory and
earlier presentations, as well as to propose
seeks to highlight how forecasting must
Methods for Complex, High-Dimensional
future directions. Registration is limited
account for rising health care costs, demo-
Data” of the Isaac Newton Institute for
to 150 participants, and the deadline is
graphic changes, and emerging diseases. It
Mathematical Sciences—is to highlight
April 4, 2008. For more information, visit
also will focus on how new technologies
recent methodological and applied advances
www.cceb.upenn.edu/biostat/conferences/
and treatments might change both the
in the Bayesian analysis of complex data.
ClinTrials08 or contact Donna Zikowitz,
supply of and demand for health care. We
Participants also are welcome to take part
Dept. of Biostatistics & Epidemiology,
will examine the role of federal forecasters
in the last day (April 17) of the parallel
634 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive,
in the evolution of public policy to address
workshop on composite likelihood methods
Philadelphia, PA 19104; (215) 573-2728;
the need for sustainable, high-quality health
(http://go.warwick.ac.uk/complik2008),
zikowitz@mail.med.upenn.edu.
care in a time of change. For more informa-
also held at Warwick. The two workshops
tion, visit
www.federalforecasters.org or con-
will combine to organize a single poster
*19—New England Statistics Symposium tact Jeff Busse, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,
session and social event. Bursaries for PhD
2008, Boston, Massachusetts MS 988, Reston, VA 20192;
students and researchers within three years
New England statisticans will share (703) 648-4914;
jbusse@usgs.gov.
of earning their PhD will be made available
research, discuss emerging issues in the
to support participation in the workshop.
field, and network. NESS 2008 will be
For more information, visit go.warwick.
24–26—SIAM International Conference
held at Sargent Hall, Suffolk University
ac.uk/bhdworkshop or contact Fabio Rigat,
on Data Mining (SDM ’08),
Law School, in downtown Boston. Invited
1 Cryfield Cottage, Gibbet Hill Road,
Atlanta, Georgia
speakers are Andrew Lo of MIT and Martin
Coventry, International CV4 7AL, UK;
This conference will provide a venue
Wells of Cornell University. In addition,
+447947775967;
f.rigat@warwick.ac.uk.
for researchers addressing the problems
there will be contributed paper sessions,
associated with large, complex, and noisy
allowing 15 to 20 minutes per paper. We
data sets to present their work in a peer-
15–17—Research Workshop on
invite talks on all aspects of statistics and
reviewed forum. It also will provide an
Composite Likelihood Methods,
probability. For more information, visit
ideal setting for graduate students and
Coventry, United Kingdom
http://mail.beaconhill.org/~j_haughton/
others new to the field to learn about
This international workshop aims to
ness2008home.html or contact Dominique
cutting-edge research. For more informa-
review the state of art of composite likeli-
Haughton, Bentley College, 175 Forest
tion, visit
www.siam.org/meetings/sdm08 or
hood inference and promote vigorous
Street, Waltham, MA 02452; (781) 891-
contact Pang-Ning Tan, 3115 Engineering
discussion of foundations, applications,
2822;
ness2008april@gmail.com.
Building, East Lansing, GA 48824; (517)
and future developments. The workshop
432-9240;
ptan@msu.edu.
will bring together active researchers in
21–25—The International Conference
the theory and application of composite
on Trends and Perspectives in Linear
likelihood for an intense, three-day meet-
*27–29—20th Annual Kansas State
Statistical Inference, LINSTAT 2008, in
ing at CRiSM, University of Warwick.
University Conference on Applied
Celebration of Tadeusz Calinski’s 80th
For more information, visit go.warwick.
Statistics in Agriculture,
Birthday, Bedlewo, Poland
ac.uk/complik2008 or contact David Firth,
Manhattan, Kansas
This conference will bring together
Department of Statistics, University of
This conference will bring together
researchers sharing an interest in a variety
Warwick, Coventry, International CV4
statisticians from academia, industry, and
of statistical aspects and applications and
7AL, UK;
d.firth@warwick.ac.uk.
government to discuss ideas and advances
offer discussion of current developments in
in the application of statistics to solve
these subjects. The format will involve sev-
agricultural research problems. The three-
*18—University of Pennsylvania Annual
eral sessions with plenary and contributed
day conference will include a keynote
Conference on Statistical Issues in
talks, as well as a special session dedicated to
speaker, workshop, and series of con-
Clinical Trials: From Bench to Bedside to
Tadeusz Calinski. Topics to be included so
tributed paper and poster presentations.
Community, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
far include estimation, prediction and test-
Keynote speaker Thomas Loughin will
The theme of the 2008 conference is
ing in linear models, robustness of relevant
present the Sunday workshop, “Methods
“Early, Translational, and Proof-of-Concept
statistical methods, estimation of variance
and Models for Categorical Data in
Studies: The ‘Go/No Go’ Decisions.”
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