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Agriculture.” For more information, visit ➤*19–21—2008 Spring Research organize panel discussions on topics includ-
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www.ksu.edu/stats/agstat.conference or Conference on Statistics in Industry and ing teaching, editor’s forum, and young
contact John Boyer, Kansas State Technology, Atlanta, Georgia researchers’ needs. Invitations are extended
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University, Department of Statistics, 101 The purpose of this conference is to pro- to all colleagues to participate. For more
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Dickens Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506; mote research in statistical methods that information, visit http://merlot.stat.uconn.
(785) 532-0518;
jboyer@ksu.edu. address problems in industry and technol- edu/~nitis/IISA2008/index.htm or contact
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ogy. The focus will include manufacturing, Nitis Mukhopadhyay, 215 Glenbrook
logistics, health systems, and information Road, Storrs, CT 06269; (860) 486-6144;
May sciences to stimulate interactions among
nitis.mukhopadhyay@uconn.edu.
statisticians, researchers in the application
16–18—International Conference on
areas, and industrial practitioners. It will
25–29—Joint Meeting of the SSC and
Interdisciplinary Mathematical and
provide a forum where participants can
SFdS, Ottawa, Canada
Statistical Techniques, IMST 2008/FIM
describe current research, identify impor-
The joint meeting of the Statistical
XVI, Memphis, Tennessee
tant problems and areas of application, and
Society of Canada and Société française
This conference will be broad-based, cover-
formulate future research directions. For
de statistique will be held at the Ottawa
ing a range of topics in mathematics, sta-
more information, visit www2.isye.gatech.
Congress Centre. For more informa-
tistics, and other closely related fields. The
edu/src2008 or contact Paul Kvam, ISyE,
tion, visit
www.ssc.ca or contact Bruno
focus will be on highlighting advances in
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332; (404)
Rémillard, HEC Montréal, 3000, chemin
interdisciplinary mathematical and statisti-
894-6515;
pkvam@isye.gatech.edu.
de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal,
cal techniques. The conference also will
Quebec H3T 2A7, Canada; (514) 340-
facilitate participation of junior researchers,
➤21–24—Interface 2008, Durham, 6794;
bruno.remillard@hec.ca.
particularly women and minorities, by pro-
North Carolina
viding financial support. Featured will be
The theme for Interface 2008 is RISK:
plenary talks by distinguished researchers,
*29–31—Fourth Workshop on Statistical
Reality. Through the dual focus on the
including C. R. Rao, Malya Ghosh, Nigel
Analysis of Neuronal Data (SAND4),
problems of information extraction, risk
Karton, Viatcheslav Melas, John Rayner,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
modeling, analysis, and decisionmaking
Mary Lou Zeeman, and Dan Zelterman.
This workshop series is concerned with
and on the computational technology and
For details, visit
www.msci.memphis.edu/
analysis of neural signals from sources such
advances in tools to make characterization,
IMST2008-FIMXVI or contact Sat Gupta,
as EEG, fMRI, MEG, 2-Photon, and extra-
quantization, and evaluation of risk pos-
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
cellular recordings. It aims to define impor-
sible, this symposium will address issues
Greensboro, NC 27412; (336) 256-1126;
tant problems in neuronal data analysis and
central to understanding real risks and con-
sngupta@uncg.edu.
useful strategies for attacking them; foster
ceptualizing potential risks and risk man-
communication between experimental
agement scenarios. For more information,
neuroscientists and those trained in statisti-
*19–21—Thirty-First Annual Midwest
visit
www.niss.org/interface2008/index.html
cal and computational methods; encourage
Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop
or contact Alan Karr, 19 T.W. Alexander
young researchers, including graduate stu-
(MBSW), Muncie, Indiana
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-
dents, to present their work; expose young
This workshop will feature Michael
4006; (919) 685-9300;
karr@niss.org.
researchers to important challenges and
Proschan, Jerome Friedman, and Rod
opportunities; and provide an atmosphere
Little. Invited talks will be presented in
22–25—International Indian Statistical that aids the interaction of young research-
four parallel tracks: Clinical will focus on
Association (IISA) Conference on ers and senior colleagues. Some travel funds
current issues in clinical trials; discovery/
Frontiers of Probability and Statistical will be available. All participants are encour-
preclinical will focus on statistical issues in
Science, Storrs, Connecticut aged to present posters involving new meth-
the design and analysis of -omics experi-
The Department of Statistics of the odology, investigation of existing methods,
ments; nonclinical will focus on statisti-
University of Connecticut-Storrs will or application of state-of-the-art analytical
cal contributions to CMC development,
host the IISA conference 2008. Two ple- techniques. For more information, visit
manufacturing, and quality control; and
nary lectures will be presented by Jayaram
http://sand.stat.cmu.edu or contact Cathy
postmarketing will focus on assessing
Sethuraman and Marvin Zelen. Also Schaefer, 132D Baker Hall, Carnegie
medicines post-launch. There also will be a
arranged are six specially named presenta- Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213;
contributed poster session. Poster abstracts
tions honoring R. R. Bahadur, D. Basu, (412) 268-5100;
cathysch@stat.cmu.edu.
must be submitted by April 25, 2008.
V. S. Huzurbazar, P. R. Krishnaiah, S. K.
Students may submit posters for the Charlie
Mitra, and P. V. Sukhatme. The six spe-
Sampson Award. For more information,
June
cial lectures will be presented by Barry C.
visit
www.mbswonline.com or contact
Arnold, Krishna B. Athreya, Evarist Giné,
*4–6—ASA Quality and
Melvin Munsaka, Takeda Global Research
Glen Meeden, Sanat Sarkar, and Lee-Jen
Productivity Research Conference,
& Development, Inc., 1 Takeda Parkway,
Wei. The rest of the technical program will
Madison, Wisconsin
Deerfield, IL 60015; (224) 554-5912;
be made up of invited paper sessions cover-
The theme of the 2008 conference is
mmunsaka@tgrd.com.
ing most of the areas of probability and sta-
“With Data and Statistics, Unlock the
tistical science. Plans are under way to
Hidden Treasure of Knowledge.” George
E. P. Box will be honored for a lifetime
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