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of achievement in statistical methods and affected psychological science in promi- 22–25—28th International Symposium
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applications for quality and productiv- nently published work, such as quantitative on Forecasting (ISF2008), Nice, France
ity and C. F. Jeff Wu will be honored for recurrence analysis and cross-recurrence The International Symposium on
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seminal contributions to statistical theory analysis, fractal methods, and the discovery Forecasting (ISF) is the premier forecasting
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and methods for quality and productivity. of power law structure. For more informa- conference, attracting the world’s lead-
For more information, visit www.education. tion, visit
www.apa.org/science/ati.html or ing forecasting researchers, practitioners,
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wisc.edu/conferences/2008QPRC or contact contact Nicolle Singer, 750 1st Street NE, and students. Through a combination of
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Paul Tobias, 8418 La Plata Loop, Austin, Washington, OH 20002; (202) 336-6000; keynote speaker presentations, academic
TX 78737; (512) 288-0951;
nsinger@apa.org. sessions, workshops, and social programs,
ptobias@austin.rr.com. the ISF provides many excellent opportuni-
11–13—Graybill Conference VII
ties for networking, learning, and fun. For
➤4–7—ICSA 2008 Applied Statistics - Biopharmaceutical Statistics, Fort
more information, visit http://forecasters.
Symposium, Piscataway, New Jersey Collins, Colorado
org/conf-isf.html or contact Pam Stroud, 53
Short courses for this symposium will be Graybill Conference VII will focus on
Tesla Avenue, Medford, MA 02155;
held on June 4, with scientific sessions biopharmaceutical statistics and include
isf@forecasters.org.
June 5–7. Participants will exchange invited sessions and short courses bringing
and explore new scientific research and together leading researchers in the fields ➤26–27—Fordham Council on Applied
application techniques. The symposium of clinical and nonclinical statistics and Psychometrics Conference, Bronx,
will feature a keynote speech from Robert statisticians with statistical programmers New York
O’Neill and another keynote from David and data managers interested in learn- This conference will focus on defining
DeMets, Zhiliang Ying, and Jianqin ing about current work in these fields. psychometrics and its applications, the
Fan. Six short courses and as many as 50 Keynote speakers will be Bob O’Neill, lack of adequate training, and the need for
invited and contributed sessions will be L. J. Wei, Christy Chuang-Stein, and expertise. There will be a mixture of paper
offered. Contributed paper abstracts may Janet Wittes. For details, visit www.stat. and poster sessions that aim to expose
be submitted to Minge Xie at icsa2008@
colostate.edu/graybillconference or contact the many facets of psychometrics and its
stat.rutgers.edu. The symposium also will Naitee Ting, Pfizer Inc., Global Research applications. Keynote speakers include Paul
sponsor student awards and travel grants. & Development, MS6025-B3141, 50 Holland and David Rindskopf; invited
For more information, visit stat.rutgers. Pequot Ave., New London, CT 06320; speakers include Charles Lewis and Michael
edu/icsa2008 or contact Jun Zhao, 56 (860) 732-4871;
naitee.ting@pfizer.com. Edwards. Proposals for posters covering a
Livingston Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068;
(973) 324-6602;
j.zhao@organonusa.com.
8–11—International Workshop on
Recent Advances in Time Series Analysis,
Protaras, Cyprus
The aim of this workshop is to bring
together a number of experts in time series
analysis with young researchers in the field.
The meeting was organized around two
short courses given by M. Rosenblatt and
P. Brockwell and 10 sessions with invited
speakers. For more information, visit www.
ucy.ac.cy/~rats2008 or contact Konstantinos
Fokianos (
fokianos@ucy.ac.cy) or Theofanis
Sapatinas (
fanis@ucy.ac.cy).
➤9–13—APA Advanced Training
Institute: Nonlinear Methods for
Psychological Science, Cincinnati, Ohio
This institute teaches methods of nonlin-
ear analysis and provides each participant
with first-hand experience analyzing time
series for nonlinear structure. The course
is tailored to psychologists and gradu-
ate students, with the only prerequisites
being the standard statistics courses taught
in psychology graduate programs. The
course focuses on analyses that have already
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