CALENDAR OF EVENTS
24–26—SIAM International Conference
F
or more information about these events, visit
www.amstat.org/dateline.
Announcements are accepted from educational and not-for-profit
on Data Mining (SDM ’08), Atlanta,
organizations only. Commercial enterprises should contact the ASA
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This conference will provide a venue
for researchers addressing the problems
* Indicates events sponsored by the American Statistical Association or one of its
associated with large, complex, and noisy
sections, chapters, or committees
data sets to present their work in a peer-
reviewed forum. It also will provide an
➤ Indicates events posted since the previous issue
ideal setting for graduate students and
others new to the field to learn about
cutting-edge research. For more informa-
tion, visit
www.siam.org/meetings/sdm08 or
contact Pang-Ning Tan, 3115 Engineering
2008
21–25—The International Conference Building, East Lansing, GA 48824; (517)
on Trends and Perspectives in Linear 432-9240;
ptan@msu.edu.
Statistical Inference, LINSTAT 2008, in
April Celebration of Tadeusz Calinski’s 80th
*27–29—20th Annual Kansas State
Birthday, Bedlewo, Poland
15–17—Research Workshop on
University Conference on Applied
This conference will bring together
Composite Likelihood Methods,
Statistics in Agriculture, Manhattan,
researchers sharing an interest in a vari-
Coventry, United Kingdom
Kansas
ety of statistical aspects and applications
This international workshop aims to
This conference will bring together
and offer discussion of current develop-
review the state of art of composite
statisticians from academia, industry, and
ments in these subjects. The format will
likelihood inference and promote
government to discuss ideas and advances
involve several sessions with plenary and
vigorous discussion of foundations,
in the application of statistics to solve
contributed talks, as well as a special ses-
applications, and future developments.
agricultural research problems. The three-
sion dedicated to Tadeusz Calinski. Topics
The workshop will bring together active
day conference will include a keynote
to be included so far include estimation,
researchers in the theory and application
speaker, workshop, and series of con-
prediction and testing in linear models,
of composite likelihood for an intense,
tributed paper and poster presentations.
robustness of relevant statistical meth-
three-day meeting at CRiSM, University
Keynote speaker Thomas Loughin will
ods, estimation of variance components
of Warwick. For more information, visit
present the Sunday workshop, “Methods
appearing in linear models, generaliza-
go.warwick.ac.uk/complik2008 or contact
and Models for Categorical Data in
tions to nonlinear models, design and
David Firth, Department of Statistics,
Agriculture.” For more information, visit
analysis of experiments, and comparison
University of Warwick, Coventry,
www.ksu.edu/stats/agstat.conference or con-
of linear experiments. For details, contact
International CV4 7AL, UK; d.firth@
tact John Boyer, Kansas State University,
Katarzyna Filipiak, Wojska Polskiego 28,
warwick.ac.uk.
Department of Statistics, 101 Dickens
Poznan, International 60-637, Poland;
Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506; (785) 532-
linstat@au.poznan.pl.
0518;
jboyer@ksu.edu.
*19—New England Statistics Symposium
2008, Boston, Massachusetts
24—The 16th Federal Forecasters
New England statisticans will share
➤30–5/1—Workshop on Bayesian
Conference, Washington, DC
research, discuss emerging issues in the
Methods that Frequentists Should Know,
This conference, themed “Health Care
field, and network. NESS 2008 will be
College Park, Maryland
Forecasting: Informing Future Choices,”
held at Sargent Hall, Suffolk University
The purpose of this workshop is to assess
seeks to highlight how forecasting must
Law School, in downtown Boston.
the current state of usage of Bayesian
account for rising health care costs,
Invited speakers are Andrew Lo of MIT
methodology in different disciplines
demographic changes, and emerging
and Martin Wells of Cornell University.
and discuss potential issues preventing
diseases. It also will focus on how new
In addition, there will be contributed
the application of Bayesian methods.
technologies and treatments might change
paper sessions, allowing 15 to 20 minutes
The workshop will highlight methods
both the supply of and demand for health
per paper. We invite talks on all aspects
that have a broad interest and appeal
care. We will examine the role of federal
of statistics and probability. For more
that cut across the Bayesian/frequentist
forecasters in the evolution of public
information, visit http://mail.beaconhill.
divide. Posters related to the theme of
policy to address the need for sustainable,
org/~j_haughton/ness2008home.html or
the workshop will be accepted, subject to
high-quality health care in a time of
contact Dominique Haughton, Bentley
space constraints. Visit www.jpsm.umd.
change. For more information, visit
College, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA
edu/stat/workshop for detailed information
www.federalforecasters.org or contact Jeff
02452; (781) 891-2822; ness2008april@
about the workshop and submission of
Busse, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS
gmail.com.
poster abstracts. There is no registration
988, Reston, VA 20192; (703)648-4914;
fee for attending the workshop, Statistics
jbusse@usgs.gov.
Consortium of Distinguished Lectures,
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