C
or the reception. For details, contact on current issues in clinical trials; dis- 22–25—International Indian Statistical
ALEND
Eric Slud, Mathematics Department, covery/preclinical will focus on statistical Association (IISA) Conference on
University of Maryland College Park, issues in the design and analysis of -omics Frontiers of Probability and Statistical
AR
Potomac, MD 20742; (301) 405-5469; experiments; nonclinical will focus on Science, Storrs, Connecticut
OF E
evs@math.umd.edu. statistical contributions to CMC develop- The Department of Statistics of the
ment, manufacturing, and quality control; University of Connecticut-Storrs will host
VENT
and postmarketing will focus on assessing the IISA conference 2008. Two plenary
S
May medicines post-launch. There also will lectures will be presented by Jayaram
be a contributed poster session. Poster Sethuraman and Marvin Zelen. Also
➤16–17—Recent Advances in Statistics:
abstracts must be submitted by April 25, arranged are six specially named presenta-
A Conference in Honor of Professor
2008. Students may submit posters for tions honoring R. R. Bahadur, D. Basu,
H. L. Koul on His 65th Birthday, East
the Charlie Sampson Award. For more V. S. Huzurbazar, P. R. Krishnaiah, S. K.
Lansing, Michigan
information, visit
www.mbswonline.com or Mitra, and P. V. Sukhatme. The six special
This conference will focus on the latest
contact Melvin Munsaka, Takeda Global lectures will be presented by Barry C.
developments in statistics, with special
Research & Development, Inc., 1 Takeda Arnold, Krishna B. Athreya, Evarist Giné,
emphasis on the areas Koul worked on,
Parkway, Deerfield, IL 60015; (224) 554- Glen Meeden, Sanat Sarkar, and Lee-Jen
such as censored data, empirical process
5912;
mmunsaka@tgrd.com. Wei. The rest of the technical program
theory with applications to statistics,
will be made up of invited paper sessions
sequential methods, and nonlinear time
*19–21—2008 Spring Research
covering most of the areas of probability
series analysis. There will be three plenary
Conference on Statistics in Industry and
and statistical science. Plans are under way
talks and several invited and contributed
Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
to organize panel discussions on topics
paper sessions. For more information, visit
The purpose of this conference is to
including teaching, editor’s forum, and
www.stt.msu.edu/conference2008 or con-
promote research in statistical methods
young researchers’ needs. Invitations are
tact Soumendra Lahiri, Dept. of Statistics,
that address problems in industry and
extended to all colleagues to participate.
Texas A&M University, College Station,
technology. The focus will include manu-
For more information, visit http://merlot.
TX 77843; (979) 845-3141; snlahiri@
facturing, logistics, health systems, and
stat.uconn.edu/~nitis/IISA2008/index.
stat.tamu.edu.
information sciences to stimulate interac-
htm or contact Nitis Mukhopadhyay,
tions among statisticians, researchers in
215 Glenbrook Road, Storrs, CT 06269;
16–18—International Conference on
the application areas, and industrial prac-
(860) 486-6144; nitis.mukhopadhyay@
Interdisciplinary Mathematical and
titioners. It will provide a forum where
uconn.edu.
Statistical Techniques, IMST 2008/FIM
participants can describe current research,
XVI, Memphis, Tennessee
identify important problems and areas of 25–29—Joint Meeting of the SSC and
This conference will be broad-based,
application, and formulate future research SFdS, Ottawa, Canada
covering a range of topics in mathemat-
directions. For more information, visit The joint meeting of the Statistical
ics, statistics, and other closely related
www2.isye.gatech.edu/src2008 or contact Society of Canada and Société française
fields. The focus will be on highlighting
Paul Kvam, ISyE, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, de statistique will be held at the Ottawa
advances in interdisciplinary mathemati-
GA 30332; (404) 894-6515; pkvam@isye. Congress Centre. For more informa-
cal and statistical techniques. The confer-
gatech.edu. tion, visit
www.ssc.ca or contact Bruno
ence also will facilitate participation of
Rémillard, HEC Montréal, 3000, chemin
junior researchers, particularly women
21–24—Interface 2008, Durham, North
de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal,
and minorities, by providing financial
Carolina
Quebec H3T 2A7, Canada; (514) 340-
support. Featured will be plenary talks
The theme for Interface 2008 is RISK:
6794;
bruno.remillard@hec.ca.
by distinguished researchers, including
Reality. Through the dual focus on the
C. R. Rao, Malya Ghosh, Nigel Karton,
problems of information extraction, risk *29–31—Fourth Workshop on Statistical
Viatcheslav Melas, John Rayner, Mary
modeling, analysis, and decisionmaking Analysis of Neuronal Data (SAND4),
Lou Zeeman, and Dan Zelterman.
and on the computational technology Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
For details, visit www.msci.memphis.
and advances in tools to make charac- This workshop series is concerned with
edu/IMST2008-FIMXVI or contact Sat
terization, quantization, and evaluation analysis of neural signals from sources
Gupta, Department of Mathematics and
of risk possible, this symposium will such as EEG, fMRI, MEG, 2-Photon,
Statistics, Greensboro, NC 27412; (336)
address issues central to understanding and extracellular recordings. It aims to
256-1126;
sngupta@uncg.edu.
real risks and conceptualizing potential define important problems in neuronal
risks and risk management scenarios. For data analysis and useful strategies for
*19–21—Thirty-First Annual Midwest
more information, visit
www.niss.org/ attacking them; foster communication
Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop
interface2008/index.html or contact Alan between experimental neuroscientists
(MBSW), Muncie, Indiana
Karr, 19 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research and those trained in statistical and com-
This workshop will feature Michael
Triangle Park, NC 27709-4006; (919) putational methods; encourage young
Proschan, Jerome Friedman, and Rod
685-9300;
karr@niss.org. researchers, including graduate students,
Little. Invited talks will be presented in
to present their work; expose young
four parallel tracks: Clinical will focus
researchers to important challenges and
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