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Service, society and Section business its possible applications in diverse areas sessions, and luncheon roundtables. To
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meetings, committee meetings, social of sample survey design and inference. maintain the seminar atmosphere, the
activities, and networking opportunities. The meeting will begin with a 1.5-day workshop is limited to 650 registrants.
OF E
For more information, visit www.amstat. workshop followed by a 2.5-day confer- Short courses will be offered on September
AR
org/meetings or contact Elaine Powell, 732 ence consisting of invited and contributed 15 for an additional fee. For more
North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA research and applied papers and a special information, visit
www.amstat.org/meetings/
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22314; (703) 684-1221;
elaine@amstat.org. panel discussion. For more information, fdaworkshop or contact Ning Li, 520
visit
www.s3ri.soton.ac.uk/ssbs08 or contact Skidmore Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20877;
7–9—14th ISSAT International
Christina Thompson, S3RI, University (240) 276-3166;
ning.li@fda.hhs.gov.
Conference on Reliability and Quality in
of Southampton, Southampton,
Design, Orlando, Florida
International SO17 1BJ, UK; ssbs08@s3ri.
➤21–24—Applied Statistics 2008, Ribno
This annual conference is an international
soton.ac.uk.
(Bled), Slovenia
forum for the presentation of new results,
This conference will provide an oppor-
research development, and applications
September
tunity for statistics researchers, data
in all aspects of reliability and quality in
analysts, and other professionals from
design. For more information, visit www.
1–5—RSS 2008 International various statistical and related fields to
issatconferences.org or contact International
Conference, Nottingham, United come together, present their research,
Society of Science and Applied
Kingdom and learn. Cross-discipline and applied
Technologies, P.O. Box 1504, Piscataway,
This scientific program aims to encom- paper submissions are especially wel-
FL 08855;
cs@issatconferences.org.
pass the range of statistical interests within come. Selected papers will be published
the Royal Statistical Society and beyond. in Advances in Methodology and Statistics,
12–14—useR! 2008: The R User
It will include a range of special topic a peer-reviewed journal of the Statistical
Conference, Dortmund, Germany
sessions with invited speakers from both Society of Slovenia. Abstract submissions
This conference is focused on R as the
the UK and overseas. There also will be are due June 1, 2008. For details, visit
“lingua franca” of data analysis and statisti-
a special program for young statisticians.
http://conferences.nib.si/AS2008 or contact
cal computing, providing a platform for R
For more information, visit
www.rss.org. Andrej Blejec, Vecna pot 111, Ljubljana,
users to discuss and exchange ideas about
uk/rss2008 or contact Paul Gentry, 12 International SI-1000, Slovenia; +386 1
how R can be used for statistical compu-
Errol Street, London, International EC1Y 423-33-88;
info.AS@nib.si.
tations, data analysis, visualization, and
8LX, UK;
conference@rss.org.uk.
applications in various fields. It also will
22–24—ENBIS-8, Athens, Greece
give an overview of the new features of the
➤8–12—International Conference on The European Network for Business
rapidly evolving R project. For more infor-
Robust Statistics (ICORS) 2008, Antalya, and Industrial Statistics invites papers
mation, visit
www.R-Project.org/useR-2008
Turkey and presentations about innova-
or contact Uwe Ligges, Vogelpothsweg
The aim of this conference is to bring tive applications of statistical think-
87, Dortmund, International 44221,
together established and young researchers ing and statistical tools in business
Germany;
useR-2008@R-Project.org.
from around the world who are actively and industry. For more informa-
working on and/or interested in the the- tion, visit
www.enbis.org or contact
ory, application, and overall development
17–21—29th Annual Conference of
Winfried Theis, ENBIS Permanent
of robust statistics and related fields. The
ISCB, Copenhagen, Denmark
Office, Plantage Muidergracht 24,
conference will provide a forum for lead-
This conference will provide a forum
Amsterdam, International 1018 TV,
ing experts and young researchers to dis-
for the international exchange of
The Netherlands;
enbis8@enbis.org.
cuss recent progress in the field, exchange
theory, methods, and applications of
ideas, and make informal contacts.
biostatistics in medical research and October
Although, robust statistics is the core of
practice among clinicians, statisticians,
the conference, special emphasis will be
➤3–4—International Conference on
and members of other disciplines who
laid on interdisciplinary research and the
Price, Liquidity, and Credit Risks,
are working or interested in the field of
interaction between theory and practice.
Konstanz, Germany
clinical biostatistics. For more informa-
For more information, visit www.icors08.
This conference is targeted to research-
tion, visit
www.iscb2008.info or contact
org or contact Olcay Arslan, Çukurova
ers in financial economics, financial
Bjarne Nielsen, Datavej 24, Birkerod,
University, Department of Statistics,
econometrics, and financial mathematics.
International DK-3460, Denmark; +45
Adana, International 01330, Turkey;
Abstracts are being accepted and are due
70202058;
BN@cyncron.com.
+3223386084/2577;
oarslan@cu.edu.tr.
May 31. Notification of acceptance will
be given no later than August 1. For more
26–29—Sample Surveys and Bayesian
*15–17—2008 FDA/Industry Statistics
information, visit http://cofe.uni-konstanz.
Statistics: Workshop and Conference,
Workshop, Arlington, Virginia
de or contact Beran Jan, Department of
Southampton, United Kingdom
This workshop will feature sessions
Mathematics and Statistics, University of
The aim of this meeting is to highlight
organized by statisticians from industry,
Konstanz, Konstanz, International 78457,
the potential advantages of Bayesian
academia, and the FDA. It will include at
Germany; 049 7531 88 2653; jan.beran@
methodology and discuss and illustrate
least four plenary sessions, 15 concurrent
uni-konstanz.de.
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