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central to understanding real risks and con-
sections, chapters, or committees
ceptualizing potential risks and risk man-
agement scenarios. For more information,
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visit www.niss.org/interface2008/index.html
or contact Alan Karr, 19 T.W. Alexander
2008
*19–21—Thirty-First Annual Midwest
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-
Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop
4006; (919) 685-9300; karr@niss.org.
(MBSW), Muncie, Indiana
May This workshop will feature Michael 22–25—International Indian Statistical
Proschan, Jerome Friedman, and Rod Association (IISA) Conference on
16–17—Recent Advances in Statistics:
Little. Invited talks will be presented in Frontiers of Probability and Statistical
A Conference in Honor of Professor
four parallel tracks: Clinical will focus on Science, Storrs, Connecticut
H. L. Koul on His 65th Birthday, East
current issues in clinical trials; discovery/ The Department of Statistics of the
Lansing, Michigan
preclinical will focus on statistical issues in University of Connecticut-Storrs will
This conference will focus on the latest
the design and analysis of -omics experi- host the IISA conference 2008. Two ple-
developments in statistics, with special
ments; nonclinical will focus on statisti- nary lectures will be presented by Jayaram
emphasis on the areas Koul worked on, such
cal contributions to CMC development, Sethuraman and Marvin Zelen. Also
as censored data, empirical process theory
manufacturing, and quality control; and arranged are six specially named presenta-
with applications to statistics, sequential
post-marketing will focus on assessing tions honoring R. R. Bahadur, D. Basu,
methods, and nonlinear time series analysis.
medicines post-launch. There also will V. S. Huzurbazar, P. R. Krishnaiah, S. K.
There will be three plenary talks and several
be a contributed poster session. For more Mitra, and P. V. Sukhatme. The six spe-
invited and contributed paper sessions. For
information, visit www.mbswonline.com cial lectures will be presented by Barry C.
more information, visit www.stt.msu.edu/
or contact Melvin Munsaka, Takeda Global Arnold, Krishna B. Athreya, Evarist Giné,
conference2008 or contact Soumendra Lahiri,
Research & Development, Inc., 1 Takeda Glen Meeden, Sanat Sarkar, and Lee-Jen
Dept. of Statistics, Texas A&M University,
Parkway, Deerfield, IL 60015; Wei. The rest of the technical program will
College Station, TX 77843; (979) 845-
(224) 554-5912; mmunsaka@tgrd.com. be made up of invited paper sessions cover-
3141; snlahiri@stat.tamu.edu.
ing most of the areas of probability and
*19–21—2008 Spring Research
statistical science. Plans are under way to
16–18—International Conference on
Conference on Statistics in Industry
organize panel discussions on topics includ-
Interdisciplinary Mathematical and
and Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
ing teaching, editor’s forum, and young
Statistical Techniques, IMST 2008/FIM
The purpose of this conference is to pro-
researchers’ needs. Invitations are extended
XVI, Memphis, Tennessee
mote research in statistical methods that
to all colleagues to participate. For more
This conference will be broad-based, cover-
address problems in industry and technol-
information, visit http://merlot.stat.uconn.
ing a range of topics in mathematics, sta-
ogy. The focus will include manufacturing,
edu/~nitis/IISA2008/index.htm or contact
tistics, and other closely related fields. The
logistics, health systems, and information
Nitis Mukhopadhyay, 215 Glenbrook
focus will be on highlighting advances in
sciences to stimulate interactions among
Road, Storrs, CT 06269; (860) 486-6144;
interdisciplinary mathematical and statisti-
statisticians, researchers in the application
nitis.mukhopadhyay@uconn.edu.
cal techniques. The conference also will
areas, and industrial practitioners. It will
facilitate participation of junior researchers,
provide a forum where participants can ➤23–24—2008 Penn State Statistics
particularly women and minorities, by pro-
describe current research, identify impor- Conference: Nonparametric Statistics
viding financial support. Featured will be
tant problems and areas of application, and and Mixture Models, University Park,
plenary talks by distinguished researchers,
formulate future research directions. For Pennsylvania
including C. R. Rao, Malya Ghosh, Nigel
more information, visit www2.isye.gatech. The Department of Statistics at Penn State
Karton, Viatcheslav Melas, John Rayner,
edu/src2008 or contact Paul Kvam, ISyE, will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a
Mary Lou Zeeman, and Dan Zelterman.
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332; (404) two-day conference on mixture models and
For details, visit www.msci.memphis.edu/
894-6515; pkvam@isye.gatech.edu. nonparametric statistics. Professors, post-
IMST2008-FIMXVI or contact Sat Gupta,
doctoral scholars, and graduate students
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
Greensboro, NC 27412; (336) 256-1126;
21–24—Interface 2008, Durham,
in statistics or biostatistics at universities
sngupta@uncg.edu.
North Carolina
or government laboratories are urged
The theme for Interface 2008 is RISK:
to attend. Conference participants will
Reality. Through the dual focus on the
explore indicators of future developments,
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