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critical challenges confronting the nation’s
Park, PA 16802-7005; (814) 863-5105;
Madison, Wisconsin
health care delivery system. More than
jlf30@outreach.psu.edu.
We will celebrate the career of Richard A.
2,000 attendees with gather for 100 sessions
Johnson and the contributions of all the
focused on 22 themes, three poster presenta-
25–29—Joint Meeting of the SSC and students, colleagues, and collaborators who
tion sessions, and five training seminars. For
SFdS, Ottawa, Canada have enriched his 42 years at Wisconsin. For
details, visit
www.academyhealth.org/arm or
The joint meeting of the Statistical Society of details and registration forms, visit www.stat.
contact Marian Mankin, 1150 17th Street
Canada and Société française de statistique
wisc.edu or contact Richard Johnson, 1300
NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036;
will be held at the Ottawa Congress Centre. University Ave., Madison, WI 53706;
(202) 292-6700;
arm@academyhealth.org.
For more information, visit
www.ssc.ca or (608) 262-2357;
rich@stat.wisc.edu.
contact Bruno Rémillard, HEC Montréal, 8–11—Southern Regional Council on
3000, chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Statistics, Summer Research Conference,
Montréal, Quebec H3T 2A7, Canada;
June
Charleston, South Carolina
(514) 340-6794;
bruno.remillard@hec.ca. This conference is designed to facilitate
*4–6—ASA Quality and Productivity
interaction between junior and senior
*29–31—Fourth Workshop on Statistical
Research Conference, Madison,
researchers. Contributed poster
Analysis of Neuronal Data (SAND4),
Wisconsin
presentations from graduate students and
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The theme of the 2008 conference is “With
junior faculty are especially encouraged.
This workshop series is concerned with
Data and Statistics, Unlock the Hidden
Keynote speakers include Raymond
analysis of neural signals from sources such
Treasure of Knowledge.” George E. P. Box
Carroll, Malay Ghosh, Michael Kosorock,
as EEG, fMRI, MEG, 2-Photon, and
will be honored for a lifetime of achievement
Peter Lachenbruch, Xihong Lin, Thomas
extracellular recordings. It aims to define
in statistical methods and applications for
Louis, and Pranab Sen. Grant funding is
important problems in neuronal data analy-
quality and productivity and C. F. Jeff Wu
anticipated to support students and junior
sis and useful strategies for attacking them;
will be honored for seminal contributions
researchers. For more information, visit
foster communication between experimental
to statistical theory and methods for qual-
www.musc.edu/dbbe/srcos2008 or contact
neuroscientists and those trained in statisti-
ity and productivity. For more information,
Angela Williams, 135 Cannon Street, Ste.
cal and computational methods; encourage
visit
www.education.wisc.edu/conferences/
303, MSC 835, Charleston, SC 29425;
young researchers, including graduate stu-
2008QPRC or contact Paul Tobias, 8418
(843) 876-1152;
srcos08info@musc.edu.
dents, to present their work; expose young
La Plata Loop, Austin, TX 78737;
researchers to important challenges and
(512) 288-0951;
ptobias@austin.rr.com.
8–11—International Workshop on
opportunities; and provide an atmosphere Recent Advances in Time Series Analysis,
that aids the interaction of young research-
4–7—ICSA 2008 Applied Statistics
Protaras, Cyprus
ers and senior colleagues. Some travel
Symposium, Piscataway, New Jersey
The aim of this workshop is to bring
funds will be available. All participants are
Short courses for this symposium will be
together a number of experts in time series
encouraged to present posters involving
held on June 4, with scientific sessions
analysis with young researchers in the field.
new methodology, investigation of existing
June 5–7. Participants will exchange and
The meeting was organized around two
methods, or application of state-of-the-art
explore new scientific research and appli-
short courses given by M. Rosenblatt and
analytical techniques. For more informa-
cation techniques. The symposium will
P. Brockwell and 10 sessions with invited
tion, visit
http://sand.stat.cmu.edu or contact
feature a keynote speech from Robert
speakers. For more information, visit www.
Cathy Schaefer, 132D Baker Hall, Carnegie
O’Neill and another keynote from David
ucy.ac.cy/~rats2008 or contact Konstantinos
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213;
DeMets, Zhiliang Ying, and Jianqin Fan.
Fokianos (
fokianos@ucy.ac.cy) or Theofanis
(412) 268-5100;
cathysch@stat.cmu.edu.
Six short courses and as many as 50 invited
Sapatinas (
fanis@ucy.ac.cy).
and contributed sessions will be offered.
Contributed paper abstracts may be sub-
➤30—Marvin Zelen Leadership ➤9–13—ABS08 Summer School
Award in Statistical Science, Boston,
mitted to Minge Xie at icsa2008@stat.
on Bayesian Decision Problems in
Massachusetts
rutgers.edu. The symposium also will
Biostatistics and Clinical Trials,
Norman Breslow, professor in the
sponsor student awards and travel grants.
Trento, Italy
Department of Biostatistics at the
For more information, visit stat.rutgers.
The applied Bayesian statistics summer
University of Washington was named
edu/icsa2008 or contact Jun Zhao, 56
school aims to present state-of-the-art
the recipient of the 2008 Marvin Zelen
Livingston Ave., Roseland, NJ 07068;
Bayesian applications, inviting leading
Leadership Award in Statistical Science and
(973) 324-6602;
j.zhao@organonusa.com.
experts in their fields. The school makes
will speak at the department’s Schering- use of lectures, practical sessions, software
Plough Workshop. For more information, demonstrations, informal discussions,
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