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and presentations of research projects by research in the field. For more informa- 26–27—Fordham Council on Applied
ALEND
school participants. This year’s lecturer tion, visit
www.cim.pt/wfts2008 or contact Psychometrics Conference, Bronx,
will be Peter Mueller of The University of Joao Patricio, Almas de Freire, Coimbra, New York
AR
Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. For International 3040, Portugal;
cim@mat.uc.pt. This conference will focus on defining psy-
OF E
more information, visit www.mi.imati. chometrics and its applications, the lack of
cnr.it/conferences/abs08.html or contact
adequate training, and the need for exper-
VENTS
➤18–20—Workshop on Inference and
Fabrizio Ruggeri, Via Bassini 15, Milano,
Estimation in Probabilistic Time-Series
tise. There will be a mixture of paper and
International 20128, Italy; fabrizio@
Models, Cambridge, United Kingdom
poster sessions that aim to expose the many
mi.imati.cnr.it.
This workshop will include theories
facets of psychometrics and its applications.
and applications related to probabilis-
Keynote speakers include Paul Holland and
9–13—APA Advanced Training Institute: tic approaches to time-series analysis.
David Rindskopf; invited speakers include
Nonlinear Methods for Psychological Viewpoints and experiences from research-
Charles Lewis and Michael Edwards.
Science, Cincinnati, Ohio ers belonging to different communities—
The conference will be preceded by a day
This institute teaches methods of nonlinear including machine learning, statistics, and
of technical workshops on R, SAS, and
analysis and provides each participant statistical physics—are particularly encour-
WinBUGS. For more information, visit
with first-hand experience analyzing time aged. More generally, advances in practical
www.fordham.edu/fcap/conference or contact
series for nonlinear structure. The course and theoretical issues related to probabilistic
Jodi Casabianca, 441 E. Fordham Road,
is tailored to psychologists and graduate approaches to time-series modeling—
New York, NY 10458; (718) 817-0654;
students, with the only prerequisites including inference, estimation, prediction,
casabianca@fordham.edu.
being the standard statistics courses classification, clustering, and source separa-
taught in psychology graduate programs. tion—are appreciated. Novel application
*30–7/2—1st International Symposium
The course focuses on analyses that have areas and the challenges they bring are also
on Biopharmaceutical Statistics,
already affected psychological science welcome. For details, visit www.newton.
Shanghai, China
in prominently published work, such as
cam.ac.uk/programmes/SCH/schw05.html or
The International Society for
quantitative recurrence analysis and cross- contact Silvia Chiappa, Spemannstrasse 38,
Biopharmaceutical Statistics (ISBS) will
recurrence analysis, fractal methods, and the Tuebingen, International 72076, Germany;
host its first international symposium to
discovery of power law structure. For more
silvia.chiappa@tuebingen.mpg.de.
provide an international forum for statistical
information, visit
www.apa.org/science/ati.
professionals across the world to share and
html or contact Nicolle Singer, 750 1st
exchange information and to improve and
➤18–20—Summer Institute of Applied
Street NE, Washington, OH 20002; (202)
promote the harmonization of statistical
Statistics, Provo, Utah
336-6000;
nsinger@apa.org.
practice. The symposium will cover a range
The 33rd Annual Brigham Young
of topics in research, development, and reg-
University Summer Institute of Applied
ulations of drugs, biologics, medical devices,
11–13—Graybill Conference VII Statistics is titled “Bayesian Clinical Trials”
and biotechnologics. The theme is “The
- Biopharmaceutical Statistics, Fort and will be presented by Scott M. Berry of
Roles of Statistics in Biopharmaceutical
Collins, Colorado Berry Consultants. The course will describe
Globalization.” There will be keynote
Graybill Conference VII will focus on recent Bayesian innovations in the design
speeches and presentations of invited and
biopharmaceutical statistics and include and analysis of clinical trials. For more
contributed talks. Abstracts of contributed
invited sessions and short courses bringing information, visit
statistics.byu.edu/
talks will be accepted online starting in
together leading researchers in the fields summer_institute or contact Kathi Carter,
January 2008. There also will be two days of
of clinical and nonclinical statistics and 230 TMCB, Provo, UT 84602;
preconference short courses June 28–29. For
statisticians with statistical programmers (801) 422-4506;
kathi_carter@byu.edu.
more information, visit
www.IsBioStat.org or
and data managers interested in learning
contact Jie Chen, 304 Evening Walk Lane,
about current work in these fields.
22–25—28th International Symposium Warrington, PA 18976; (215) 491-4623;
Keynote speakers will be Bob O’Neill, L.
on Forecasting (ISF2008), Nice, France
jie_chen@merck.com.
J. Wei, Christy Chuang-Stein, and Janet
The International Symposium on
Wittes. For details, visit www.stat.colostate.
Forecasting (ISF) is the premier forecasting
30–7/4—ICMI/IASE Study Teaching
edu/graybillconference or contact Naitee
conference, attracting the world’s leading
Statistics in School Mathematics,
Ting, Pfizer Inc., Global Research &
forecasting researchers, practitioners, and
Monterrey, Mexico
Development, MS6025-B3141, 50 Pequot
students. Through a combination of keynote
This study brings together the mathemat-
Ave., New London, CT 06320; (860) 732-
speaker presentations, academic sessions,
ics and statistics education communities to
4871;
naitee.ting@pfizer.com.
workshops, and social programs, the ISF pro-
analyze teaching statistics at the school level
vides many excellent opportunities for net-
and make recommendations about how to
working, learning, and fun. For more infor-➤12–14—CIM/CRM Workshop on
train mathematics teachers to better succeed
Financial Time Series, Coimbra, Portugal mation, visit
http://forecasters.org/conf-isf.html in educating statistically literate students.
This workshop will bring together leading or contact Pam STROUD, 53 Tesla Ave., For details, visit www.ugr.es/~icmi/iase_study
experts on financial time series to pres- Medford, MA 02155;
isf@forecasters.org. or contact Carmen Batanero, Facultad de
ent and discuss the latest research and case Educación, Campus de Cartuja, Granada,
studies. Exchanging experiences, problems, International 18071, Spain; 34 958243950;
views, and approaches will stimulate new
batanero@ugr.es.
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