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Applications 2009, Hong Kong, China Technology, Vancouver, British Columbia JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) is the
Topics for this conference include soft This conference aims to promote research largest gathering of statisticians held in
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computing, statistical data mining, and in statistical methods that address problems North America. It is held jointly with
applications. For more information, visit in industry and technology and to stimulate the American Statistical Association, the
www.iaeng.org/IMECS2009/ICDMA2009. interaction among statisticians, researchers International Biometric Society (ENAR
html or contact IAENG Secretariat, Unit in the application areas, and industrial prac- and WNAR), the Institute of Mathematical
1, 1/F, 37-39 Hung To Road, Hong Kong, titioners. It also strives to encourage gradu- Statistics, and the Statistical Society of
International HK, Hong Kong; (852) ate students to pursue careers in industry Canada. Attended by more than 5,500
3169-3427;
imecs@iaeng.org. and technology; students are charged a people, activities include oral presentations,
reduced registration fee, and scholarships panel sessions, poster presentations, con-
➤24–27—6th International Conference
are given to selected graduate students who tinuing education courses, an exhibit hall, a
on Multiple Comparison Procedures,
present contributed papers. For details, visit placement service, society and section busi-
Tokyo, Japan
www.stat.sfu.ca/~boxint/src2009 or con- ness meetings, committee meetings, social
The goal of this conference is to promote
tact Boxin Tang, Department of Statistics activities, and networking opportunities.
research and applications of multiple com-
and Actuarial Science, Burnaby, British For more information, visit www.amstat.
parison procedures and to exchange infor-
Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada, (778) 782- org/meetings or contact Elaine Powell, 732
mation about recent research directions.
4898,
boxint@stat.sfu.ca. North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA
The conference will cover many current
22314; (888) 231-3473;
jsm@amstat.org.
topics, including adaptive and sequential 31–6/3—37th Annual Meeting of
designs, bioinformatics, clinical trials, the Statistical Society of Canada, 16–22—International Statistical
genomics, closed testing and partitioning Vancouver, Canada Institute 57th Biennial Session,
principle, false discovery rate, and multiple This conference will bring together aca- Durban, South Africa
endpoints. An important role of the confer- demic, governmental, and industrial This session will include meetings of
ence will be to provide a forum for techni- researchers, as well as users of statistics and the Bernoulli Society, the International
cal interaction among industry practitio- probability. It will present workshops and Association for Statistical Computing,
ners, research scientists, and statisticians. invited and contributed sessions. The SSC the International Association of Survey
For more information, visit
www.rs.kagu. features sections in biostatistics, survey Statisticians, the International Association
tus.ac.jp/mcp2009 or contact Chihiro methods, business and industrial statistics, for Official Statistics, and the International
Hirotsu, 2-1-1 Hodokubo, Hino-city, and probability. Consequently, the program Association for Statistical Education. For
Tokyo, International 191-8506, Japan; +81 will include papers in all areas of statistics more information, visit
www.cbs.nl/isi
42-591-7142;
hirotsu@ge.meisei-u.ac.jp. and probability. About 450 statisticians are or contact Shabani Mehta, 428 Prinses
expected to participate. For more informa- Beatrixlaan, P.O. Box 950, Voorburg,
tion, visit
www.ssc.ca or contact Christian International 2270 AZ, The Netherlands;
Léger, University of Montréal, Department +31-70-3375737;
isi@cbs.nl.
of Mathematics and Statistics, CP 6128
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become a Lifetime
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Member!
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21–22—6th International Meeting on
There are three Statistical Methods in Biopharmacy,
Lifetime Membership
July
Paris, France
options available This meeting will focus on innovative sta-
to meet the 20–22—International Symposium tistical approaches to design and analysis of
specific needs in Statistics on GLLMM, St. John’s, clinical trials, specifically missing data, flex-
of those who Newfoundland ible designs, multiplicity, and meta-analysis.
wish to become The objective of this symposium is to bring Contributed papers are welcome if they are
lifetime members of the ASA. together a set of speakers and discussants relevant to these areas; contributed post-
to describe the latest research in GLLMM ers are welcome if they describe unrelated,
Learn more about lifetime
with applications to biostatistics, econo- but innovative, research on the design and
membership. www.amstat.
metrics, and ecological and environmental analysis of clinical trials. For more informa-
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contact Brajendra Sutradhar, Department Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 798-4303;
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