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highly informal and focus on a range of
March
Hino-city, Tokyo, International 191-8506,
VENT
ideas in mathematical statistics. In addi-
Japan; +81 42 591 7142; hirotsu@ge.
tion to invited lectures, the focus will be on
➤14—Conference on Statistical Methods
meisei-u.ac.jp.
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informal discussions. For further informa-
for Complex Data
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tion, visit
www.um.sav.sk/en/wwms2008.
Texas A&M’s Department of Statistics
html or contact Viktor Witkovsky, Institute
is teaming up with the National Cancer April
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of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy
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Institute to celebrate Raymond J. Carroll
of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 84104
with a day-long conference. Keynote speak-
➤16–18—Twelfth International
Bratislava, Slovakia; +421 2 591045 30;
ers Mitchell Gail and Peter Hall headline a
Conference on Artificial Intelligence and
Witkovsky@savba.sk.
program featuring presentations by inter-
Statistics, Clearwater Beach, Florida
nationally recognized researchers engaged
This is an interdisciplinary gathering of
21–22—C.R. Rao Advanced Institute,
in statistical methods for complex data in a
researchers at the intersection of computer
Hyderabad, India.
variety of fields. Sessions include nonpara-
science, statistics, and related areas. Since
International Workshop on Business Data
metric and semiparametric regression; mea-
its inception in 1985, the primary goal
Mining. For details, contact S.B. Rao:
surement error and inverse problems; and
has been to broaden research in both of
siddanib@yahoo.co.in, C.R. Rao:
statistical methods in biology, genetics, and
these fields by promoting the exchange
crr1@psu.edu
population science. In addition to provid-
of ideas between them. We encourage the
ing an overview of historical developments
submission of all papers in keeping with
27–30—Indian School of Business,
and current status for each field, the confer-
this objective. For more information, visit
Hyderabad, India. Internatinoal
ence will serve as a discussion platform for
www.ics.uci.edu/~aistats or contact David
Conference on Business Data Mining.
emerging issues and future research direc-
van Dyk, 2206 Bren Hall, Irvine, CA
For For details, contact S.B. Rao: siddanib@
tions. For more information, visit www.stat.
92697-1250;
dvd@ics.uci.edu.
yahoo.co.in, C.R. Rao:
crr1@psu.edu
tamu.edu/carroll-conference-2009 or contact
➤*19–21—21st Annual Kansas
Joyce Sutherland, Rm. 442 Blocker Bldg.,
State University Conference on
➤29–31—VI International Symposium
Texas A&M University, 3143 TAMU,
Applied Statistics in Agriculture,
on Optimization and Statistics (ISOS-
College Station, TX 77843-3143; (979)
Manhattan, Kansas
2008), Aligarh, India
845-5528,
joyce@stat.tamu.edu.
This conference will bring together statisti-
The goal of this symposium is to dissemi-
cians from academia, industry, and govern-
nate and highlight current research in all
18–20—IAENG International ment to discuss ideas and advances in the
branches of the Department of Statistics and
Conference on Data Mining and application of statistics to solve agricultural
Operations Research. For details, visit www.
Applications 2009, Hong Kong, China research problems. The three-day confer-
amu.ac.in/shared/sublinkimages/isos2008.pdf
Topics for this conference include soft ence will include a keynote speaker, work-
or contact Abdul Hamid Khan, Department
computing, statistical data mining, and shop, and series of contributed paper and
of Statistics and Operations Research,
applications. For more information, visit poster presentations. For more information,
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh,
www.iaeng.org/IMECS2009/ICDMA2009. visit
www.ksu.edu/stats/agstat.conference or
International 202002, India; ahamidkhan@
html or contact IAENG Secretariat, Unit contact John Boyer, Kansas State University,
rediffmail.com.
1, 1/F, 37-39 Hung To Road, Hong Kong, Department of Statistics, 101 Dickens Hall,
International HK, Hong Kong; (852) Manhattan, KS 66506; (785) 532-0518;
3169-3427;
imecs@iaeng.org.
jboyer@ksu.edu.
2009
24–27—6th International Conference on
January
Multiple Comparison Procedures, Tokyo,
May
Japan
➤25—41st Annual Conference of
26–28—2009 Bayesian Biostatistics,
The goal of this conference is to promote
the French Statistical Society,
Houston, Texas
research and applications of multiple com-
Bordeaux, France
Attendees will have the opportunity to
parison procedures and to exchange infor-
For information, visit
www.sm.u-bordeaux2.
attend two courses on the first day of the
mation about recent research directions.
fr/JDS2009/index.html or contact Marta
conference: The Use of Bayesian Statistics in
The conference will cover many current
Avalos, 146 rue Leo Saignat, Bordeaux,
Clinical Trials and Applications of Bayesian
topics, including adaptive and sequential
International 33076, France; 33 557 5715
Methods to Drug and Medical Device
designs, bioinformatics, clinical trials,
34;
Marta.Avalos@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.
Development. There will be invited pre-
genomics, closed testing and partitioning
sentations the following two days that will
principle, false discovery rate, and multiple
cover a variety of topics. For more informa-
endpoints. An important role of the confer-
*27–29—2009 Spring Research
tion, visit
www.mdanderson.org/departments/
ence will be to provide a forum for techni-
Conference on Statistics in Industry and
biostats or contact Lydia Davis, P.O. Box
cal interaction among industry practitio-
Technology, Vancouver, British Columbia
301402, Unit 1409, Houston, TX 77030;
ners, research scientists, and statisticians.
This conference aims to promote research
(713) 794-4142;
lbdavis@mdanderson.org.
For more information, visit
www.rs.kagu.
in statistical methods that address problems
tus.ac.jp/mcp2009 or contact Chihiro
in industry and technology and to stimulate
Hirotsu, 2-1-1 Hodokubo,
interaction among statisticians, researchers
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