C
in the application areas, and industrial prac- ➤21–24—ICSA 2009 Applied Statistics Penn State University, University Park, PA
ALEND
titioners. It also strives to encourage gradu- Symposium, San Francisco, California 16802-2111; (814) 965-1555; ril4@stat.
ate students to pursue careers in industry Short courses will be offered on June 21,
psu.edu.
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and technology; students are charged a with more than 50 scientific sessions taking
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reduced registration fee, and scholarships place from June 22–24. Keynote speakers
are given to selected graduate students who include Wing Hung Wong, Nicholas Jewell, July
VENT
present contributed papers. For details, visit and Ronald Wasserstein. Contributed paper
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S
www.stat.sfu.ca/~boxint/src2009 or con- abstracts may be submitted to Jiming Jiang
1–3—International Conference of
tact Boxin Tang, Department of Statistics at
jiang@wald.ucdavis.edu by May 1, 2009.
Computational Statistics and Data
and Actuarial Science, Burnaby, British The symposium will also sponsor J-P Hsu
Engineering 2009, London,
Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada, student awards and travel grants, with the
United Kingdom
778-782-4898,
boxint@stat.sfu.ca. application deadline of April 1, 2009. For
Held under the World Congress on
more information, visit
http://icsa2.org/2009
Engineering and organized by the
31–6/3—37th Annual Meeting
or contact Ying Lu, 185 Berry Street, Suite
International Association of Engineers, this
of the Statistical Society of Canada,
350, San Francisco, CA 94143-0946; ying.
meeting serves as a good platform for the
Vancouver, Canada
lu@radiology.ucsf.edu.
research community to meet and exchange
This conference will bring together aca-
ideas. For more information, visit www.
demic, governmental, and industrial ➤21–25—7th Workshop on
iaeng.org/WCE2009/ICCSDE2009.html or
researchers, as well as users of statistics and Bayesian Nonparametrics,
contact William Young at
wce@iaeng.org.
probability. It will present workshops and Moncalieri (Turin), Italy
invited and contributed sessions. The SSC The aim of this workshop is to highlight
20–22—International Symposium
features sections in biostatistics, survey the latest developments in Bayesian non-
in Statistics on GLLMM, St. John’s,
methods, business and industrial statistics, parametrics, covering a variety of theoretical
Newfoundland
and probability. Consequently, the program and applied topics. For more information,
The objective of this symposium is to bring
will include papers in all areas of statistics visit
bnpworkshop.carloalberto.org or contact
together a set of speakers and discussants
and probability. About 450 statisticians are Pierpaolo De Blasi, via Real Collegio 30,
to describe the latest research in GLLMM
expected to participate. For more informa- Moncalieri, International 10024, Italy;
with applications to biostatistics, econo-
tion, visit
www.ssc.ca or contact Christian +39 0116705282;
bnp@carloalberto.org.
metrics, and ecological and environmental
Léger, University of Montréal, Department
studies, among others. For more infor-
of Mathematics and Statistics, CP 6128
➤23–27—18th International Workshop
mation, visit
www.iss-2009-stjohns.ca or
Succursale Centreville, Montréal, Quebec
on Matrices and Statistics, IWMS ’09,
contact Brajendra Sutradhar, Department
H3C 3J7, Canada; (514) 343-7824; leger@
Smolenice Castle, Slovakia
of Mathematics and Statistics, St. John’s,
dms.umontreal.ca.
This workshop will stimulate the exchange
Newfoundland A1C 5S7, Canada;
of ideas and research at the interfaces of
7097378731;
bsutradh@math.mun.ca.
matrix theory, statistics, and stochastic pro-
June
cesses. It includes invited and contributed
➤
talks and posters. For further information,
August
*2–5—2009 Quality & Productivity
visit
www.um.sav.sk/en/iwms2009.html
Research Conference, Yorktown Heights,
*2–6—2009 Joint Statistical Meetings,
or contact Viktor Witkovsky, Institute of
New York
Washington, DC
Measurement Science, Slovak Academy
The conference theme is “Data, Statistics,
JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) is the
of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, Bratislava,
and Vision Lead to Great Decisions.” The
largest gathering of statisticians held in
International 84104, Slovakia;
focus, as always, will be on presenting lead-
North America. It is held jointly with
+421 2 591045 30;
witkovsky@savba.sk.
ing edge research by academic and indus-
the American Statistical Association, the
trial statisticians and showing the best new
International Biometric Society (ENAR
statistical methods for improving industrial
➤28–7/1—IMS Asia Pacific Rim
and WNAR), the Institute of Mathematical
quality and productivity. There will be a
Meetings, Seoul, South Korea
Statistics, and the Statistical Society of
pre-conference, full day course on June 2,
This new meeting series will provide an
Canada. Attended by more than 5,500
followed by two and a half days of plenary/
excellent forum for scientific communica-
people, activities include oral presentations,
invited/contributed/tutorial sessions and
tion and collaboration among researchers
panel sessions, poster presentations, con-
special events. For more information, visit
in Asia and the Pacific Rim. It also will
tinuing education courses, an exhibit hall, a
research.ihost.com/qprc_2009 or contact
promote communication and collabora-
placement service, society and section busi-
Emmanuel Yashchin, IBM T. J. Watson
tion between researchers in this area and
ness meetings, committee meetings, social
Research Ctr., P.O. Box 218, Yorktown
those from other parts of the world. The
activities, and networking opportunities.
Heights, NY 10598; (914)-945-1828;
program covers topics in statistics and prob-
For more information, visit www.amstat.
yashchi@us.ibm.com.
ability, presenting recent developments and
org/meetings or contact Elaine Powell, 732
the state of the art in a variety of modern
North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA
research topics and applications. For more
22314; (888) 231-3473;
jsm@amstat.org.
information, visit
http://ims-aprm.org or
contact Runze Li, Department of Statistics,
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