The audience listens intently during “Generalized Linear Mixed Models: Deborah Nolan gives her thoughts on computing in nonintroductory
Theory and Applications.” statistics classes.
Leland Wilkinson talks about computational graphics.
Poster session organizer John Castelloe (left) listens on as poster pre-
senter Neal Rogness (center) discusses connecting student needs with
the community.
2009 Spring Research Conference
manufacturing sciences. The conference is intended to stimulate
Boxin Tang, SRC Program Chair and
interaction among statisticians, researchers in the application areas,
Simon Fraser University
and industrial practitioners. It will provide a forum for participants
The 15th Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry
to describe current research, identify important problems and areas
and Technology will take place May 27–29, 2009, in Vancouver,
of application, and formulate future research directions.
Canada. The conference venue is the Executive Plaza Hotel &
Student scholarships covering registration fees and a majority of
Conference Centre Coquitlam.
local living expenses are typically provided to some graduate student
Vancouver is home to spectacular natural scenery and a bus-
attendees. These recipients are selected from students who submit
tling metropolitan core and boasts one of the mildest climates on contributed papers and ask to be considered for a scholarship.
the planet. Nestled alongside the Coast Mountain Range, it is sur- You are invited to submit contributed papers related to the con-
rounded by water on three sides. ference objective. Submit your title and abstract to Hongquan Xu
The objective of the conference is to promote cross-disciplinary at
hqxu@stat.ucla.edu by March 15, 2009. The invited program
research in statistical methods in engineering, science, and tech- will be posted at www.stat.sfu.ca/~boxint/src2009 soon. For more
nology. This is to be interpreted broadly to cover a wide range information, visit www.stat.sfu.ca/~boxint/src2009 or contact Boxin
of application areas, including environment, information, and Tang at
boxint@stat.sfu.ca. n
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