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or more information about these events, visit
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Announcements are accepted from educational and not-for-profit researchers engaged in statistical methods
organizations only. Commercial enterprises should contact the ASA for complex data in a variety of fields.
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Advertising Department at
advertise@amstat.org. Sessions include nonparametric and
semiparametric regression; measure-
* Indicates events sponsored by the American Statistical Association or one of ment error and inverse problems; and
its sections, chapters, or committees statistical methods in biology, genetics,
and population science. In addition
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to providing an overview of historical
developments and current status for
each field, the conference will serve as a
discussion platform for emerging issues
and future research directions. For more
variety of topics. For more information,
information, visit
www.stat.tamu.edu/
2009
visit
www.mdanderson.org/departments/
carroll-conference-2009 or contact Joyce
biostats or contact Lydia Davis, P.O.
Sutherland, Rm. 442 Blocker Bldg.,
Box 301402, Unit 1409, Houston,
January
Texas A&M University, 3143 TAMU,
TX 77030; (713) 794-4142; lbdavis@
College Station, TX 77843-3143; (979)
mdanderson.org.
26—Undergraduate Statistics Project
845-5528,
joyce@stat.tamu.edu.
Competition, Columbus, Ohio
The second biennial international
undergraduate statistics project competi-
March
18–20—IAENG International
tion will accept projects until January Conference on Data Mining and
26, 2009. If you have undergraduate
1–5/1—USCOTS ’09 Posters
Applications 2009, Hong Kong, China
students conducting class projects or
& Beyond - Call for Proposals,
Topics for this conference include soft
independent study projects that involve
Columbus, Ohio
computing, statistical data mining,
analyzing real data, encourage them to
The theme for USCOTS ’09 is “Letting
and applications. For more informa-
submit. Presentations for the top three
Go to Grow.” We are calling for propos-
tion, visit
www.iaeng.org/IMECS2009/
projects of 2007 can be found at www.
als for the Posters and Beyond session,
ICDMA2009.html or contact IAENG
cst.cmich.edu/users/lee1c/usproc. The win-
to take place June 25–27. The session
Secretariat, Unit 1, 1/F, 37-39 Hung To
ners of the top four projects will receive
provides an opportunity for confer-
Road, Hong Kong, International HK,
monetary rewards and a free trip to
ence participants to display a poster or
Hong Kong; (852) 3169-3427; imecs@
make a presentation at the United State
provide a small demonstration of their
iaeng.org.
Conference on Teaching Statistics. The
favorite examples, activities, and teach-
instructor sponsor also will receive free
ing methods. Abstracts submitted before
registration. For more information, visit
March 1 will receive feedback from
24–27—6th International Conference
www.causeweb.org/usproc or contact Carl
the session organizers by April 1. Final
on Multiple Comparison Procedures,
Lee, Central Michigan University, Mt.
abstracts should be submitted by May 1.
Tokyo, Japan
Pleasant, OH 48859; (989) 774-3555;
All applicants will be notified of whether
The goal of this conference is to promote
carl.lee@cmich.edu.
they were selected by May 17. For more
research and applications of multiple
information, visit
www.causeweb.org/
comparison procedures and to exchange
uscots or contact Jackie Miller, The Ohio
information about recent research direc-
26–28—2009 Bayesian Biostatistics,
State University, 1958 Neil Avenue,
tions. The conference will cover many
Houston, Texas
Columbus, OH 43210; (614) 688-4546;
current topics, including adaptive and
Attendees will have the opportu-
jbm@stat.osu.edu.
sequential designs, bioinformatics, clini-
nity to attend two courses on the first cal trials, genomics, closed testing and
day of the conference: The Use of partitioning principle, false discovery
Bayesian Statistics in Clinical Trials and
14—Conference on Statistical Methods
rate, and multiple endpoints. An impor-
Applications of Bayesian Methods to
for Complex Data
tant role of the conference will be to
Drug and Medical Device Development.
Texas A&M’s Department of Statistics
provide a forum for technical interaction
There will be invited presentations the
is teaming up with the National Cancer
among industry practitioners, research
following two days that will cover a
Institute to celebrate Raymond J. Carroll
scientists, and statisticians. For more
with a day-long conference. Keynote
information, visit
www.rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp/
speakers Mitchell Gail and Peter Hall
mcp2009 or contact Chihiro Hirotsu,
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