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into the workshop will be on a competi- University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Street, Alexandria, VA 22314; (703) 684-
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tive basis through an online application Brisbane, International 4001, Australia; 1221;
elaine@amstat.org.
process that will open in December 2007
isba08@qut.edu.au.
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and close on March 2, 2008. Successful
7–9—14th ISSAT International
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junior-level applicants will receive finan-
23–26—17th International Workshop Conference on Reliability and Quality in
cial assistance to attend.For more infor-
VENT
on Matrices and Statistics, IWMS’08, Design, Orlando, Florida
mation, visit
www.aacr.org or contact
Tomar, Portugal This annual conference is an international S
Mark Mendenhall, 615 Chestnut Street,
For more information about this con- forum for the presentation of new results,
17th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106-4404;
ference, being held in honor of T. W. research development, and applications
(267) 646-660;
mendenhall@aacr.org.
Anderson’s 90th birthday, visit www.ipt. in all aspects of reliability and quality in
pt/iwms08 or contact Francisco Carvalho, design. The call for papers can be viewed
14–19—7th World Congress in
Estrada da Serra - Quinta do Contador, at
www.issatconferences.org. Submission
Probability and Statistics, Singapore
Tomar, International 2300-313 TOMAR, of papers is due by February 15, 2008.
The World Congress in Probability and
Portugal; +351 249 328 100; All submitted papers will be reviewed
Statistics is a major international event
fpcarvalho@ipt.pt. for merit and contents, and accepted
in probability and statistics held every
papers will be published in the conference
four years. It features the latest scientific
24–26—Current Trends and Challenges
proceedings. Outstanding papers will be
developments in the fields of probabil-
in Model Selection and Related Areas,
considered for publication in special issues
ity and statistics and their applications.
Vienna, Austria
of the International Journal of Reliability,
The program will cover a range of topics
This workshop will provide a forum
Quality and Safety Engineering and IEEE
and feature more than a dozen keynote
for presentation and discussion of cur-
Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics.
lectures presented by leading specialists.
rent trends and challenging problems
For more information, visit www.
In addition, there will be invited paper
in model selection and related shrink-
issatconferences.org or contact International
sessions highlighting topics of current
age methods. Invited speakers include
Society of Science and Applied
research interest and many contributed
Yannick Baraud, Ruudy Beran, Ed
Technologies, PO Box 1504, Piscataway,
talks and posters. For more informa-
George, Patrik Guggenberger, Ching-
FL 08855;
cs@issatconferences.org.
tion, visit
www.ims.nus.edu.sg/Programs/
Kang Ing, Paul Kabaila, Gabor Lugosi,
wc2008/index.htm or contact Irene Tan,
and Yuhong Yang. Contributed presen- 12–14—useR! 2008: The R User
Department of Statistics and Applied
tations are welcome. For details, visit Conference, Dortmund, Germany
Probability, 6 Science Drive 2, Faculty of
www.univie.ac.at/workshop_modelselection This conference is focused on R as
Science, National University of Singapore,
or contact Hannes Leeb, 24 Hillhouse the “lingua franca” of data analysis
Singapore, International 117546,
Avenue, New Haven, CT 06510; (203) and statistical computing, providing
Singapore;
wc2008_general@nus.edu.sg.
508-2339;
hannes.leeb@yale.edu. a platform for R users to discuss and
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exchange ideas about how R can be used
15–17—LASR 2008: The Art and
for statistical computations, data analysis,
Science of Statistical Bioinformatics,
August visualization, and applications in various
Leeds, United Kingdom
fields. It also will give an overview of the
The 27th Leeds Annual Statistical
*3–7—2008 Joint Statistical Meetings,
new features of the rapidly evolving R
Research workshop will continue to
Denver, Colorado
project. For more information, visit www.
explore the LASR themes of statistical
JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) is the
R-Project.org/useR-2008 or contact Uwe
bioinformatics, shape and image analysis,
largest gathering of statisticians held in
Ligges, Vogelpothsweg 87, Dortmund,
and interdisciplinary statistics. For details,
North America. It is jointly held with
International 44221, Germany; useR-
visit
www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/lasr2008 or
the American Statistical Association,
2008@R-Project.org.
contact Stuart Barber, Department of
the International Biometric Society
Statistics, Leeds, International LS2 9JT,
(ENAR and WNAR), the Institute
UK; +44(0)1133435146; workshop@
17–21—29th Annual Conference of
of Mathematical Statistics, and the
maths.leeds.ac.uk.
ISCB, Copenhagen, Denmark
Statistical Society of Canada. Attended
This conference will provide a forum
by more than 5,500 people, activities
21–25—9th World Meeting of the
for the international exchange of
of the meeting include oral presenta-
International Society for Bayesian
theory, methods, and applications of
tions, panel sessions, poster presenta-
Analysis, Hamilton Island, Australia
biostatistics in medical research and
tions, Continuing Education courses,
ISBA 2008 will combine an excellent sci-
practice among clinicians, statisticians,
an exhibit hall (with state-of-the-art sta-
entific program—including five keynote
and members of other disciplines who
tistical products and opportunities), the
speakers, 90 oral presentations, three paral-
are working or interested in the field of
Career Placement Service, society and
lel sessions, and two poster evenings—with
clinical biostatistics. For more informa-
Section business meetings, committee
an active social schedule. For details,
tion, visit
www.iscb2008.info or contact
meetings, social activities, and network-
visit
www.maths.qut.edu.au/asba/docs/
Bjarne Nielsen, Datavej 24, Birkerod,
ing opportunities. For more information,
isba08 or contact Clair Alston, School
International DK-3460, Denmark; +45
visit
www.amstat.org/meetings or contact
of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland
70202058;
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