Meetings in 2001
The 33rd Annual Symposium on the Interface of Computer Science and
Statistics will be held 13-16 June 2001 in Orange County, CA. The
Interface is the premier annual conference on an increasingly active
intersection of computer science and statistics, attracting 300 or more
attendees. This year's themes are data mining and bioinformatics with
invited experts on massive data sets, graphical models, support vector
machines, Bayesian methods in bioinformatics, analyzing Web data,
statistical models for text, model-based clustering, computational
finance, data visualization, and many more. A special day on
bioinformatics will be scheduled on June 16th with invited sessions on
biological sequence analysis, gene expression data, brain imaging, and
medical data management and analysis.
You are cordially invited to submit a contributed paper for
presentation at the Symposium. We welcome papers on topics of potential
relevance to the interface of computer science and statistics.
Submissions should consist of a 200-word abstract with a 4-page short
paper, and are due by 31st March 2001. Electronic submission of abstracts
and papers will be required, with the details appearing shortly on the
conference Web site at www.ics.uci.edu/interface. The complete text of
papers presented at the Symposium will appear in the Interface '01
Proceedings to be published as a CD-ROM by IFNA (The Interface
Foundation for North America).
The Second International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities and Their
Applications (ISIPTA '01), will be held at the Robert Purcell Community
Center of Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, from 26 till 29 June
2001.
A total of 47 papers will be presented at ISIPTA '01, on a wide range of
topics, and in various fields of scientific endeavour: algorithms for
computing inferences, ambiguity aversion and Ellsberg's paradox, belief
change, civil engineering, classification and pattern recognition,
coherence, combination of uncertainties, conditioning, credal networks,
decision-making, economic and financial models, elicitation of models,
foundations of probability, hierarchical models, independence and
irrelevance, mathematical models for uncertainty, probabilistic logic,
reliability, statistical inference, and summary measures of uncertainty.
The International Workshop on Statistical Modelling concentrates on the
various aspects of statistical modelling, including theoretical
developments, applications and computational methods. Papers motivated by
real practical problems are encouraged, but theoretical contributions
addressing problems of practical importance or related to software
developments are also welcome.
The scientific programme is characterized by having invited lectures and a
pre-workshop tutorial, contributed papers, posters and software
demonstrations. Contributed papers should be suitable for a 20 to 30 minute
oral presentation (including discussion) and focus on motivation, statement
of key results and conclusions, and emphasize examples, wherever possible.
Submissions are especially encouraged in the following areas: dynamic time
series analysis, mixed effects models, environment and pollution,
biostatistics and event history analysis.
Invited Speakers Rick Burnett (Ottawa, Canada), David Draper (Bath, UK), Juni Palmgren
(Stockholm, Sweden), Neil Shephard (Oxford, UK), Jens Timmer (Freiburg,
Germany). Other invited speakers in the areas of longitudinal data
analysis, generalized linear mixed models and graphical models are planned.
A Tutorial on topics in Bayesian Statistics and Event History Analysis will
be given by Elja Arjas (Helsinki, Finland).
Students Students are encouraged to attend the workshop. The programme is designed
to allow for discussions and interchange between junior and senior
scientists. A special session is devoted to students contributions, and an
award for the best student presentation will be given.
Scientific Programme Committee Bendix Carstensen (Copenhagen, Denmark), Brian Francis (Lancaster, UK),
Bent Jørgensen (Odense, Denmark, Chair), Göran Kauermann (Munich, Germany),
Sven Knudsen (Odense, Denmark), Saskia Le Cessie (Leiden, The Netherlands),
Søren Lundbye-Christensen (Aalborg, Denmark, Co-chair), Birgitte Rønn
(Copenhagen, Denmark), Ib Skovgaard (Copenhagen, Denmark), Gordon Smyth
(Brisbane, Australia), Gerhard Tutz (Munich, Germany).
Local Organizing Committee Bendix Carstensen, Bent Jørgensen, Bjarke Klein, Lars Korsholm, Søren
Lundbye-Christensen, Werner Vach.
Further information Details about registration for the workshop, instructions for authors,
deadlines and further information will be available from the workshop
homepage, or contact the organizer:
Bent Jørgensen
(Department of Statistics and Demography,
University of Southern Denmark,
Campusvej 55,
DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark;
Phone: +45 65 50 33 97, fax: +45 65 95 77 66).
Scientific Programme Committee Dankmar Böhning (Berlin, Germany),
Herwig Friedl (Graz, Austria),
Bruce G. Lindsay (Penn State, USA),
Geoff McLachlan (Brisbane, Australia),
Adrian E. Raftery (Seattle, USA),
Wilfried Seidel (Hamburg, Germany).
Topics
Asymptotics, Algorithmic Issues, Bayesian Models, Clustering and
Classification, Data Mining, Econometrics, Epidemiology and Medicine,
Finance, Heterogeneity and Overdispersion, High-Dimensional Models
and Image Analysis, Identifiability, Likelihood Ratio and Number of
Components, Marketing, Meta-Analysis and Disease Mapping, Robustness,
Spurious Solutions, Survival Analysis.
Invited speakers M.Aitkin (Newcastle, UK),
G.Celeux (INRIA-Rhone Alpes, France),
D.Dacunha-Castelle (Paris, France),
R.DerSimonian (Bethesda, USA),
J.Diebolt (Grenoble, France),
L.Fahrmeir (Munich, Germany),
U.Fayyad (Seattle, USA),
P.Green (Bristol, UK),
M.Lesperance (Victoria, Canada),
K.Mosler (Cologne, Germany),
J.Sarol (Manila, Philippines),
S.van de Geer (Leiden, Netherlands).
Tutorials Two tutorials will be given: one on theoretical aspects of mixtures by
Bruce Lindsay, and one on practical aspects by Dankmar Böhning.
Call for papers Authors are invited to submit a paper in one of the areas listed above.
Selected papers will be published in a special volume of Computational
Statistics and Data Analysis. These will undergo the normal review process
of CSDA.
Further Information Contact the above Web resources or write to:
Mixtures 2001,
Wilfried Seidel,
FB Wirtschafts- und Organisationswissenschaften,
Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg,
D-22039 Hamburg, Germany.
The third Bayesian Nonparametrics Inference Workshop continues the series
of meetings previously held in Belgirate (Italy) and Reading (England).
This series of international Bayesian meetings is fast becoming
the major venue for presentation and dissemination of research
on Bayesian nonparametric statistical methodology and its applications.
Bayesian nonparametric statistics is one of the most dynamic areas of
current statistical development. Not only is it rapidly developing in
all of the classical areas of statistics, but it is leading the way in
a host of more modern developments such as biomedicine, image
processing, graphical models, geology, business (finance, economics and
marketing) and much of computational statistics in general. In
addition, it is becoming the method of choice in a host of application
areas. Indeed, numerous groups of Bayesian nonparametric researchers
are growing in other sciences, engineering, and industry; often, these
groups do not contain statisticians. Finally, this spectacular growth
in Bayesian statistics is truly a worldwide phenomenon, with large
groups of Bayesian researchers developing in dozens of countries.
The main purpose of the Workshops is to bring together this diverse
community of Bayesians to focus on modern developments in the various
areas and to initiate communication between the various groups. The
Bayesian world is changing so rapidly, and in so many diverse ways,
that it is increasingly difficult to monitor the various strands. There
tends to be considerable duplication of effort because of lack of
contact of the various groups, and breakthroughs in one group take
increasingly longer to filter through to other Bayesian groups. The
history and format of the Workshops strongly encourages interactions
and knowledge transfer between the differing communities.
The Workshop will consist of 40 to 45 invited talks by leaders in
Bayesian Statistics and its applications; substantial time for floor
discussion following each talk will be allowed. At most two poster
sessions will also be held, allowing each participant the opportunity of
presenting their research. Finally, a pre-conference tutorial will be
held, aimed at graduate students and new researchers.
Organizing committee
- James O. Berger (Duke University, USA)
- Paul Damien (University of Michigan Business School, USA)
- David Draper (University of Bath, UK)
- Edward I. George (University of Texas - Austin, USA)
- Roderick J. Little (University of Michigan, USA)
- Pietro Muliere (Università Luigi Bocconi, Italy)
- Vijay M. Nair (University of Michigan, USA)
- Adrian F.M. Smith (Queen Mary and Westfield College, UK)
- Stephen G. Walker (University of Bath, UK)
This is a satellite meeting of 23rd EMS.
Sessions This the list of the invited speaker sessions, with the name of
the organizers, followed by the names of the speakers (provisional list).
Organizing committee J.Beirlant, J.L.Teugels, H.Rootzén and I.Gijbels.
Special lectures
Special invited lecture
- Soeren Asmussen (Lund, SE):
Large deviations and exponential tilting in rare events simulation
- Veronique Gayrard (EPFL, CH):
Statistical mechanics of the Hopfield model: equilibrium and dynamical
aspects
- Irene Gijbels (Louvain-la-Neuve, B):
Nonparametric function estimation and discontinuities
Sessions This is the list of the invited speakers sessions,
with the name of the organizers, followed by the names of the speakers
(where already known).
Programme Committee:
- Anthony Davison (Chair),
- Teresa Alpuin,
- Nils Lid Hjort,
- Olle Häggström,
- Isaac Meilijson,
- Mauro Piccioni.
The 22nd annual conference of ISCB (The International Society for Clinical
Biostatistics) will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19-23 August 2001.
Courses Two full-day pre-conference courses:
Keynote lecture by invitation of Simon Day,
the President for ISCB: lecture by
Stephen Evans (Medicines Control Agency, London, UK)
Minisymposium on
Cancer genetics and bioinformatics.
Organiser: Douglas Easton (Cambridge, UK)
Invited sessions This is the list of the invited speakers sessions, with the name of
the organizers, followed by the names of the speakers.
Important dates 16 February: Student and Scientist Award Applications;
16 March: Abtract Submission;
15 June: Early Registration.
Organization The Hosting Body of the 53rd Session of the ISI consists of the Honorary
Committee, the National Organizing Committee and the Session Patrons.
The Honorary Committee will be finalized in 2000, possibly headed by the
President of the Republic of Korea.
The NOC is composed of representatives from the relevant ministries of the
Korean government, statistical organizations and institutes, the city of Seoul,
and many other influential bodies. The National Organizing Committee
consists of a Council, an Executive Committee, an Executive Secretariat,
and a Local Programme Committee. The National Statistical Office is
primarily responsible for preparing the Seoul Session.
ISI Programme Committee of the 53rd ISI Session
Topics and Organizers of the Invited Paper Meetings Meetings organized by BS are marked by (*).
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