INTERNATIONAL BIOMETRIC CONFERENCE (IBC)
PRE CONFERENCE SHORT COURSES AT THE IBC2002 IN FREIBURG, GERMANY
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TOPICS: - LONGITUDINAL DATA
- SURVIVAL DATA
- BAYESIAN HIERACHICAL MODELLING
- DIAGNOSTC TESTS
Dear Colleagues,
Four, full-day short courses covering cutting-edge
statistical methodology in biometrics will be held
by outstanding researchers on Sunday the 21. July 2002
in Freiburg. The courses are:
1. LONGITUDINAL DATA, LINEAR MIXED MODELS AND INCOMPLETE OBSERVATIONS
Instructors: Geert Molenberghs and Geert Verbeke
2. ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE EVENT AND CORRELATED SURVIVAL DATA
Instructor: Terry M. Therneau
3. BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELLING USING WinBUGS
Instructors: Nicky Best and Sylvia Richardson
4. STATISTICAL METHODS FOR DIAGNOSTIC TEST EVALUATION
Instructor: Constantine Gatsonis
A detailed description of each can be found at
http://www.ibc2002.uni-freiburg.de/
If you would like to register for one of the short courses without
attending the IBC please contact `kongress & kommunikation'
(email: [log in to unmask]).
If you would like to register for both, the IBC and a short course,
you can use the ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM (see the IBC web page).
The registration fee for the short courses is 300 EURO for
members of the IBS and 350 EURO for non-members,
catering during the day is included.
Looking forward to seeing you in Freiburg
Joel Greenhouse IBS Education Comittee
Norbert Hollaender for the Local Organisation Comittee
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Norbert Holländer Email: [log in to unmask]
Institut für Med. Biometrie Telefon: +49 761 203-7705
und Med. Informatik (IMBI) Fax: +49 761 203-7700
Stefan-Meier-Str. 26
Freiburger Zentrum für Datenanalyse
und Modellbildung (FDM), Eckerstr. 1
D-79104 Freiburg
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