LASR 2006
INTERDISCIPLINARY STATISTICS AND BIOINFORMATICS
25th LASR (Leeds Annual Statistical Research) Workshop
organized by the
Department of Statistics, University of Leeds, UK
Leeds, UK
4th - 6th July 2006
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The 25th Leeds Annual Statistical Research Workshop will focus on
developments in interdisciplinary statistics and in particular the
interface between statistical methodology and bioinformatics. The use
of image analysis, shape analysis and wavelets in bioinformatics and
other biological applications is an emerging theme which we strongly
encourage, so contributions at the interface between these disciplines
are particularly welcome.
Confirmed speakers at LASR-2005 include
Brian Athey (University of Michigan)
Julian Besag, FRS (University of Washington)
Clive Bowman (GlaxoSmithKline)
Fred Bookstein (Universities of Vienna, Seattle)
Sir David Cox, FRS (Nuffield College, Oxford)
Walter Gilks (MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge)
Chris Glaseby (Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland)
Thomas Hamelryck (University of Copenhagen)
John Kent (University of Leeds)
Alf Linney (University College, London)
Kanti Mardia (University of Leeds)
Janet Thornton, FRS CBE (European Bioinformatics Institute)
David Westhead (University of Leeds)
ABSTRACTS OF CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AND POSTERS ARE NOW REQUESTED
THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS 31 JANUARY 2006
Abstracts should be one or two paragraphs in length, outlining the
work that you would like to present, with one or two key
references. Please indicate whether you would prefer to present your
work as a short talk or as a poster presentation.
If your abstract is accepted, we will invite you to submit an extended
abstract of up to four pages for inclusion in the workshop
proceedings. The deadline for extended abstracts is likely to be the
31st of May 2006.
BACKGROUND
The Leeds Annual Statistics Research Workshop is a well established
annual event now looking forward to its 25th year. The 25th LASR
workshop will be a special event, not only exploring new and
innovative statistical methods and applications in bioinformatics, but
also celebrating the history and achievements of the LASR series of
workshops.
The Workshop has become established over recent years as an exciting
international event in the Statistics conference calendar. Last year,
the workshop attracted approximately 80 participants, with eminent
speakers both from overseas and the UK. Details of previous workshops
can be found on our webpages:
http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/statistics/workshop/
As usual the workshop format is a mixture of invited and contributed
talks, and posters. It has a tradition of being informal and relaxed,
and of encouraging interaction and discussion between the
participants.
--
Dr Stuart Barber
Leeds Annual Statistical Research Workshops,
Department of Statistics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
web: http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/statistics/workshop
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