Dear all,
the Young Statisticians Section of the Royal Statistical Society would like to announce the following YSS activities at this year’s RSS conference.
Registration for the conference is still possible, please see here
http://www.rss.org.uk/rss2010
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13th September 2010,
Young Statisticians Training Day:
How to make most of the RSS conference
RSS conference, Brighton,
10:00am - 4.30 pm
Featuring presentations on
- A young statisticians experience of the RSS conference
- Creating posters with impact
- How to market yourself and network at the conference
Followed by a workshop on how to write a good abstract.
providing the opportunity:
- to see examples of good and bad abstracts
- to find out the conference committee guidelines for accepting abstracts
- to work in groups to create an abstract for an article from Significance to be reviewed using the committee guidelines. Prizes will be awarded for the best abstract.
This pre-conference activity is open to statisticians at any stage in their career. For more information and to register visit:
http://www.rss.org.uk/rss2010
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14th September 2010,
Networking breakfast
RSS conference, Brighton,
8:45am - 10.00 am
A chance to meet and network with other Young Statisticians at the conference. Featuring hot breakfast rolls and our famous “speed networking” sessions.
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15th September 2010,
YSS Retrospective Read paper
(conference version of the Pre-ordinary Meetings)
RSS conference, Brighton,
12- 1.00 pm
This tutorial session will support and provide background explanation to the re-read paper by Rob Tibshirani on LASSO to be held on the afternoon of the 15th.
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15th September 2010,
YSS AGM
RSS conference, Brighton,
5.00 pm
Held immediately before the “Best of RSC 2010” session, the AGM provides an opportunity to find out what the YSS committee have been up to over the last 12 months.
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15th September 2010,
YSS evening social
RSS conference, Brighton,
7.00 pm onwards
An opportunity to socialise and get to know your fellow Young Statisticians in an informal environment. Featuring an icebreaker introduction and a cash bar. Venue TBC.
With best wishes,
Oliver Ratmann
On behalf on the Young Statisticians Section, Royal Statistical Society
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