Dear all
(apologies for any cross-posting)
1) The Centre for Multilevel Modelling would welcome applications for the Jon Rasbash prize for Quantitative Social Science prize - established to commemorate the contributions to quantitative social science of Jon Rasbash, who was Professor of Computational Statistics and Director of the Centre for Multilevel Modelling at the University of Bristol. Jon was principally known for his development of multilevel methodology and its software implementation and for his research on studying social relationships within families.
The £500 prize recognizes early career achievement in the development and/ or application of advanced quantitative methods in any social science discipline. Applicants should be UK residents and in the first 10 years of their research career (including periods of postgraduate study).
The prize will be awarded on the basis of a research paper published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2010 or 2011. The applicant should be the sole or lead author of the paper. Submissions by 1 December 2011. Further details: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmm/research/rasbash-prize.html
2) Bayesian modelling workshop and talk, 24-Nov-11: Prof David Draper will be visiting Bristol giving a short course on Bayesian modelling - "Bayesian Modelling, Inference and Prediction" followed by our RSS group meeting where he will also be giving a talk on Bayesian Model Specification. Further details about the workshops and the talks:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmm/research/rss-group/
With best regards
Hilary Browne
Technical and Business Manager
Centre for Multilevel Modelling
University of Bristol
2 Priory Road
Bristol BS8 1TX
Web: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmm
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