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Call for Papers
Joint Research Conference on Statistics in Quality, Industry and
Technology (http://www.boeing.com/jrc2000.)
The 17th Quality and Productivity Research Conference and 7th Spring
Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Technology will be
held jointly at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, June
26-28, 2000.
Call for Contributed Papers:
Abstracts for contributed papers must be sent to Thomas Tosch
([log in to unmask]) by February 15, 2000. Submission is by
ASCII email using an IMS template
(http://www.boeing.com/special/jrc2000/template.htm or
http://www.stat.uconn.edu/~ims/abstracts/instruct.html). We encourage
submittals by graduate students. Up to six student scholarships of
$300 will be available to cover registration and local expenses.
Recipients will be selected based on submitted abstracts and their
adherence to the conference theme. If you wish to be considered for a
student scholarship, please so indicate with your submitted abstract.
More information can be found at http://www.boeing.com/jrc2000.
Conference Goal:
The goal of the conference is to stimulate interdisciplinary research
among statisticians, engineers, and physical scientists in quality and
productivity, industrial and technology needs, and the physical and
engineering sciences. The conference will emphasize research and
development driven by important applications, and will look to
identify new application areas where statistics can have a significant
impact. The conference will feature presentations by scientists and
engineers for statisticians and presentations by statisticians for
scientists and engineers.
Technical Program:
The technical program of the conference is in development and will
include invited and contributed papers. The invited program currently
includes a follow-up session on Six Sigma from the very successful
1999 Q&P Research conference sponsored by General Electric, and
sessions on methods for analyzing large (real-time) data sets,
monitoring multivariate control charts and dynamical systems,
experimental design for dispersion effects, factor screening and
response surface exploration, computer experiments, statistics in
aviation safety, measurement systems analysis for two- and
three-dimensional data, statistical issues in the testing of military
systems, statistical challenges in computational biology and
chemistry, methods for univariate and multivariate calibration, and
risk analysis transportation statistics. Plenary speakers include
David Heckerman from Microsoft Research and Geoffrey Vining from
Virginia Tech.
Short Course:
Experiments: Planning, Analysis, and Parameter Design Optimization
Instructor: Professor C. F. Jeff Wu, University of Michigan
This one-day course will be based on the book (with the same title) by
Jeff Wu and Mike Hamada which will be published by John Wiley in March
of 2000. The short course notes (based on the book) will be made
available to the participants. This book contains many new methods not
found in existing textbooks, and covers more than 80 data sets and 200
exercises. The new tools covered include robust parameter design, use
of minimum aberration criterion for optimal factor assignment,
orthogonal arrays of economic run size, analysis strategies to exploit
interactions, experiments for reliability improvement, and analysis of
experiments with non-normal responses. The course will cover basic
tools and illustrate them with data from real experiments. There will
be time reserved for questions and discussions. More information will
be avialable at the JRC2000 web site http://www.boeing.com/jrc2000.
An ASA sponsored LearnSTAT course on June 29, 2000:
"Designing and Using Customer Satisfaction and Relationship Surveys"
by Susan Devlin. More information at
http://www.amstat.org/education/designsurvey.html
Further Information: Additional information about the program,
registration, and local arrangements will appear in Amstat News, the
IMS Bulletin or at the JRC2000 web site at
http://www.boeing.com/jrc2000. Conference co-chairs are
Andrew Booker
The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 3707 MS 7L-22
Seattle, WA 98124-2207
425-865-3573
FAX# 425-865-2966
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and
Rita Lai
The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 3707 MS 0K-07
Seattle, WA 98124-2207
425-342-8527
FAX# 425-294-3878
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Sponsors:
The conference is jointly sponsored by ASA/Q&P, ASA/SPES, and IMS and
will be hosted by The Boeing Company and held on the campus of the
University of Washington.
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MARY G. NATRELLA SCHOLARSHIP
FOR SEATTLE QUALITY CONFERENCE
Veronica Czitrom
The Quality and Productivity section has established the endowed Mary
G. Natrella Scholarship Fund to award two students interested in
Quality with $1,000 each to attend the yearly Q&P Research Conference.
This year's QPRC will be held in Seattle, Washington on June 26-28,
2000. It will be held jointly with the Spring Research Conference on
Statistics in Industry and Technology, sponsored by the SPES section
of the ASA and by the IMS, as the Joint Research Conference on
Statistics in Quality, Industry, and Technology. The joint conference
will be hosted by The Boeing Company on the campus of the University
of Washington. The theme of the conference is Statistical Methods for
the New Millennium. Additional conference information is available at
http://www.boeing.com/jrc2000, or by contacting Rita Lai at
[log in to unmask], or Andrew Booker at [log in to unmask]
Master's and doctoral students interested in Quality can apply for a
Mary G. Natrella scholarship to attend the conference in
Seattle. Women and master's level students are especially encouraged
to apply. The scholarship money covers conference registration,
conference workshops, housing, meals, and transportation.
To apply for a scholarship, a professor should nominate a promising
student through an email application to [log in to unmask] The
student should provide a short application (around one page long)
which includes a statement of professional goals and courses that
support interest in Q&P. The student's application should include a
paragraph from the supporting professor. Students from the Seattle
area are NOT eligible for the Mary G. Natrella Scholarship, since
they can apply for the scholarships provided by the QPRC (see the
conference web site).
The Mary G. Natrella Scholarship applications should be submitted on
or before February 29, 2000. Scholarship winners will be notified by
the end of April. For additional information, please contact Veronica
Czitrom at [log in to unmask], or at (407) 371-7402.
The Mary G. Natrella Fund Committee was formed at the Joint
Statistical Meetings in Baltimore last August. The committee members
are Veronica Czitrom (chair), Karen Kafadar, Carroll Croarkin, Eileen
Boardman, and LeRoy Franklin (Q&P Treasurer).
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Andrew Booker
The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 3707 MS 7L-22
Seattle, WA 98124-2207
425-865-3573
FAX# 425-865-2966
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