Workshop Announcement: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST - Time to Event Analysis in Biostatistics, Economics and Related Fields Workshop 24. - 26. June 2004 in Bielefeld, Germany * Topic: Time to event models, Duration models or Survival models, respectively, are a frequently used tool in biostatistics and econometrics. The field is of active research and the models in use have achieved an impressive high standard. Contrary, collaboration and interaction between the statisticians working in bio- and clinical statistics on the one side and economics or business administration on the other side is less developed. The aim of the workshop is to work on this deficit by bringing together researchers from the different fields to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and research projects. * Invited Speakers (confirmed by Jan 12th 2003, to be extended): Gerard van den Berg (Netherlands), Philip Hougaard (Denmark), Hans van Houwelingen (Netherlands) * Organizer: Goeran Kauermann (Germany), Vicente Nunez-Anton (Spain) * Further Information: http://www.wiwi.uni-bielefeld.de/~kauermann/survival/survival.html -- ___________________________________________________________ Göran Kauermann, Professor for Statistics University Bielefeld, Department of Economics and Business Administration Postfach 300131, (D) 33501 Bielefeld +49 (0)521 106 4879 / 6930 (Secr) / 89004 (Fax) http://www.wiwi.uni-bielefeld.de/~kauermann/ ---------------------------------------------------------- -- Stat Be Ce -- -- Statistisches Beratungs Centrum Bielefeld -- -- http://www.wiwi.uni-bielefeld.de/statbece --