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Dear all! This is a reminder for a special meeting of the Highlands local group of the RSS celebrating the centenary of the first lecturer in Statistics at the University of Aberdeen (Dr William Robert Macdonell), one of the first in the UK. With David Kerridge, Paul Garthwaite and Peter Fayers we have invited three speakers who have all played (or still play) an important part in Aberdeen statistics. We hope that many of you will join us on this day. Details are given below Best Wishes Claus (local group secretary) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEAKERS and TITLES: David Kerridge (emeritus of Aberdeen University): "Fog, fear and fury. The unwritten history of Statistics." Paul Garthwaite(Open University): "Some applications of Bayesian methods" Peter Fayers (Department of Public Health, Aberdeen University): tba DATE: Tuesday, 5 December 2006 TIME: 12:30 TIMETABLE: 12:30-13:30: Sandwich lunch 13:30-14:00: Welcome + Introduction 14:00-14:45: David Kerridge 14:45:15:30: Paul Garthwaite 15:30-16:00: tea break 16:00-16:45: Peter Fayers VENUE: Med Chi Hall (Medico-Chirurgical Hall), Ground Floor, Polwarth Building, Forester Hill Campus, Aberdeen University (see hospital page http://www.abdn.ac.uk/central/vcampus/foresterhill/index.shtml hospital with medical school marked as A and the medical school page http://www.abdn.ac.uk/central/vcampus/foresterhill/medschool.shtml with Med Chi Hall marked as D. It is usually accessed via C or E as described below: If entering the Polwarth Building from the west, follow the main corridor east past the medical library, through one set of double doors and take the stairs to your left down one flight. The Med Chi Hall is through a single wooden door at the bottom of the stairs. The lecture room itself is to the left. If entering the Polwarth Building from the east through the main entrance, go through the foyer past the main stairs on the left and through an open set of double doors. Turn left signposted to Medical Microbiology. Follow this corridor to its end where there will be a single wooden door to the Med Chi Hall. The lecture room itself is to the left.) -- *********************************************************************************** Dr Claus-D. Mayer | http://www.bioss.ac.uk Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland | email: [log in to unmask] Rowett Research Institute | Telephone: +44 (0) 1224 716652 Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK. | Fax: +44 (0) 1224 715349 ***********************************************************************************