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Apologize for Cross-posting Dear all, We are glad to announce the first International Young Statistician Meeting (IYSM 2014), the y-SIS satellite event of the XLVII Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS), to be held in Università di Cagliari on June 13-14, 2014 IYSM 2014 is a fantastic opportunity to meet and relate with other young statisticians in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. The meeting is aimed at early career statisticians, i.e. people who are willing or has just started an academic career or who is carrying out a PhD/post-doc, as well as people coming from public and private institutions working in any field where statistics and its applications are required. The meeting will include 2 tutorials, a round table with people from the young/junior sections of International Statistical Societies, a session discussing the PhD thesis awarded as “best PhD thesis” by the Italian Statistical Society and social Events. A prize will be awarded to the best poster submitted and presented at the SIS scientific meeting within the young category. All the PhD and post-docs may attend this competition, together with young researchers who are members of y-SIS (or any other junior section of International Statistical Societies). The tentative program is as follows: Friday 13th > 16.30-17.45: Discussion of the PhD thesis awarded with the SIS prize for the Best PhD thesis 2012-2013” (the award ceremony will take place in a dedicated session within the SIS conference). > Dinner and social activities. Saturday 14th > 9.30-12.30: Tutorial I – "Bayesian Variable Selection: Past, Present and Future" (given by prof. Ed George, Department of Statistics, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA) > 12.30-14.00: Lunch and meeting of y-SIS partner meeting > 14.00-17.00: Tutorial II – title TBA (given by dr. Francesco Stingo, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Division of Quantitative Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX) > 17.30-19.00: Round Table among young sections of European and International Statistical Societies – title TBA > 20.00: Concluding Dinner and Social activities The registration (mandatory) will accepted up to *May 30th, 2014* (to be confirmed). Very convenient fees are available for people who will attend both the SIS Conference and the IYSM2014. All information on IYSM2014, including the sign-up link for the conference, accommodations and fees, will be soon available on the conference website *http://meetings.sis-statistica.org/index.php/sm2013/sis2014* and on the official webpage of the y-SIS group, where you can already find announcements and preliminary information *https://sites.google.com/site/youngsocietaitalianastatistica/events/sis-2014* If you have further requests or you need information, please do not hesitate to contact us at *[log in to unmask]* We look forward to seeing you all in Cagliari next June! The ySIS officers Francesca Ieva (chair) Serena Arima Antonio Canale Clara Grazian Mariangela Sciandra You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.