LASR 2014-2015 Geometry-Driven Statistics and its Cutting Edge Applications Leeds, UK 30th June - 2nd July 2015 Announcements We proudly announce that the Leeds Annual Statistical Research (LASR) Workshop will focus on geometry-driven statistics, which include advance methods in the analysis of manifolds, directional data analysis and shape analysis, and their cutting edge applications, especially in large data or high-dimensional data. Due to the importance of such topic, we will merge LASR 2014 and 2015 to better cater for our preparation. The event will take place in Hinsley Hall, Leeds, UK, from the 30th June to 2nd July 2015. This merge means that we will have more invited speakers than usual, and due to the topic's importance and relevance the current statistical applications, we anticipate to cater for more participants than usual. We will circulate the call for abstracts around the autumn of 2014, and meanwhile you may contact the LASR organisers or the LASR webpage in http://www1.maths.leeds.ac.uk/statistics/workshop/lasr2015/ for the latest update or for any queries. We are looking forward to meeting you in 2015. Best wishes, Kanti Mardia, Arief Gusnanto, Jochen Voss, Jessica Brennan -- Department of Statistics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT http://www1.maths.leeds.ac.uk/statistics/workshop/lasr2015/ You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.