LASR 2015

      Geometry-Driven Statistics and its Cutting Edge Applications

                Leeds, UK    30th June - 2nd July 2015

                    Registration is now open

I am happy to report that registration for LASR 2015 is now open.

Please use the online registration form to register:

     http://www1.maths.leeds.ac.uk/statistics/workshop/lasr2015/regform.html

Registration will close on 31 May 2015 and rebates are available for

attendants registering until 3 May 2015.

LASR 2015 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.  The event will

take place in Hinsley Hall, Leeds, UK, from the 30th June to

2nd July 2015.

We are pleased to announce that the following leading scientists are

expected to speak at LASR 2015:

  Fred Bookstein (Universities of Vienna and Washington)

  Clive Bowman (University of Reading)

  Charlotte Deane (University of Oxford)

  Ian Dryden (University of Nottingham)

  Walter Gilks (University of Leeds)

  Peter Green (University of Bristol)

  Thomas Hamelryck (University of Copenhagen)

  Stephan Huckemann (Universität Göttingen)

  Peter Jupp (University of St Andrews)

  John Kent (University of Leeds)

  Arnab Laha (Indian Institute of Management)

  Kanti Mardia (Universities of Leeds and Oxford)

  J. S. Marron (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  Eulogio Pardo-Iguzquiza (Institute Geológico y Minero de España)

  Cristina Rueda (Universidad de Valladolid)

For more details, please see the workshop web page

    http://www1.maths.leeds.ac.uk/statistics/workshop/lasr2015/

Best wishes,

Kanti Mardia, Arief Gusnanto, Jochen Voss

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Department of Statistics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT