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TMR Network in Spatial and Computational Statistics
Open Conference
SPATIAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS
Charlotte Mason College, Ambleside, UK.
Sunday 17th to Thursday 21st September 2000
Second Announcement and Call for Papers
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This open conference will cover the following broad themes in spatial
and computational statistics:
Spatial point processes and stochastic geometry
Non-linear geostatistical models and methods
Latent models
Markov chain Monte Carlo theory and methods
Extreme value theory and methods
To promote close interaction amongst participants, there will be NO
PARALLEL SESSIONS.
Invited speakers will include:
Julian Besag (University of Washington, Seattle, USA)
Laird Breyer (Aalborg University, Denmark/Lancaster University, UK)
Richard Davies (Colorado State University, USA)
Merrilee Hurn (University of Bath, UK)
Hein Putter (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Martin Schlather (Bayreuth University, Germany)
David Spiegelhalter (MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, UK)
Dietrich Stoyan (Freiberg University, Germany)
Richard Tweedie (University of Minnesota, USA)
Rasmus Waagepetersen (Chalmers University, Sweden)
Jonathan Wakefield (University of Washington, Seattle, USA)
In addition the programme will include about 25 half-hour slots
for contributed oral presentations, and an evening poster session.
Charlotte Mason College is located in the centre of Ambleside, which
is itself set in the heart of the beautiful English Lake District.
Further details and the on-line registration form are available at
www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~schlathe/ambleside.html
THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IS LIMITED TO 140, AND EARLY REGISTRATION
IS ADVISED.
For any queries not answered on the web-site, please contact Cathy
Thomson ([log in to unmask], +44-1524-594622).
Gareth Roberts,
TMR Network Coordinator,
29 October 1999
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