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Second European Conference on Highly Structured Stochastic Systems
(HSSS) (Pavia, ITALY, 14-18 September 1999).
http://www.unipv.it/hsss99/hsss.html
THE DEADLINE FOR STANDARD CONFERENCE FEE RATE IS MAY 31
AFTER THIS DATE A LATE REGISTRATION PENALTY APPLIES
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE PLEASE READ BELOW OR CHECK THE
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Complex statistical models, built by local specification to ensure
parsimonious conditional independence relationships, are being used
increasingly in many domains of application. They can demonstrate
great complexity globally, and thus describe and predict in
complicated situations, yet simple local dependencies facilitate
modelling, inference and computation. Such Highly Structured
Stochastic Systems (HSSS) are a major tool in epidemiology, genetics,
expert systems, image analysis, spatial statistics, and many other
areas.
The Conference is sponsored by the European Science Foundation.
Scientific Programme
This conference will aim to present the state of the art of
computational and statistical aspects of modelling,
inference and computation in HSSS, with particular emphasis on
applications of HSSS ideas in several fields,
including genetics, biomedical research and epidemiology,
environmental application, spatial statistics and expert
systems. Also basic theory and methodological aspects such as model
choice and criticism, dynamic modelling, and
non-parametric approaches will be part of the central theme.
The programme will have invited and contributed paper sessions, and
poster sessions.
Invited lectures
We are aiming for research-level talks, but we have suggested that a
major part of each lecture should be accessible to non-specialists.
Speakers who have agreed to give such a lecture include:
David Clayton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Christopher Bishop, Microsoft Research, Cambridge
Peter Clifford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Phil Dawid, London, United Kingdom
Peter Donnelly, Oxford, United Kingdom
Richard Gill, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Nils Lid Hjort, Oslo, Norway
Katja Ickstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Niels Keiding, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jeffrey Rosenthal, Toronto, Canada
Tina Hviid Rydberg, Oxford, United Kingdom
Tobias Ryden, Lund, Sweden
Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba, Rome, Italy
Nanny Wermuth, ZUMA, Germany
Scientific Programme Commitee
Elja Arjas, University of Helsinki, Finland
Arnoldo Frigessi, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway
Richard Gill, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
Peter Green, University of Bristol, UK
Steffen Lauritzen, Aalborg University, Denmark (Chairman)
Anthony O'Hagan, University of Sheffield, UK
Nils Lid Hjort, University of Oslo, Norway
Sylvia Richardson, INSERM, Paris, France
Nanny Wermuth, Center of Survey Research (ZUMA), Mannheim, Germany
Local Organising Committee
Guido Consonni, University of Pavia, (Chair)
Paolo Giudici, University of Pavia
Antonietta Mira, University of Insubria
Carlo Berzuini, University of Pavia
Sonia Petrone, University of Insubria
Social events: excursion to Certosa of Pavia, a magnificent
Renaissance Complex; concert in historical Collegio Ghislieri;
conference dinner in a picturesque University courtyard.
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Guido Consonni
Universita' di Pavia
Dipartimento di Economia Poltica e Metodi Quantitativi
Via S. Felice, 5
27100 Pavia
ITALY
Tel. +39 0382 506 225
Fax: +39 0382 304226
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