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The Royal Statistical Society's International Conference in 2002 will be
hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University
of Plymouth from 3 to 6 September.
The conference will be preceded by short courses on Practical Bayesian
Modelling, Modern equipment for the survey analyst, and An introduction
to genetic epidemiology. See
http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/maths/research/stats/RSScourses.html for full
details.
The opening and closing plenary speakers at the conference have been
confirmed as:
Professor Brian Ripley (University of Oxford) 'Statistical methods need
software: a view of statistical computing';
Professor Terry Speed (University of California) 'Statistical challenges
in the analysis of gene expression data'.
Contributed papers and posters are sought on any of the following
invited session topics or any other statistical topic:
Statistical evidence to government inquiries
Providing a quality service
Diversity in finance
Bayesian hierarchical models
Performance indicators/Capitation funding
Neighbourhood statistics
Statistics of e-commerce/The New Economy
Practical applications of statistics in the pharmaceutical industry
Distribution theory in the 21st Century
Statistical disclosure limitation and confidentiality
Future perspectives in statistical image analysis
Exploring the archival potential of statistics
Signal processing and time series
Population dynamics
Statistical analysis of microarray data
Evidence-based practice in education
Environmental impact assessment
Is statistics being left behind by computing?
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 1 March 2002. Abstracts
may be submitted by email to [log in to unmask] or by mail - for full
details about submissions see
http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/maths/research/stats/RSSsubmission.html.
Information about registering for the conference can be obtained from
the local conference office (email: [log in to unmask]) or from the
conference website
http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/maths/research/stats/RSS2002.html.
Paul Gentry
Administrative Officer
Royal Statistical Society
020 7638 8998
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