Second Call for Papers
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International Conference on Statistics
in Honour of Professor Kai-Tai Fang's 65th Birthday (Fang65)
June 20--24, 2005, Hong Kong
(IMS co-sponsored meeting)

Important Deadlines
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Abstract Submission:     February 28, 2005
Early Bird Registration: February 28, 2005


Conference Theme
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Professor Kai-Tai Fang, Fellow of the American Statistical Association
and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, is the co-inventor
of the uniform experimental design, which is used by engineers to
expedite product development.  He has discovered new methods for inference
in multivariate data.  In recent years he has collaborated with biologists
and chemists to enhance our understanding of Chinese medicine. He is the
author or co-author of six research monographs, twelve textbooks and
over 250 articles that cover computational statistics, distribution theory,
experimental design, growth curve models, Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo
methods, multivariate analysis, optimization, popularity, statistical
graphs, statistical inference and others. As Professor Fang celebrates
his 65th birthday, we are organising a conference to recognise his
achievements.  The conference will cover all main areas in Statistics.

Plenary Speakers
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Peter Bentler       University of California, Los Angeles
Ching-Shui Cheng    University of California at Berkeley
                    and Institute of Statistical Science, Taiwan
A. Philip Dawid     University College London
Jianqing Fan        Princeton University
Peter Hall          Australian National University
Fred J. Hickernell  Hong Kong Baptist University
Dennis K. J. Lin    Pennsylvania State University
Xiao-Li Meng        Harvard University
Rahul Mukerjee      Indian Institute of Management
Harald Niederreiter National University of Singapore
Ingram Olkin        Stanford University
Dietrich von Rosen  Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ming Tan            University of Maryland
Henry P. Wynn       London School of Economics
Grace Yang          University of Maryland


Invited Sessions
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Theme                        Organiser
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Bioinformatics               Jianqing Fan
Biostatistics                Gang Li
Data Mining                  Dennis Lin
Experimental Design          Rahul Mukerjee
Finance                      Qiwei Yao
Multivariate Analysis        Dietrich von Rosen
Official Statistics          Hing-Wang Fung
Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods    Harald Niederreiter
Time Series                  Wai Keung Li


Scientific Committee
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Jianqing Fan (Co-chair)        Princeton University
Fred J. Hickernell (Co-chair)  Hong Kong Baptist University
Lai K. Chan                    City University of Hong Kong
Gang Li                        University of California, Los Angeles
Rahul Mukerjee                 Indian Institute of Management
Dietrich von Rosen             Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Qiwei Yao                      London School of Economics


Local Organising Committee
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Sung Nok Chiu (Chair) Hong Kong Baptist University
Ping-Shing Chan       Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hing-Wang Fung        Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Government
Bing-Yi Jing          Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kai-Wang Ng           Hong Kong University
Man Lai Tang          Hong Kong Baptist University
S. K. Tse             City University of Hong Kong
Gang Wei              Hong Kong Baptist University

Call for papers
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In addition to plenary talks and invited talks by invited speakers,
the conference will have a number of parallel sessions for
contributed presentations.  If you wish to present a talk, please
submit the title and abstract to the conference secretariat by
February 28, 2005.  All abstracts should be no more than 300 words,
include the title of the talk and the names, affiliation, addresses
and email addresses of the authors.  Electronic submissions in Latex
or plain text format are preferred.  All abstracts will be refereed
by the Organising Committee.  We will try to notify you of the
acceptance of your talk within one month of the date we receive
your abstract.

Registration
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All participants in the conference must register.
The registration fee is US$230/HK$1800. But those who register by
February 28, 2005 need only pay US$180/HK$1400 (or US$100/HK$780 for
full-time students).  The registration fee includes conference materials,
lunches, tea breaks and a conference banquet.
To register, please complete the on-line Registration Form.

Venue and Accommodation
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The conference will be held at the Lam Woo Conference Centre of Hong Kong
Baptist University. The University Guest House is just next to the
conference venue.  Only a limited number of rooms are available.
You are advised to book your room as early as possible. It is
suggested to make your reservation by April 30, 2005.  For details,
please refer to the on-line Accommodation Reservation Form.


Social Activities
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We will arrange some social activities for all participants and their guests.
You may register for these activities on the first day of the conference.

Sponsors
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The Croucher Foundation
Hong Kong Baptist University
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
K. C. Wong Education Foundation
Lee Hysan Foundation
Peking University - HKBU Joing Research Institute for Applied Mathematics

Contact Information
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Fang65                          Phone: (852) 3411-7015
c/o Department of Mathematics     Fax: (852) 3411-5811
Hong Kong Baptist University    Email: [log in to unmask]
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.          URL: http://www.math.hkbu.edu.hk/Fang65/