LASR 2012 New Statistics and Modern Natural Sciences Leeds, UK 3rd - 5th July 2012 Registration is now open Registration is now open for the Leeds Annual Statistical Research Workshop 2012. You can register by completing the registration form at http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/statistics/workshop/lasr2012/regform.html Registration will close on 10th June 2012 and rebates are available for attendants registering before 31st May 2012. While the main focus of the LASR conference 2012 will be on the areas of bioinformatics and climate change, the workshop will to also cover other areas of statistics through talks and posters. We are pleased to announce that the following leading scientists have confirmed to give invited presentations: Fred Bookstein (Universities of Vienna and Washington) Gerard Bricogne (Global Phasing Limited) Peter Challenor (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton) Zoubin Ghahramani (University of Cambridge) Walter Gilks (University of Leeds, Rothamsted Research) Thomas Hamelryck (University of Copenhagen) John Haslett (Trinity College Dublin) Alan Haywood (University of Leeds) John Kent (University of Leeds) Kanti Mardia (University of Leeds) Darren Wilkinson (Newcastle University) For more details, please see the workshop web site http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/lasr2012 Best wishes, Jochen Voss (on behalf of the organisers) -- Department of Statistics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/lasr2012 You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.