The Executive Board for the Conference on Applied Statistics in Defense (CASD), formerly the Army Conference on Applied Statistics, is pleased to announce this year's conference will be held from October 19-23, 2015 in Fairfax, VA. CASD is a conference of the Interface Foundation of North America and a forum for the presentation and discussion of theoretical and applied papers relating to the use of probability and statistics for solving problems of national importance, with an emphasis on defense and national security. CASD provides valuable opportunities for constructive interaction among academic, industry, and government agency scientists. CASD also serves a nurturing role in the elevation of statistical proficiency among researchers in other disciplines who find themselves statistical practitioners because of the compelling benefits statistical science brings to research, development, and testing.
Dr. Robert Grammacy of the University of Chicago will present a short course for registered conference attendees prior to the conference on October 19-20 entitled "Bayesian Methods with R".
This year's conference program will include invited talks by prominent investigators in various branches of statistics and applied probability as well as contributed papers of a technical, applied, and clinical nature. To date, the following distinguished researchers have been confirmed
- Catherine Warner (Director, Operational Test & Evaluation)
- Sallie Keller (Virginia Tech)
- Ed Wegman (George Mason University)
- Bradley Jones (SAS)
Clinical sessions, a distinct element of CASD, accept unresolved problems in applied statistics. A panel of experts of invited speakers and other distinguished attendees offer guidance on how to proceed. We invite you to consider the opportunity to present an interesting statistical problem to some of the country's leading applied and mathematical statisticians.
More information to follow.