The Southern Regional Council on Statistics (SRCOS) is co-hosting the
52nd Annual Summer Research Conference (SRC) Sunday, June 5th -
Wednesday, June 8th in Bentonville, AR. The SRC brings together leading
researchers, faculty and students in a dynamic, interactive and learning
environment. Sponsors of the conference include ASA, NSF, NISS/SAMSI,
and SAS. Bentonville, nestled in the heart of the Ozark Mountains, is
home to the renowned Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, nature
trails and other activities.
Program co-chairs, Eugene Huang of Emory University and Jacqueline
Hughes-Oliver of North Carolina State University have lined up a
stimulating program. Featured keynote speakers are Terry Therneau of the
Mayo Clinic whose talk is entitled "Multi-state Models of Alzheimer's
Disease" and Naisyin Wang of the University of Michigan on "Exploration
and Prediction via Semiparametric Models with Latent Variables." The
statistics education session focuses on visual analytics with speakers
Mike Speed, PhD from the SAS Institute and Chris Nachtsheim, PhD from
the University of Minnesota. This year's banquet speaker is Jim Cochran
from the University of Alabama.
In addition to funds from SRCOS, funds from the ASA, NSF, SAS, and
other sources are available to help partially support graduate students
who participate in the NSF/Anderson Student Poster Competition and for
junior or isolated faculty presenting posters in the ASA/Kutner Faculty
Poster Session. Preference for support is given to participants from
SRCOS.
May 1: poster submission and early registration
May 22: conference hotel rate