2011 International Indian Statistical Association Conference

By Sujit Ghosh posted 02-05-2011 21:37

  

Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University (NCSU) is jointly organizing the 2011 International Conference on Probability, Statistics, and Data Analysis with the International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) in the newly built state-of-art SAS Hall located on the NCSU north campus and the banquet with evening functions will take place in the nearby McKimmon Center on April 23, 2011. The conference is co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), American Statistical Association (ASA) and its North Carolina Chapter, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), SAS, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) among others with local support from the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (PAMS) and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) at NCSU. The conference serves as the official meeting of the IISA, and provides its members a unique opportunity to meet and exchange ideas.

The objective of the conference is to bring together both well established and emerging young researchers from around the world who are actively pursuing theoretical and methodological research in statistics and their applications in various allied fields. The format of the conference includes plenary sessions, special invited sessions and invited sessions. In addition, special sessions on panel discussion, student paper competition and poster sessions will be held, which will provide a tremendous opportunity for local researchers (junior faculty, graduate and undergraduate students) not only to showcase their research work but also benefit from some special sessions devoted to statistics education and funding opportunities.

The plenary speakers are:
  • Prof. S.R.S Varadhan, New York University
  • Prof. Peter Hall, University of Melbourne
  • Prof. Michael Jordan, University of California, Berkeley
  • Prof. Sally Morton, University of Pittsburgh
The special invited speakers include Marie Davidian (NCSU), Greg Campbell (Food and Drug Administration), Nilanjan Chatterjee (National Cancer Institute), Rabi Bhattacharya (University of Arizona), Malay Ghosh (University of Florida) and Noel Cressie (Ohio State University). There will be nearly other 140 invited and contributed talks each of 25-30 minute duration.

The registration fee has been kept very nominal at $250 for IISA members ($275 for non-members) to encourage a wide range of participation. The registration fee for students and permanent residents of developing countries (e.g., India) has been kept at a very nominal amount of only $130 for IISA members ($155 for non-members) for a three-day conference which includes most meals (welcome reception, three lunches, refreshments and a banquet) and conference materials. Click Conference Registration to register now (early bird deadline ends on Feb 11th, 2011)

Further details on conference activities and information on registration and abstract submission visit the conference website: http://www.iisaconference.info/ or write to conference organizers Sujit Ghosh and Subhashis Ghoshal at iisa.conf@gmail.com
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