– To those thinking of attending our January 25 luncheon meeting – Register Early and Be Prompt – because you won’t want to miss a single moment of this program – “The Past, Present, and Future of Statistics.”
This exciting program is an offshoot of the “Encyclopedia of Statistical Science,” 2nd edition – the 16 volume, nearly 9,700 page masterpiece that delivers a description of the new topics in statistical literature and a detailing of the methods and applications that have recently gained prominence.
Our friend and Wiley’s seasoned publisher, Steve Quigley, has put together this special program to let us learn about these “hot topics” from an academic Editor-in- Chief as well as gain insights into the behind the scenes mechanics of publishing a major reference work. Then, the Future – the greatest networking opportunity you’ve ever known. We call it a round-table / open-forum where a whole room full of statisticians discuss what they see as the needs of and for statistics in the future, and what they know that can contribute to satisfying these needs. As Steve has called it, “Networking that works in Chicago, the city that works.”
The East Bank Club will allow this meeting to run long – to 3:00pm if needed. So suburbanites should know a commute is definitely worthwhile.
Schedule:
| Noon – 12:15 PM |
Steve Quigley with his PowerPoint description of a publisher’s experience creating the Encyclopedia “Behind the Scenes and Beyond the Content.”
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| 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM |
Lunch and conversation with our tablemates
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| 12:45 PM– 1:15 PM |
N.Balakrishnan, Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia will join us on the speakerphone from Ontario, Canada, to talk about the methods and applications that are gaining prominence. He has also indicated a willingness to answer questions (a few brief questions) at this time.
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1:15 PM to
no later than 3 PM |
Let the Networking begin!
Steve Quigley will be our host for the round-table/open-forum on the future of Statistics.
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About the speakers:
STEVE QUIGLEY Associate Publisher, Statistics and Mathematics books, has been in the publishing industry for forty years. Since graduating from Dartmouth with degrees in French and International Relations, he has worked in Mathematics and Statistics publishing for four companies – Addison Wesley, Scott Foresman, PWS Kent, and John Wiley & Sons; in each job increasing sales (15% to 50% per year), he has won numerous awards – most notably, three times receiving the prestigious Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Award for graphic design and timely content.
His publications include books, reference works, journals, and, most recently, online products. His hobbies include Masters’ swimming (2nd in 2006 Bay State Games), sailing, tennis, singing, and computing. Steve currently works on 60 – 80 manuscripts at any one time – in addition to putting on this program for us. We’re honored!
N. BALAKRISHNAN N.BALAKRISHNAN – everyone calls him “BALA” is a professor at McMasters U. in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada where he has supervised 50 Masters projects/theses and 30 PhD theses since 1991. He is also a distinguished named professor at Bowling Green State U. in Ohio, and Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain
Bala is a Fellow of the National ASA (ASA) ,the Institute of Math Sciences (IMS), and also is the 2008 ASA Don Owen Award winner, He has been an elected member of the International Statistical Institute since 1992.
In addition to being Editor-in-Chief of the Revised (2nd edition) of the ”Encyclopedia of Statistical Science” he is Editor-in-Chief for “Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods”, and “Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation”: Executive-Editor of the “Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference”: Associate- Editor for the “Journal of Probability and Statistical Science”, “Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability”, and “Metrika”.
He has edited and authored numerous research volumes and handbooks including the series “Statistics for Industry and Technology” and handbooks on “ Methods and Applications of Statistics” including Business, Finance, and Management Science: the Life and Health Sciences: and the Engineering, Quality Control, and the Physical Sciences. From his web page, he has authored 17 books, 4 handbooks, and edited 28 volumes,
He is a prolific writer of articles (over 200) in many refereed journals, including the “Annals of Statistics”, “Journal of Multivariate Analysis”, “Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference”, “IEEE transactions on Reliability”, “Biometrics”, “Journal of Quality Technology”, and “Statistica Sinica”.
Details:
Register online here
Lunch is $30 for CCASA members, $35 for non-members. Non-members, join the chapter for a year for only $15 and get the discount plus all of the other benefits of membership! As usual, the Lucile Derrick Fund will purchase a limited number of tickets for students who wish to attend. If you are a student and would like to take advantage of this offer, please register online below, and contact Gerald Funk, expressing your interest 773-508-3561 or gfunk@luc.edu
Reduced fee parking available at EBC with validation.
Please register for the luncheon by Friday January 21, 2011.