Statistics Canada’s 2013 International Methodology Symposium is soliciting contributed papers that examine methodological issues resulting from the use of imperfect frames.
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Kansas-Western Missouri Chapter Announces 6th Annual Symposium
The ASA’s Kansas-Western Missouri Chapter, department of biostatistics at The University of Kansas Medical Center, and Cerner Corporation are pleased to announce the symposium Innovations in Design, Analysis, and Dissemination: Frontiers in Biostatistical Methods will take place April 18–19, 2013.
Michigan Biostatistics Hosts Symposium in Honor of Jack Kalbfleisch
A symposium in honor of Jack Kalbfleisch, “Methodologic Advances in the Analysis of Outcomes Data,” was held September 28–29 at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Approximately 160 celebrated Kalbfleisch’s contributions to statistics and service to the profession.
ISS-2012 on Longitudinal Data Analysis a Success
The International Symposium in Statistics on Longitudinal Data Analysis Subject to Measurement Error, Missing Values, and/or Outliers took place at Memorial University from July 16–18.
Biopharmaceutical Symposium to Offer Tutorials, Short Courses
A biopharmaceutical symposium, BASS XIX, will be held November 5–9 at the Mulberry Inn Suites in historic Savannah, Georgia.
Davidian to Give Keynote at Women’s Symposium
Marie Davidian, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Statistics and director of the Center for Quantitative Sciences in Biomedicine at North Carolina State University, will deliver the keynote address at the North Carolina Symposium for Women in Mathematics and Statistics, to be held at NC State on April 16. Her talk will focus on a variety of applications that require combining mathematical and statistical modeling.
CDC Symposium to Focus on Massive, Complex Data in Public Health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 13th Biennial Symposium on Statistical Methods will be held at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Decatur, Georgia (Atlanta metropolitan area), May 24–25. The theme of this year’s conference is “Statistical Applications Using Massive and Emerging Data in Public Health.”
Symposium Given in Honor of Steve Lagakos
A day-long symposium in honor of Steve Lagakos was held at the Harvard School of Public Health on October 22. Lagakos, a professor of biostatistics at Harvard, died in a car accident with his wife and mother-in-law on October 13, 2009.
Symposium Planned in Honor of Lagakos
There will be a one-day symposium on October 22 in honor of Stephen Lagakos, who died in an accident in October of 2009. Discussion will reflect Lagakos’s interests, including HIV prevention, biostatistical education in the 21st century, and clinical trials.
Contributed Papers Sought for Symposium
Members of the community from private organizations, government, or academia are invited to attend the 2010 International Methodology Symposium in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from October 26–29.