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- From: cthombor@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Clark D. Thomborson)
- Subject: Interface '93 announcement & CFP
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:41:46 GMT
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- Michael Tarter asked me to post this announcement to the net.
- Clark
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-
- 25th Symposium on the Interface:
- Computing Science and Statistics
-
- Statistical Applications and
- Expanding Computer Capabilities
-
- April 14-17, 1993
- San Diego, California
- Pan Pacific Hotel
-
- Keynote Speaker - David Brillinger
- "Statistics and Computing in Science"
-
- Sponsor: Interface Foundation
- of North America
-
- Hosts:
- Precision Data Group and University of California, Berkeley
-
- Cooperating Societies and Institutions:
- American Statistical Association (ASA)
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
- Society for Indusrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
- Operations Research Society of America (ORSA)
- The Biometrics Society (WNAR)
- University of California, Berkeley
- San Diego State University, San Diego
- Northern and Southern California Chapters
- of the American Statistical Association
-
- Invited Sessions Include:
- Data Compression, Computing with Enviromental Data,
- Biopharmaceutical Maps and Graphics, Clinical Trials,
- Protein Structure, Digital Networks, User Interfaces,
- Geosciences, Software Engineering and Statitiscal Methods,
- The Interface at 25, Likelihood Applications, Library Systems,
- Medical Applications, Multivariate Function Estimation,
- Networked Information Systems,Supercomputers,
- Time Series Analysis, Wavelets, Computers and Statistics in
- Drug Discovery, Quality Data Bases
-
- Call for Papers
- Session will include invited and contributed papers, and
- special session of invited posters, videos, and demos.
- Attendees who wish to be considered for a poster/video/demo
- session should submit one copy of a presentation description by
- February 26, 1993. The description should not exceed one-half
- page in length, and should include lines for title, presenter,
- and mailing address.
-
- Descriptions and inquiries should be sent to:
- Interface '93
- Michael E. Tarter, Program Chair
- 140 Warren Hall
- University of California, Berkeley
- Berkeley, CA 94720
- (510) 642-4601
- email: tarter@stat.Berkeley.EDU
-
- Conference proceedings of invited and contributed papers
- will be published. Camera-ready copy will be due on
- June 1, 1993.
-
- Conference Schedule:
- The conference begins on Wednesday evening, April 14,
- with a get-acquainted reception. Technical sessions will
- be held Thursday and Friday with a banquet Thursday evening.
- There will be final technical sessions Saturday morning.
-
- Short Courses
- SYSTAT: Data Analysis -- 2 days prior to the conference,
- Monday, April 12 and Tuesday, April 13. SYSTAT produces
- statistical software designed for data analysis.
- Registration for this short course will be handled separately.
- BMDP: A New Windows-Based Statistical Analysis Environment
- will be presented Wednesday afternoon, April 14. There is no
- fee for this course, however, please note on the registration card
- if you plan to attend.
- Jenny Baglivo, Marcello Pagano, and Cathie
- Spino will offer a short course in Randomization Tests:
- Theory and Practice. There is no fee for this course. Please note
- on the registration card if you plan to attend.
-
-
- Registration
- The registration fee is $165 for members of the cooperating societies,
- ASA, IMS, SIAM, ORSA, the Biometrics Society (ENAR and WNAR),
- and for persons affiliated with University of California, Berkeley.
- The fee is $55 for students; for others it is $185. Registrations
- received after February 15, 1993 will be charged a late fee of $20.
- The registration fee covers the reception, coffee breaks, banquet,
- and the proceedings.
- Please make checks payable to Interface '93.
-
- GENERAL INFORMATION
- Accommodations:
- All meetings will be held at The Pan Pacific Hotel in downtown
- San Diego, California. Conference room rates of $99 per room
- have been arranged for all attendees. Early registration is
- strongly recommended to assure a room. Please contact the
- hotel directly for reservations.
-
- THE PAN PACIFIC HOTEL, 402 West Broadway, San Diego,
- CA 92102-3580. Telephone (619)239-4500 or (800)626-3988.
-
- Conference rate for Interface '93 participants honored until March 14,
- 1993. Rate can be extended 3 days prior and/or following the
- conference. Rates are $99 for either single or double
- room. Reservations held until 4 p.m. without deposit or accepted
- credit card.
-
-
- Air Fare:
- At the present time, no airlines are offering discount association fares.
- Vineyard Travel in San Diego will be happy to assist you with your travel
- plans. Their telephone number is (619) 741-6669. Rosemary Nigro is our
- Corporate Travel Consultant.
-
-
- San Diego International Airport:
- San Diego International Airport is served by most major airlines. Shuttle
- bus and limousine service are available to the Pan Pacific Hotel in
- downtown San Diego.
-
- Program Committee:
- Lynne Billard, Mary Ellen Bock, Noel Cressie, Arnold Goodman,
- Sam Greenhouse, Jon Kettenring, Diane Lampert, Michael Lock,
- Bob Newcomb, Joseph Newton, John Rice, Ernest Scheuer,
- Bob Shumway, Michael Tarter, Grace Wahba, Edward Wegman
-
- Interface Foundation:
- The Interface Symposium is an activity of the Interface
- Foundation of North America, a nonprofit, educational
- corporation founded in August of 1987. The aim of the IFNA
- is to promote the Interface Symposium and related
- activities at the interface of computing science and statistics.
- The 25th Symposium is the sixth held under the
- auspices of the Interface Foundation. The next symposium
- will be hosted by the SAS institute in North Carolina in 1994.
-
-
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- Clark
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