The Department of Statistics at the University of Florida will host its 8th Annual Winter Workshop in Gainesville, Florida, during January 13-14, 2006. The workshop will focus on recent advances made in the field of theoretical statistics. A major purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum for the advancement of statistical theory and its potential applications, to discuss and examine areas that are on the cutting edge of statistical research, and to identify areas for future research. In addition to the invited presentations, the workshop will include a contributed poster session.

There will be a welcome reception on Thursday, January 12, 2006 from 7PM-10PM at Keene Faculty Center, in Dauer Hall.

• Program 
  
• Conference Logo
• Conference Photograph
• Invited Speakers
• Conference Organizers
• Accommodations in Gainesville
• Campus Map
• Registration Form (Required for all attendees)
• All Travel Funding Has Been Committed
  
  

Invited Speaker's Talks

• Jim Berger, Duke University
• Peter Bickel, University of California at Berkeley
• Ron Butler, Colorado State University
• R. Dennis Cook, University of Minnesota
• Jim Fill, Johns Hopkins University
• Peter McCullagh, University of Chicago
• Susan Murphy, University of Michigan
• Nancy Reid, University of Toronto
• Christian Robert, Ceremade University, Paris, France
• Michael Steele, University of Pennsylvania
• Stephen Stigler, University of Chicago
• Bin Yu, University of California at Berkeley
  

Organizers

The workshop is organized by André Khuri, George Casella, Clyde Schoolfield, Alex Trindade, Malay Ghosh and Ramon Littell

Accommodations
 
 Participants arriving at the Gainesville Regional Airport should be able to locate a taxi or a shuttle
 to the hotel where they are staying.  They can anticipate a 15-30 minute ride depending on the
 location of their hotel.   The Department of Statistics will provide transportation daily from the
 Paramount Hotel to the Reitz Union.

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center	352-371-3600
Holiday Inn	352-376-1661
Paramount Hotel (Block Code STAT06 $71.00/night rate applies until 12/12/05)	352-377-4000