The Department of
Statistics at the University
of Florida
will host its Ninth Annual Winter Workshop: Workshop on
Environmental and
Environmental
Health Statistics. The workshop is dedicated to exploring emerging
statistical
methods
for analyzing and interpreting data related to pressing environmental
problems.
There will be twelve invited talks by leading statistical
researchers.
Tentative topics include extreme value theory as applied to hurricane
winds;
point process modeling of fire outbreaks; spatial modeling of
environmental health data; causal inference in studies of
disease risk; and, using dirichlet processes to model
precipitation. Pending
successful funding, a limited number of young researchers will be
awarded
travel support. Workshop support is limited to senior graduate students
(fourth
year and higher) or recent researchers (PhD since 2002). Funded
researchers are
required to present topic related research at the conference poster
session. Applications for travel support should be submitted
electronically by November 1, 2006,
and must include a one-page curriculum vitae, a one-page poster
abstract, and
two references, one of which must be from the major professor.
Women and
underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
There will be a welcome reception on Thursday,
January 11, 2007
from 6PM-8PM at Keene Faculty Center, in Dauer Hall.
For additional information contact Mary Christman.
Invited Speaker's
Talks
- Francesca Dominici, Johns Hopkins
University
- James Elsner, Florida State
University
- Alan Gelfand, Duke University
- Marc Genton, Texas A&M University
- Peter Guttorp, University of
Washington
- Tom Lumley, University of
Washington
- Doug Nychka, National Center for
Atmospheric Research
- Walt Piegorsch, University of
Arizona
- Richard Smith, University of North
Carolina
- Paul Switzer, Stanford University
- Mark van der Laan,
University of California, Berkeley
Organizers
The workshop is organized by Mary Christman, Babette Brumback, Mike
Daniels, Yongsung Joo and Xueli Liu.
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.
| Hilton University of Florida Conference Center
|
352-371-3600 |
| Holiday Inn (ask for special conference rate STATS 2007) |
352-376-1661 |
Registration
