The Southern Regional Council on Statistics
American Statistical Association, and
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences
The Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University welcomes you to Jekyll Island, Georgia for the 2009 Southern Regional Council on Statistics Summer Research Conference, June 7-10.
The Keynote speakers are:
- Raymond Carroll, Texas A & M University
- Ian Dryden, University of South Carolina
- Frank Harrell, Vanderbilt University
- Jonas Ellenberg, University of Pennsylvania
- Jun Liu, Harvard University
- Glen Satten, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Simon Sheather, Texas A & M University
- Michael Speed, Texas A & M University
The scientific organizing committee consists of Bob Lyles (Emory), Chris Coffey (UAB), Tianwei Yu (Emory) and Mike Kutner (Emory).
The annual SRCOS Summer Research Conference is designed to bring together statistical researchers at all levels to learn about current areas of investigation and trends in statistics, including statistics education. The conference format consists of morning, early afternoon, and evening sessions, leaving late afternoons open for informal professional discussions and social interaction. Such interactions are important for the development of new researchers and graduate students, whose participation via contributed poster presentations is especially encouraged.Conference sponsors include the ASA, which contributed funds towards travel support for graduate students and junior faculty, and the NISS/SAMSI University Affiliates program, which enables attendees from NISS/SAMSI affiliate institutions access to their affiliates reimbursement accounts to defray costs associated with attending this meeting. See the NISS/SAMSI ARA guidelines for more information. We also gratefully acknowledge support from the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University.
Jekyll Island, GA