The last two decades have witnessed major changes in statistical thinking and practice, as largely model-based methods, supported by normal-theory asymptotics, have been supplanted by empirical approaches, founded on novel, highly adaptive technologies. Examples abound: the wide use of nonparametric regression, generalized additive models, semiparametric methods in survival analysis, and of course Monte Carlo methods and the bootstrap.
The foundations of these areas are now laid quite firmly, and the time is ripe to determine the directions in which statistical science should progress, building on these foundations in such a way as to respond to the increasingly complex scientific questions being asked of it. The workshop is dedicated to this issue. It will provide a clear picture of the achievements to date, and the current advantages of the new nonparametrics; and will delineate future directions in which this vital new technology should be advanced. It will simultaneously be of benefit to users of statistics, who must keep abreast of new developments, and to statistical researchers, who require a clear idea of new directions and new emphases.
The schedule for talks is now available. To minimize the overlap with Rodney Wolff's "Workshop on Recent Developments in Time Series and Chaos" we decided to schedule all talks between Tuesday, July 2, and Thursday, July 4. You can either access the time schedule either in a plain-text version or in an HTML version. For the latter version you need a WWW client which can handle tables!
The registration fee is AUD 70 (Australian Dollars).
The workshop is held partly parallel to Rodney Wolff's "Workshop on Recent Developments in Time Series and Chaos.". This registration fee will allow you to particapate at both workshops.
Payment may be made by a cheque or credit card (Bankcard, VISA, Mastercard, AMEX) in Australian (or American) dollars. Australian residents may send a personal cheque drawn on an Australian bank. Cheques should be made payable to account no: Q6580002.01 - Nonparametric Statistical Methods: The Road Ahead.
At 15 December 1995, exchange rates were AUD 1 ~ USD 0.75 ~ GBP 0.49.
Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, is the capital city of Australia and is situated approximately 250km south west of Sydney. Canberra can be reached from Sydney by air (45 minutes) and surface (3 hours). The city was founded in 1913 and is based on a city plan selected from an international competition. Lake Burley Griffin, a central landmark of Canberra, honours the winner of that competition. "Canberra" is an Aboriginal word meaning "meeting place": the nation's Federal Parliament is based in Canberra, as well as many other national institutions and the like, such as the High Court, the National Gallery, the National Library, the Academy of Science, the Australian War Memorial, the National Science and Technology Centre, the Australian Mint, the National Botanic Gardens, Old Parliament House, ...
The Australian National University (ANU) was founded in 1946 as the nation's first institution for postgraduate education and training, although undergraduate courses are taught there now, too. Most academic disciplines have a research home in its Institute of Advanced Studies as well as a research/teaching home in its Faculties. Mathematical Sciences are represented in both of these branches of the ANU, along with the Centre for Mathematics and Its Applications.
July marks the middle of winter for Canberra: it is generally bright and crisp during the day (maximum ~ 11C) and cold during the night (minimum ~ 0C). However, it is not unknown to rain during July.
This workshop will be held on University premises. Accommodation will be available in either University House (building 1, map location C2) (tariff per single room per night is presently AUD 77.00 and AUD 89.00 per night for double rooms) or John XXIII College (building 51, map location D4/5) (tariff per single room per night is presently AUD 33.00; this includes breakfast, lunch and dinner) on the ANU campus. (There is a very limited number of twin/double rooms.)
Qantas Airways has been designated the official carrier for SISC-96. Participants are urged to use Qantas and its partners for travel to, from and within Australia. Please quote the Qantas group booking code JFJABU to your travel agent.
However, please note that US speakers funded by NFS have to travel with United Airlines in order to receive reimbursement of their travel cost.
International travellers, travelling on any airline, are urged to take advantage of the Qantas `Explorer Pass' system, whereby relatively inexpensive flights can be taken within Australia. Such passes must be purchased before arrival in Australia. Domestic travellers not originating in Sydney or Canberra may be able to obtain advance-purchase fares for "triangular routings"; for example, the two-week advance purchase fare, staying away a Saturday night, for Melbourne-Canberra-Sydney-Melbourne costs AUD 309 for travel in July 1996 (quoted by Qantas on 8 November 1995).
Disclaimers as set out in the `Registration and Call for Papers' bulletin of the SISC-96 shall apply to this workshop. Please contact the SISC-96 secretariat to obtain that bulletin, which contains scientific and administrative details of the main conference, accommodation and travel information, entry requirements for Australia, main conference tours, etc.
Please send your registration by e-mail, fax or normal mail to Berwin Turlach (address below). We need your name, a contact address and, if possible, an e-mail address and/or fax number. Please let us also know if you need help for arranging your accommodation.
Registration is not guaranteed until the registration fee has been received. Payment may be made by a cheque or credit card (Bankcard, VISA, Mastercard, AMEX). Cheques, in Australian or American Dollars, should be made payable to account no: Q6580002.01 - Nonparametric Statistical Methods: The Road Ahead. Please post your registration fee to Berwin Turlach (address below) with payment details.
Please email Berwin Turlach if you wish to note interest in the workshop but do not yet wish to register.
The address to which your registration fee should be sent, and from which further information can be obtained, is ...