2012 International Conference on Robust Statistics (ICORS2012)

稳健统计国际会议（ICORS）是过去12年来的年度国际会议。2012年ICORS会议（ICORS2012）将于2012年8月5日至8月10日在佛蒙特州伯灵顿佛蒙特大学举行。会议将持续五天，大部分时间将举行两次会议。讲座将包括在指导委员会建议的帮助下选择的特邀演讲者；由个人组织者组织的基于主题的邀请会议，贡献会议和海报会议。来自美国国家科学基金会的资金主要用于支持大约15名来自美国的初级研究人员和研究生。这次会议由密涅瓦基金会共同主办。ICORS会议的目的是将对稳健统计、数据分析和相关领域感兴趣的研究人员聚集在一起。这包括理论和应用统计学家以及来自其他领域的数据分析师，包括主要专家以及初级研究人员和研究生。ICORS会议创建了一个论坛，讨论该领域的最新进展和新出现的想法，并鼓励所有与会者之间的非正式接触和讨论。ICORS2012将是首次在美国举行的此类会议。这一点很重要，因为它将鼓励来自美国的研究人员，特别是年轻的研究人员更多地参与研究，与来自其他国家的同事进行研究互动和思想交流。预计会议将继续有大量的国际代表参加。ICORS2012将通过最新研究成果的展示、演讲后的深入讨论和非正式的思想交流，促进科学活动的加强和改进。会议将有助于不同背景和地理位置的研究人员之间的合作。会议还将有助于教育活动，因为它将吸引大量的初级研究人员和学生与该领域的高级研究人员进行互动。会议的网址是http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dtyler/ICORS2012/。

The International Conference on Robust Statistics (ICORS) has been an annual international conference for the past 12 years. The ICORS meeting for 2012 (ICORS2012) will be held in the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont from August 5-August 10, 2012. The conference will span five days with double sessions for most of the days. The lectures will include invited speakers, chosen with the help of suggestions from the steering committee; theme based invited sessions organized by the individual organizers, contributed sessions and poster sessions. The funds from NSF are primarily to support approximately 15 junior researchers and graduate students from within the United States. The conference is cosponsored by the Minerva Foundation.The aim of the ICORS conferences is to bring together researchers interested in robust statistics, data analysis and related areas. This includes theoretical and applied statisticians as well as data analysts from other fields, and includes leading experts as well as junior researchers and graduate students. The ICORS conferences create a forum to discuss recent progress and emerging ideas in the area and encourage informal contacts and discussions among all the participants. The ICORS2012 will be the first such conference to be held in the United States. This is important since it will encourage a larger participation of researchers, and in particular young researchers, from the United States, to engage in research interaction and exchange of ideas with their colleagues from other countries. It is anticipated that the conference will continue to also have a large international representation. The ICORS2012 will contribute to the enhancement and improvement of scientific activities through presentations of latest research results, intensive discussion after presentations, and informal exchange of ideas. The meeting will help collaboration among researchers of diverse backgrounds and geographic locations. The meeting will also contribute to educational activities, as it will attract a substantial number of junior researchers and students to interact with senior researchers in the field. The conference Web site is http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dtyler/ICORS2012/ .