Borrowing Strength: Theory Powering Applications

为期三天的研讨会将于2010年12月15日至17日在宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院举行。这次研讨会将汇集世界各地统计领域的一些最杰出的研究人员。会议的主要目的是促进交流最新的研究发展，为新的研究人员和代表性不足的群体提供机会，并建立新的合作，将努力解决悬而未决的问题，并为研究开辟新的方向。研讨会将侧重于统计研究领域，为生物信息学、图像分析、信号处理和基因组学等不同科学分支中出现的问题提供创新方法。同时，讲习班将涵盖具有广泛适用性的基本统计理论的主题。除了核心的受邀演讲外，研讨会还将包括海报会议和讨论会议。

A three-day workshop will be held at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, on December 15-17, 2010. This workshop will bring together some of the most prominent researchers in the field of statistics from around the world. The main objectives of the meeting are to facilitate the exchange of recent research developments, to provide opportunities for new researchers and underrepresented groups, and to establish new collaborations that will channel efforts into pending problems and open new directions for investigation.The workshop will emphasize areas of statistical research offering innovative approaches to problems arising in various branches of the sciences including bioinformatics, image analysis, signal processing and genomics. At the same time, the workshop will cover topics of fundamental statistical theory having broad applicability. In addition to the core invited talks, the workshop will feature poster sessions and discussion sessions.