2011 International Conference on Probability, Statistics and Data Analysis (2011-ICPSDA)

2011年4月21日至24日，北卡罗莱纳州立大学（NCSU）统计学系将在北卡罗莱纳州罗利的NCSU校园举办“2011年概率、统计和数据分析国际会议”。所有的演讲都将在新建的最先进的建筑“SAS大厅”进行。该会议作为国际印度统计协会（IISA）的官方会议，为其成员提供了一个独特的机会，与统计学家同行会面并交换意见。本次会议由美国统计协会（ASA）、美国统计协会北卡罗来纳分会、美国国家统计科学研究所（NISS）、SAS公司、葛兰素史克公司（GSK）、NCSU物理与数学科学学院（PAMS）和农业与生命科学学院（CALS）共同主办。NCSU的统计司正在提供设备、工作人员和后勤支助。会议包括由s.r.s. Varadhan教授、Peter Hall教授、Michael Jordan教授和Sally Morton教授主持的四场全体会议。会议亦设有6场特邀讲座、超过150场特邀讲座、海报会议及小组讨论，主题为资助机会及统计教育。杰出的演讲者、女性、少数民族、未被充分代表的群体、研究生和年轻的专业人士将得到来自美国国家科学基金会（NSF）等联邦资助机构的资助。会议的主要目标是汇集来自世界各地积极从事统计学理论和方法研究及其在各个相关领域应用的成熟和新兴的年轻研究人员。会议旨在为领先的专家和青年研究人员提供一个论坛，讨论统计理论和应用的最新进展，从而为各个领域的统计推断提供新的方向。因此，会议为研究生、年轻研究人员和来自行业和政府机构的专业人士提供了巨大的机会和利益，让他们接触到最前沿的统计方法及其应用，并为他们提供了一个平台，通过海报和口头报告向该领域的专家展示自己的工作。此外，关于资助机会和统计教育的互动式小组讨论将帮助他们更好地为未来的职业生涯做好准备。鼓励妇女、少数民族和代表性不足的群体参加会议，向他们提供部分资金支持，从而促进我们专业的多样性。会议网站http://www.iisaconference.info将通过提供所有会议相关材料的链接来传播会议产品，包括会议摘要和幻灯片，因此这个网站不仅是会议参与者的重要资源，也是任何对统计理论和应用感兴趣的专业人士的重要资源。

The Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University (NCSU) is hosting the "2011 International Conference on Probability, Statistics and Data Analysis" in the NCSU campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, from April 21-24, 2011. All presentations will take place in the newly built state-of-the-art building named "SAS Hall." The conference serves as the official meeting of the International Indian Statistical Association (IISA), and provides its members a unique opportunity to meet fellow statisticians and exchange ideas. The conference is co-sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA), NC Chapter of ASA, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), SAS Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (PAMS) and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) of NCSU. The Department of Statistics at NCSU is providing equipment, staff and logistic support. The conference includes 4 plenary talks given by Prof. S. R. S. Varadhan, Prof. Peter Hall, Prof. Michael Jordan and Prof. Sally Morton. The conference also features 6 special invited talks, over 150 invited talks, a poster session and panel discussions on funding opportunities and statistical education. Eminent speakers, women, minorities, under-represented groups, graduate students and young professionals will be supported by the funding received from federal granting agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF). The main objective of the conference is to bring together both well established and emerging young researchers from around the world who are actively pursuing theoretical and methodological research in statistics and their applications in various allied fields. The conference aims to provide a forum for leading experts and young researchers to discuss recent progress in statistical theory and applications, thereby provide new directions for statistical inference in various fields. The conference thus provides tremendous opportunities and benefits to graduate students, young researchers and professionals from industry and government agencies by giving them an exposure to the cutting edge statistical methods and their applications and providing them a platform to showcase their own work to experts on the field through poster and oral presentations. Moreover, interactive panel discussions on funding opportunities and statistical education will help them better prepare for their career ahead. Women, minorities and under-represented groups have been encouraged to participate in the conference by proving them partial funding support, thus promoting diversity in our profession. The conference website http://www.iisaconference.info will disseminate conference products by providing links to all conference related material including abstracts and slides of the talks and hence this website will serve as a great resource for not only the conference participants but also to any professionals interested in statistical theory and applications.