September 24-25, 1999
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
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The Fifth Workshop on Case Studies of Bayesian Statistics will take place on September 24th and 25th 1999 at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. The Workshop will feature in-depth presentations and discussions of substantial applications of Bayesian statistics to problems in science and technology, and poster presentations of contributed papers on applied Bayesian work.
The Workshop aims to explore the interplay between statistical theory and practice in the context of concrete and collaborative research projects. The selected case studies will be presented in three-hour sessions and will discuss the scientific background, context and problems, varied aspects of statistical development, outstanding problems in the implementation of Bayesian methods and possible solutions, and other aspects of applied and collaborative statistical work.
The previous four Workshops provided extended presentation and discussion on diverse topics. The cumulative list of invited papers in past workshops is available here. The topics covered have included studies of automotive fuel efficiency, political opinion and consumer surveys, AIDS clinical trials, DNA sequencing, medical imaging (fMRI and Spect), hospital profiling, genetic testing and breast cancer risk analysis, population ecology, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics, modeling blood flow, petroleum resource studies, nonignorable nonresponse studies in surveys, drug and alcohol abuse studies, analysis of supermarket scanner data, water and sewerage systems management, rainfall modeling, asset pricing studies, and environmental pollutant modeling.
As with the first four Workshops, invited case study papers and discussions, together with a selected subset of contributed papers, will be published in a Workshop proceedings. The first four Workshops were published by Springer-Verlag in refereed volumes of the mini-series "Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics".
The Fifth Morris H DeGroot memorial lecture, at the Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, will be given in conjunction with the 1999 Workshop. The previous DeGroot lecturers were Adrian FM Smith, A Philip Dawid, James O Berger, and Bradley Efron.
We are calling for proposals in the form of detailed abstracts (about 2 pages) from those interested in presenting one of the main invited papers for discussion. To be considered for a presentation, abstracts are due by January 15, 1999. Abstracts should emphasize scientific and technological background, and should clarify the extent to which the statistical work will address key components of the problems articulated. They should also include statements that makes clear the amount of work that will be accomplished by the time the manuscripts are due, and clearly identify the collaborators and particularly the non-statisticians who will be involved in the presentation. Case studies to be presented at the meeting will be selected by the organizing committee on the basis of all abstracts received.
Final manuscripts of the selected case studies will be due by June 1, 1999. Contributed paper abstracts will be due August 1, 1999.
The organizing committee of the Fifth Workshop includes Brad Carlin, Alicia Carriquiry, Constantine Gatsonis, Andrew Gelman, Rob Kass, Isa Verdinelli, and Mike West. Abstracts should be submitted to Bayes Workshop, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, e-mail: bayes@stat.cmu.edu. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Rob Kass at the same address or email: kass@stat.cmu.edu; phone: 412-268-2718; FAX: 412-268-7828; or by contacting any of the organizers.
Limited travel support is available to workshop participants and we especially want to encourage young researchers, women, underrepresented minorities, and the handicapped to attend and apply for support.
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