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We are pleased
to announce the following conference, to be held in
Perugia (Italy), 6-8 September 2006 Statistical Latent Variable Models in the Health Sciences The primary objective of the conference is to bring together statisticians from academia as well as other research institutions working on different theoretical aspects and relevant applications of latent variable models for the health sciences and to provide a forum where to share ideas, problems and methodologies. Potential participants could be biostatisticians, psychometricians, and public health professionals who are active in the field of Latent Variable modelling and related methods. People who have current research in the topic are
strongly encouraged to send an abstract to:
latent@stat.unipg.it please specify "contributed paper" in the subject field together with the name and the e-mail of the corresponding author in the accompanying message.
Important deadlines: January 15th: Submission of contributed papers February 28th: Notification of decisions on contributed papers March 31st: Registration May 15th: Late registration A preliminary list of invited speakers includes: David Cox Martin Crowder Philip Hougaard Geert Molenberghs Irini Mustaki Sharon-Lise Normand James Robins Nanny Wermuth The organizers: Antonio Forcina, Mounir Mesbah, Mei-Ling Tee Lee The local organizers: Antonio Forcina, Francesco Bartolucci, Elena Stanghellini More information can be found at the wep page of the conference http://www.stat.unipg.it/forcina/shlav/shlav.html For further enquiry you may also write to any of the local organizers. |