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IMPS-2003 (SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT) The 13th International Meeting and the 68th Annual American Meeting of the Psychometric Society JULY 7 � 10, 2003 CHIA LAGUNA, CAGLIARI, SARDINIA, ITALY http://www.imps2003.unina.it/ ORGANIZED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PSYCHOMETRIC SOCIETY IMPS is an international biannual meeting organized under the auspices of the Psychometric Society, a no/profit international organization aimed to encourage the development of Psychology as quantitative rational science. The meeting concentrates on the various aspects of psychological scaling models and procedures, including theoretical developments, applications and computational methods. The scientific program will be characterized by having keynote speakers, invited lectures and invited sessions. For the first time, this will also be the Annual American Session of the Meeting of the Psychometric Society. TOPICS OF INTEREST include, but are not limited to, the following: Applications, Bayesian Statistics, Inference, Classification/Cluster Analysis, Classical Test Theory / Educational Measurement, Factor Analysis, Graphical Methods, Independent Component Analysis, Item Response Theory and Test Development, Loglinear/Categorical Data Analysis, Multiway Data Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling, Missing Observations, Marketing Research/Marketing Engineering Method, Neural Network Models, Principal Component Analysis, Quantification Theory / Dual Scaling / Homogeneity Analysis / Correspondence Analysis / Optimal Scaling, Covariance Structure Analysis/Structural Equation Models, Statistical Inference and Modeling, Time Series Analysis/Longitudinal Data Analysis, Non Linear Regression, Tree-based Models, Latent Variables, Multivariate Analysis, Model Checking / Robustness and Diagnostics. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Jacqueline Meulman (Leiden University, The Netherlands) KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Leo Breiman (University of Berkeley, California), Jerome Friedman (Stanford University, California), Ingram Olkin (Stanford University, California). ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Submissions will be accepted both at the IMPS2003 e-mail address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (either in pdf or Microsoft Word format), and at the Psychometric Society website (www.psychometricsociety.org). At the latter website, an online submission form will be provided, followed by an e-mail link for sending the abstract as a Microsoft Word or WordPerfect file to the Psychometric Society Central Office. Submissions must include the following information for each author: name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and e-mail address. PUBLICATION - A Volume of Abstracts will be published before the Meeting. - A Proceedings Volume of full papers will be published after the Meeting. Submitted papers will be reviewed by the Advisory Board. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Chair: Willem Heiser (Leiden University, The Netherlands) Jacqueline Meulman (Leiden University, The Netherlands) Francesco Mola (University of Cagliari, Italy) Roberta Siciliano (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Chair: Francesco Mola (University of Cagliari, Italy) Co-chairs: Jacqueline Meulman (Leiden University, The Netherlands) and Roberta Siciliano (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) Giuseppe Bove (University of Rome �La Sapienza�, Italy) Marcello Chiodi (University of Palermo, Italy) Claudio Conversano (University of Cassino, Italy) Francesco De Antoni (University of Rome �Tor Vergata�) Giorgio Garau (University of Cagliari, Italy) Giuseppe Puggioni (University of Cagliari, Italy) Giuliana Satta (University of Cagliari, Italy) Maria Targhetta (University of Cagliari, Italy) Maurizio Vichi (University of Rome, �La Sapienza�, Italy) ADVISORY BOARD Chair: James Ramsay (Canada) Erling B. Andersen (Denmark) Jaromir Antoch (Czech Republic) Phipps Arabie (USA) Jean Pierre Barthelemy (France) Peter Bentler (USA) Francesco Bertolino (Italy) Ulf Bockenholt (USA) Michael Browne (USA) Paul de Boeck (Belgium) Bruce Bloxom (USA) J. Douglas Carroll (USA) Mauro Coli (Italy) Renato Coppi (Italy) Luigi D�Ambra (Italy) Luigi Fabbris (Italy) Bernard Fichet (France) Josep Fortiana (Spain) John Gower (United Kingdom) Patrick Groenen (The Netherlands) Wolfgang Hardle (Germany) Willem Heiser (The Netherlands) Lawrence Hubert (USA) Margo Jansen (The Netherlands) Brian Junker (USA) Yutaka Kano (Japan) Henk Kiers (The Netherlands) Jan Klaschka (Czech Republic) Wojtek Krzanowski (UK) Carlo Lauro (Italy) Ludovic Lebart (France) Gideon Mellenbergh (The Netherlands) Jacqueline Meulman (The Netherlands) Francesco Mola (Italy) Ivo Molenaar (The Netherlands) Peter Molenaar (The Netherlands) Paola Monari (Italy) Ab Mooijaart (The Netherlands) Eiji Muraki (Japan) Shizuhiko Nishisato (Canada) Akinori Okada (Japan) Corrado Provasi (Italy) Walter Racugno (Italy) Alfredo Rizzi (Italy) Gilbert Saporta (France) Albert Satorra (Spain) Kazuo Shigemasu (Japan) Roberta Siciliano (Italy) William Stout (USA) Yoshio Takane (USA) David Thissen (USA) Antony Unwin (Germany) Wim Van der Linden (The Netherlands) Iven Van Mechelen (Belgium) Stanley Wasserman (USA) Haruo Yanai (Japan) Sergio Zani (Italy) PRE-REGISTRATION Interested people are invited to fill the pre/registration form at the conference web page http://www.imps2003.unina.it/ and to join the conference mailing list, in order to be updated about the most important facts connected with the IMPS-2003, including deadlines, program details and more. All information will be handled confidentially. IMPORTANT DATES March 1, 2003: Abstract Submission. People wishing to submit earlier in order to obtain a travel grant, can submit their abstract as of now. Acceptance notification will be sent within one month from the receipt. March 31, 2003: Notification of acceptance. May 1, 2003: Early Registration CONFERENCE FEES BEFORE May 1, 2003 AFTER May 1, 2003 Psychometric Society Members 230 Euro 330 Euro Non-members 300 Euro 400 Euro Student members 115 Euro 165 Euro Student non-members 150 Euro 200 Euro Participants can pay the registration fee at the Conference Website www.imps2003.unina.it Participants from the US can pay the registration fee in the same amount of US dollars at the Psychometric Society website: www.psychometricsociety.org ACCOMODATION: Conference attendants will be lodged in the hotels being part of the Chia Laguna Area (http://www.hotelchialaguna.com/), the Hotel Laguna and the Hotel Domus. The address of the conference center is: Hotel CHIA LAGUNA Localit� Chia, I-09010, Italy Tel: +39 070 92391 Fax: +39 070 9239586 Conference attendants are invited to contact directly the Chia Laguna Reception for the reservation. SOCIAL EVENTS Possible excursions to be organized during the conference time are listed below. These will be organized according to the initial indication of interest by the conference attendants. - Su Nuraxi of Barumini: a special type of defensive structure, known as nuraghi, built in the Bronze Age, for which no parallel exists anywhere else, developed on the island of Sardinia. The complex consists of circular defensive towers in the form of truncated cones built of dressed stone, with corbel-vaulted internal chambers. The complex at Barumini, which was extended and strengthened in the first half of the 1st millennium under Carthaginian pressure, is the finest and most complete example of this remarkable form of prehistoric architecture. - Cagliari: A tour in the ancient part of the capital of Sardinia - Is Zuddas Caves: The cave Is Zuddas is famous for a hall which contains many beautiful Helictites or Eccentriques. They are built on Aragonite. A skeleton of the endemic rodent Prolagus Sardus is on display near the cave entrance. It is extinct for about 400 years and lived only in Sardinia and Corsica. - Nora and Pula old ruins: Nora and Pula villages are located at about 30 km. from Caglairi. Their ruins were probably built in the Nuragic age, even if for this historical period information are very generic. According to local traditions, Nora is the most ancient town of Sardinia, and this seems to be also confirmed from the ancient Phoenician stele. Recent archeological discoveries revealed a sacred areas and an ancient Punic district.
