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Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute symposium on
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University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
2nd-3rd October, 2003
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Theme
Statistical Learning is one of the most vibrant current areas
of statistical research. In Statistics parlance, its main themes
are prediction and classification ("supervised learning") and
clustering ("unsupervised learning"). Many of these themes are
present in areas outside of mainstream statistics: pattern
recognition, artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural networks,
data mining and bioinformatics. This symposium will primarily focus
on statistical issues, although some cross-disciplinary research
will be presented.
Invited Speakers
David Bowtell (University of Melbourne)
Markus Hegland (Australian National University)
Robert Kohn (University of New South Wales)
Steve Marron (University of North Carolina)
Rob McCulloch (University of Chicago)
Brian Ripley (Oxford University)
Xiaotong Shen (Ohio State University)
Alex Smola (Australian National University)
Arcot Sowmya (University of New South Wales)
Ross Taplin (Murdoch University)
Mike Titterington (University of Glasgow)
The symposium is now just 3 months away. Here are some
updates:
* The new and improved web-site is
www.maths.unsw.edu.au/~inge/symp
and information about the symposium
is continuously being added. The
latest addition is a tentative
programme.
* HOTEL BOOKING ALERT!!!!
The symposium takes place just one week
before the 2003 Rugby World Cup commences
in Sydney. Therefore you are advised to book
accommodation as soon as possible. Accommodation
suggestions have been added to the web-site.
Flights may also be affected by the World
Cup.
* Early bird special (late bird penalty).
We recommend you register as soon as possible,
but not later than 2nd September when the lower
rates expire. Full registration procedures are
now on the web.
* Speaker addition/subtraction
Drs. Markus Hegland and Alex Smola
have been added to the invited speaker
list. Professor Geoff McLachlan has
had to withdraw.
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Inge Koch and Matt Wand
Department of Statistics
University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052, Australia
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Helen Armstrong
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ph: + 61 2 9385 6904 fax: 9385 7123
School of Mathematics
UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052
