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2004 Annual Meeting in Montréal

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Program (Scientific and Social Program, Workshops, Committees and Business Meetings) (PDF)

The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) will be held at the Université de Montréal from Sunday May 30, to Wednesday June 2, 2004. It is jointly organized by the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) and the Département de mathématiques et de statistique of the Université de Montréal. The Program Committee is chaired by Christian Genest (Université Laval); Local Arrangements are coordinated by Christian Léger (Université de Montréal).

More than 500 registrants are expected at this conference, which will bring together researchers and users of statistics and probability from academia, government, and industry. The meeting will feature three workshops, some 40 Invited Paper Sessions, and numerous Contributed Paper Sessions. See below for a detailed program, a description of the workshops, and detailed information concerning registration, accommodation, transportation, and submission of abstracts.

All conference activities (workshops and committee meetings included) will take place at the Université de Montréal, located on the north side of Mount Royal. Most of them will actually be held at the André-Aisenstadt and Claire-McNicoll buildings [map], which are easily accessible from the downtown conference hotels, either by subway (called Métro) or by bus. Special rates have also been negotiated with the university residences.

The banquet will take place Tuesday night, June 1, at the Chalet du Mont Royal, which affords a breathtaking view of the downtown district.

View a city map or visit Tourism Montréal for more information about Montréal and the surrounding area.

Registration

Online registration is now open. The form is optimized for Internet Explorer or Netscape (and it may not work with other browsers). You are strongly encouraged to register online, even if you plan to pay registration fees by cheque.

If you prefer, a paper version of the registration form is available (pdf file).

The workshops and meetings scheduled for Sunday May 30 will be held on campus.

Accommodation

Blocks of rooms have been booked at the following hotels:

Le Méridien Versailles-Montréal
$169 per night
Toll-free call from Canada and the United States: 1 888 933-8111

Hôtel Maritime Plaza
$119 per night
Toll-free call from Canada and the United States: 1 800 363-6255
Email: info@hotelmaritime.com

Le Nouvel Hôtel
$119 per night
Toll-free call from Canada and the United States: 1 800 363-6063
Email: info@lenouvelhotel.com

Hôtel du Fort
$120 per night + 15% provincial and federal sales taxes
Toll-free call from Canada and the United States: 1 800 565-6333
Email: reserve@hoteldufort.com

To take advantage of the conference rates, rooms should be booked by March 29, 2004, under the code SSC 2004. Please note that these rates are not available through the on-line reservation system of the hotels.

A number of rooms have also been booked at the Residences of the Université de Montréal. The rates are $35 per night or $210 per week + 15% provincial and federal sales taxes. Since the web site of the Residences is currently only available in French, the following link contains the on-line registration form in the lower frame and its translation in the upper frame.

Transportation

Montréal is served by one major airport (Montréal-Trudeau). The airport bus will get you downtown for $12.50. A taxi from the airport to downtown or to the campus of the Université de Montréal will cost around $30. Public transportation is by far the cheapest way to get downtown: take city bus no 221 from Dorval Train Station to Métro Lionel-Groulx; cost: $2.50.

From downtown Montréal to the Université de Montréal campus, you can take a cab (about $15.00) or the Métro for $2.50 a ticket. Exit the Métro at the Université de Montréal Station (blue line). Then take the moving ramp to the campus, located at the top of the hill. For those who will stay in the conference hotels, it is recommended to get to the campus by Bus 165 or 535 (these buses ride on Guy street which turns into Côte-des-Neiges). By exiting at “Queen Mary Road” and “Côte-des-Neiges,” a nice five-minute walk will take you to campus. The building “Pavillon André-Aisenstadt” is located west of the main building “Pavillon Roger-Gaudry” (formerly called “Pavillon Principal”).

If you are driving, take the Décarie Expressway (Highway 15) and exit at “Chemin Queen Mary Road.” Travel east on “Chemin Queen Mary Road.” The campus entrance is at the corner of Decelles Street (one block east of “Chemin Côte-des-Neiges”). It will cost you $10/day to park your car on campus. Be aware that street parking is at a premium around campus.

Student Travel Awards for SSC 2004

The SSC is again awarding travel supplements for students attending the 2004 SSC meeting, May 30 – June 2, at the University of Montreal. These awards are funded by the SSC and its sections, including the Biostatistics, Business and Industrial Statistics, and Survey Methods Sections.

Any full-time student giving a poster or a talk in a Contributed or Invited Paper Session, or participating in a Case Study Session, is eligible. In the case of multiple authors, only one award will be given per presentation. A student who has received an SSC Travel Award within the last two years is not eligible this year. No more than two awards will be awarded per university department.

This award is to be used towards travel costs to the 2004 SSC conference, up to a maximum of $500.

To apply for the award, please send a cover letter, the title and abstract of your talk, and a short budget indicating the costs to be met by this award. Indicate the section (Biostatistics, Business and Industry, Survey Methods or General) to which your paper belongs. Have your supervisor send a statement (e-mail is acceptable) indicating that you are currently a full-time student.

Send the required information to Professor John Koval by March 15, 2004.

John Koval, The University of Western Ontario, Chair of the Student Awards Subcommittee

Job Fair

The annual Statistics and Biostatistics Job Fair will again be held in conjunction with the SSC Annual Meeting in Montréal, QC, May 30-June 2, 2004. This is an excellent opportunity for employers to secure wellqualified candidates for their positions: experienced Statisticians, Biostatisticians and graduating students. Many graduating students present the results of their research at the Annual Meeting and demonstrate their abilities by participating in the case studies data analyses. The Job Fair is also a fertile opportunity for job seekers. The process for participation in the 2004 Job Fair is outlined below. Please note that all CVs will be sent to all participating employers (statistics and biostatistics). For job seekers

For free advance registration, please send 10 hard copies (please staple!) of a curriculum vitae to Gary Sneddon at the address given below, to arrive by Friday, May 7, 2004. You may choose to include a cover letter. Please note that e-mail submissions will not be accepted.

The curriculum vitae will be sent in a one-time shipment to prospective interviewers. All curriculum vitaewhich arrive after that date will be delivered on-site during the course of the meeting. You do not have to attend the meeting to participate in the Job Fair. However, if you will not attend please contact Gary Sneddon so that interview slots can be re-allocated.

With the curriculum vitae, please specify whether you wish to apply for industrial/commercial or academic positions or both. Also, please specify your citizenship and immigration status. Please state whether you will be attending the meeting, so we can distribute interview slots appropriately.

On-site registration will cost $25 for each job seeker. On-site registrants should bring 10 copies (stapled) of a curriculum vitae for on-site distribution. While the organizers will do their best to ensure distribution to interviewers, some delays will be inevitable, especially since many interview slots will have been allocated.

Curriculum vitae may be submitted in either official language. Bilingual individuals may want to submit them in both languages for double coverage in English and French job binders.

Since each job seeker will receive an identification number, please include an e-mail address with your application.

Job-seekers contact:
Gary Sneddon
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL A1C 5S7
sneddon@math.mun.ca

For employers

Costs for on-site interviewing and the advance receipt of curriculum vitae: $250 for commercial groups, $100 for institutional groups. In fairness to all, employers are asked to not contact the job seekers until the meeting dates. Please contact Gary Sneddon at the address below for details. After the meeting, there will be a charge to receive copies of the curriculum vitae: 1/2 the cost of your group category ($125 and $50, respectively).

Employers contact:
Gary Sneddon
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL A1C 5S7
sneddon@math.mun.ca

Call for Contributed Papers

The Program Committee is calling for contributed 15-minute talks or poster presentations, either in statistics or in probability.

To be considered, submissions must be made through the conference website (see below) on or before Friday, February 13, 2004.

Submissions must include the paper’s title, the authors’ names and affiliations, and an abstract in English or French of 100 words or less. The speaker and the preferred format (talk or poster) should also be identified.

Submission of Abstracts

Workshops

Workshop in Biostatistics
Statistical Learning and Data Mining

Workshop on Industrial Statistics
Data Mining Tools for Business Applications

Workshop on Survey Methods
An Introduction to Best Survey Practices

List of Posters (DOC)

Sponsors

We wish to thank our following sponsors:

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