Dear UAI Colleagues,
Attached is a CFP for papers/session for the meeting of the
International Society for Bayesian Analysis in Crete in May-June
2000. Phil Dawid, President Elect of ISBA, really wants to encourage
contributions on the interface between Statistics and AI, so do
please think of proposing something, and tell all your friends! As
per Phil Dawid, the deadline of 1 October should not be taken too
seriously, nor should the emphasis on the "theme" topics in official
statistics.
-- Prakash Shenoy
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CALL FOR SESSION ORGANISERS AND PAPERS
ISBA 2000
The 6th World Meeting of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis
Hersonissos, Crete, May 28-June 1 2000
The 6th World Meeting of ISBA will take place in Crete between May 28
and June 1 2000. ISBA is pleased to announce participation and
co-sponsorship from EUROSTAT and from the Association of Balkan
Statisticians.
The Scientific Committee solicits proposals from individuals interested
in organising sessions, and also from authors of individual papers. A
major focus of the meeting is Bayesian methods in government, official
statistics and public policy, and several sessions will be reserved for
presentations on topics related to the theme. Beyond this, the meeting
will feature sessions on research and applications of Bayesian
statistics in many diverse areas, especially on topics consistent with
the interdisciplinary outlook and mission of ISBA. Talks will be
organised in sessions of 2 or (mainly) 3 presentations, each talk being
30 minutes long, including discussion time.
We invite proposals from:
* session organisers interested in putting together a session of 2 or
3 talks on a specific topic, and
* contributing speakers on any topic.
We particularly encourage proposals in areas related to the meeting
theme. Suggested session topics are listed below, though proposals need
not be restricted to these areas.
Possible "THEME" topics:
Bayesian methods and official statistics
Statistics in the European Union
Bayesian statistics in national and international finance.
Confidentiality and disclosure limitation
Economic and governmental forecasting
Government accounting and/or auditing
Risk assessment (environmental, economic/business, etc)
Bayesian methods in insurance
Bayesian methods in agriculture
Decision analysis in government policy
Statistics in education and education policy
Bayesian methods in political science
Bayesian methods in sampling and census, including
non-response in surveys
Bayesian statistics in public health (disease mapping,
health care policy, program evaluation, etc).
Under the general theme of government and official statistics, we
solicit proposals for one or more formatted sessions with two or three
speakers presenting a coordinated discussion of important statistical
and societal problems. Such a session might involve a subject matter
expert to present the problem and background work, followed by one or
two speakers discussing specific Bayesian approaches and contributions,
highlighting challenges and unsolved problems, and possibly discussing
advantages of Bayesian methods over earlier (Bayesian and non-Bayesian)
approaches.
*** We expect to publish many of the theme papers in a special issue ***
*** of the EUROSTAT journal, "Research in Official Statistics." ***
*** Full details of the plan and schedule will be announced shortly. ***
In addition to the theme topics, we encourage proposals for sessions and
talks in any area of Bayesian statistics and decision science, including
topics in theory, methodology and applications.
Proposals from session organisers must include the names of proposed
speakers (preferably 3 speakers) and a session chair. Proposers of such
sessions will assume responsibility for managing the speakers and
ensuring a successful session at the meeting. Tentative titles of all
talks should be included with the names of proposed speakers. Individual
authors should simply send a proposed title for their talk. All
proposals should include full email addresses of all named participants,
as well as their institutional affiliations. All individuals interested
in presenting at the meeting will be able to do so, in either a plenary
or parallel session of talks, or in evening poster sessions. Individuals
who prefer to present in a poster session should mention that on their
submission.
All proposals should be emailed to Mike West, and all future
correspondence with the Scientific Committee will be carried out
electronically. Enquiries can be emailed to any member of the Scientific
Committee. To be given full consideration, proposals for sessions or
for individual talks must be received no later than OCTOBER 1, 1999.
While we will accept proposals that are received later than the October
1 deadline, we cannot promise that all organizers' requests will be met.
Future developments and details of ISBA 2000, as they become available,
will be posted on the ISBA web site: www.bayesian.org
ISBA 2000 Scientific Committee:
Alicia Carriquiry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Iowa State University, Ames IA
USA
George Kokolakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
National Technical University of Athens
Greece
Daniel Pena [EMAIL PROTECTED]
University Carlos III, Madrid
Spain
Gilbert Saporta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris
France
Adrian Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Queen Mary and Westfield College, London
England
Mike West (Committee Chair) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Duke University, Durham NC
USA
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