20th International Conference on
COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS (COMPSTAT 2012)
27-31 August 2012, Amathus Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus



CALL FOR PAPERS

20th International Conference on
COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS (COMPSTAT 2012)
27-31 August 2012, Amathus Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus

Sponsored by the European Regional Section of the IASC, and organized by the Cyprus University of Technology, and the University of Cyprus.

The conference aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners to discuss recent developments in computational methods, methodology for data analysis and applications in statistics. All topics within the broad interface of Computing & Statistics will be considered for oral and poster presentation.


Topics includes, but not limited to: robust statistics, categorical data analysis, computational Bayesian methods, multivariate data analysis, time series analysis, signal processing, biostatistics, biocomputing, clustering and classification, functional data analysis, nonparametric statistics, optimization heuristics in statistical modelling, data visualization, sampling methods, spatial statistics, computational econometrics, machine learning, numerical methods in statistics, symbolic data analysis, high-dimensional data analysis, parametric and semiparametric models, mixture models, computer-aided data analysis, extreme value theory and applications, kernel methods and Monte Carlo methods.


To promote the participation of young researchers, ERS IASC will offer three prizes, each worth of €500 (five hundred Euro), for the three best contributions submitted by young participants (upper age 35 years on August 31, 2012).


Keynote Speakers:  Stanley P. Azen, Trevor Hastie and Elvezio Ronchetti.


Scientific Program Committee:

Ex-officio:  Erricos John Kontoghiorghes (Organiser and Chairperson of the SPC), Gilbert Saporta, Manfred Gilli, Vincenzo Esposito Vinzi.


Members:  Ana Colubi, Dick van Dijk, Peter Filzmoser, Roland Fried, Cristian Gatu, Mia Hubert, Domingo Morales, Tommaso Proietti.


Local organizers:  Cyprus University of Technology and University of Cyprus.


Important dates:

Abstract submission for invited and organized sessions: 30 April 2012 (Extended deadline. Submit an abstract)
Contributed abstract submission:20 May 2012 (Extended deadline. Submit an abstract)
Paper submissions for the COMPSTAT proceedings:15 May 2012 (Extended deadline. Submit a paper)
Notification decision for abstract submissions: 20 May 2012 (For the abstracts a decision is made at most two weeks after submission)
Notification decision for COMPSTAT proceedings submissions:  20 June 2012
Conference:  27-31 August 2012



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