Affiliates Update: April, 2003

1. NEW AFFILIATES (and representatives)

Rutgers University, Department of Statistics (Yehuda Vardi)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Statistics (Douglas Simpson)

2. UPCOMING EVENT. NISS has agreed to co-sponsor The ISI International Conference on Environmental Statistics and Health, to be held July 16-18, 2003 at the Palacio de Congresos in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Consequently, Affiliates Reimbursement Accounts may be used to defray expenses of attending this conference. Additional information is available at

http://isi-eh.usc.es/

3. APDF. Reminder!!! Initial proposals to the Affiliates Proposal Development Fund are due July 1, 2003. Details are on the Affiliates Web site, at

http://www.niss.org/affiliates/apdf/apdf.html

4. AFFILIATES SURVEY. We are currently conducting an informal survey to gauge Affiliate interest in and reaction to suggestions proposed at the March 7 Planning Meeting. The survey is on the Affiliates Web site, at

http://www.niss.org/affiliates/survey2003/survey2003.html

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO FILL IT OUT.

5. AFFILIATES JOB LISTINGS remain at

http://www.niss.org/affiliates/ajls.html

AJL listings can be sent at any time to Katherine Kantner (kak@niss.org).

6. NISS JSM EVENTS

Affiliates Lunch --- Sunday, August 3, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel, Barcelona I

NISS/SAMSI Session: SAMSI After One Year: Accomplishments and Opportunities --- Sunday, August 3, 4:00 - 5:50 PM, Location TBA

NISS/SAMSI Reception, featuring announcement of 2003 Sacks Award and inaugural APDF Awards --- Monday, August 4, 5:30 - 7:30 PM, Hotel Nikko, Nikko Ballroom II

6. REMINDER: SAMSI 2003-04 PROGRAMS

Data Mining and Machine Learning (Fall, 2003–Spring, 2004)

Tutorials and Opening Workshop: September 6-10, 2003

Closing Workshop: May 20-22, 2004

Network Modeling for the Internet (Fall, 2003)

Tutorials and Opening Workshop: September 17-20, 2003

Internet Tomography Workshop: October 12-14, 2003

Multiscale Model Development and Control Design (Spring, 2004)

     Tutorials and Opening Workshop: January 17-21, 2004

     Multi-Scale Phenomena in Soft-Matter, Nano-Materials Workshop: February 15-17, 2004

     Fluctuations and Continuum Equations in Granular Flow Workshop: April 15-17, 2004

For more information, see the SAMSI Web site:

http://www.samsi.info/200304/programs200304.html

This page updated on May 2, 2003 9:45 AM