Affiliates Update: March 2006

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Update: March 2006

1. UPCOMING AFFILIATES EVENTS

Workshop on Survey Costs (Washington, April 18-19, 2006). Registration is now closed.
Affiliates Annual Meeting (April 27-28, 2006: Athens, GA).
SAMSI Interdisciplinary Workshop for Undergraduates (May 22-26, 2006, SAMSI/NCSU). See http://www.samsi.info/workshops/2005ug-workshop200605.shtml for details.
SAMSI ASTRO Transition Workshop (6/11-14/06, Penn State)
Interface 2006: 38th Symposium on the Interface: Computing Science and Statistics (May 24-27, 2006, Pasadena, CA). NISS is a co-sponsor.
SAMSI Summer Program on Multiplicity and Reproducibility in Scientific Studies (July 10-28, 2006, SAMSI). See http://www.samsi.info/programs/2006multiplicityprogram.shtml for details.
SAMSI Industrial Math/Stat Modeling Workshop for Graduate Students (July 24 - August 1, 2006, NCSU). See http://www.ncsu.edu/crsc/events/imsm06/ for details.

2. JSM 2006 EVENTS

NISS Fifteenth Anniversary Dinner: Saturday evening, August 5, 2006 in Seattle. Location and exact time TBA.
NISS Affiliates and NISS/SAMSI University Affiliates Lunch: Sunday, August 6, 2006, 11 AM - 2 PM in Seattle. Precise location TBA.
NISS/SAMSI Reception: Monday, August 7, 2006, 5-7 PM in Seattle. Precise location TBA.

3. FALL AFFILIATES EVENTS

SAMSI Program on Development, Assessment and Utilization of Complex Computer Models: Opening Workshop and Tutorials (September 10-13, 2006, Radisson RTP)
SAMSI Program on High Dimensional Inference and Random Matrices: Opening Workshop and Tutorials (September 17-21, 2006, Radisson RTP)
SAMSI NDHS Transition Workshop (Date TBA)

Affiliates reimbursement accounts may used to attend all of these events.

4. SAMSI 2006-07 PROGRAMS. SAMSI will conduct programs in 2006-07 on

High-Dimensional Inference and Random Matrices (Fall 2006). For details, see http://www.samsi.info/programs/2006ranmatprogram.shtml
Development, Assessment and Utilization of Complex Computer Models (Full year program, with multiple subprograms). For details, see http://www.samsi.info/programs/2006compmodprogram.shtml

5. SAMSI AT A GLANCE. SAMSI has started bi-weekly e-mail announcements, called SAMSI at a Glance, of SAMSI events. If you or others in your organization wish to subscribe, please send an e-mail request to Margaret Polinkovsky: margaret@samsi.info.

6. AJL REMINDER. Send material for the Affiliates Job Listings to Katherine Kantner (kak@niss.org). The AJL is located on the NISS web site at http://www.niss.org/affiliates/ajls.html

7. 2006 SACKS AWARD. Nominations for the 2006 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research are due on April 30, 2006. For information about the award and how to submit nominations, see http://www.niss.org/sacksaward/sacksaward-nominations06.html.

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