2012 Conference on Contemporary Issues and Applications of Statistics (CIAS2012)

2012 Conference on Contemporary Issues and Applications of Statistics (CIAS2012)

January 2-4, 2012, (Monday-Wednesday), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

WELCOME

Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the founder of Indian Statistical Institute , emphasized the need of interdisciplinary research with statistics playing a pivotal role. Honouring his vision, Indian Statistical Institute is going to organize a conference on Contemporary Issues and Applications of Statistics during January 2-4, 2012 (CIAS2012). The goal of the conference is to bring together statisticians and other scientists engaged in inter-disciplinary research involving applications of Statistics from different parts of the world, and provide a platform for them to interact among themselves and to share their thoughts on recent developments in different areas of the subject. Success of the conference will definitely infuse further enthusiasm in statistical activities in India. Interested students, faculty and other researchers are welcome to participate.

AN INDICATIVE LIST OF TOPICS

·         Actuarial Statistics

·         Advances in Design of Experiments

·         Applications in Finance

·         Bayesian Computation

·         Bayesian Statistics

·         Bioinformatics

·         Biostatistics

·         Data Mining, Pattern Recognition

·         Environmental Statistics

·         Issues in Inference

·         Statistical Physics

·         Statistics in Industry

·         Statistics in Medicine

·         Statistics in Government

Please send an extended abstract of your research paper (at most 500 words) by e-mail to the undersigned no later than 30 September 2011. All submissions will be refereed. Authors of accepted papers will be informed by 15 October 2011. The full paper must reach the organisers by 15 November 2011. Limited accommodation facility for outstation participants and domestic travel support for invited speakers will be provided as per the rules of the institute.

See Program page for scope of the topics for abstract and paper submission.

E-mail address for extended abstract submission is,mailto:cias@isical.ac.in

ACCOMODATION

Limited accomodation for outstation participants will be provided on a first come first served basis in accordance with the rules of the Indian Statistical Institute.

Information regarding local accomodation available and the procedure for applying for it, and other related details will be uploaded shortly on this page and will also be sent to the concerned participants.

Conference organizers regret their inability to assist participants in the booking of hotel accomodation, train and airline tickets.

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Download Registration Form

Resident Indian Researchers (Rs. 1000, up to 30th November) and (Rs. 1500, after 30th November )

Other Researchers ($100, up to 30th November) and ($150, after 30th November)

Resident Indian Students (Rs. 500, up to 30th November) and (Rs. 500, after 30th November)

Other Students ($50, up to 30th November) and ($50, after 30th November)

PAYMENT OF REGISTRATION FEE

FROM ABROAD: Please make a bank transfer using the details given below and e.mail the transaction notification to the convenor (cias@isical.ac.in)

A. NAME OF THE BANK: UNITED BANK OF INDIA

B. ACCOUNT HOLDER NAME: INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

C. BANK ADDRESS: DUNLOP BRIDGE BRANCH,202/1 B.T.ROAD,KOLKATA - 700108

D. 9 DIGIT MICR CODE NUMBER OF THE BANK AND BRANCH : 700027046,DUNLOP BRIDGE BRANCH , KOLKATA

E. NEFT IFSC CODE: UTBI 0 DLB 140

F. RTGS IFSC CODE: UTBI 0 DLB 140

G. BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER: 0071050000118

H. ACCOUNT TYPE: CURRENT ACCOUNT

FROM WITHIN INDIA: Please prepare a draft for the amount in the name of " Indian Statistical Institute", payable in Kolkata and send it by post to the convenor.

Sourabh Bhattacharya

Indian Statistical Institute

Bayesian and Interdisciplinary Research Unit (BIRU)

R.A.Fisher Bhavan

203,B.T.Road.

Kolkata-700 108.

VISA

Any supporting letters needed for Visa can be obtained by writing an email to us.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Kolkata is located in eastern part of India and historically known for its traditional and vibrant culture. City attracts several places of tourist importance, for example: National Museum, Imperial period buildings and monuments, traditional and modern shopping malls to several educational Institutes.

Temperature during the conference period is around 10 -15 degrees C.

Organisers might plan a short local day tour within the city for conference participants. Information related to local tours will be updated when final program is ready.

Information for local accommodation requests, application procedure for lodging etc, for invited and other participants will be updated online and details will also be sent to concerned participants.

Check the related links page for selected hotels. Conference organizers are not involved in hotels, trains, flights booked by the participants directly using these links.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Conveners, CIAS 2012

Bayesian and Interdisciplinary Research Unit

Indian Statistical Institute

203 B T Road, Kolkata 700 108.

INDIA

E-mail: cias@isical.ac.in

FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://www.isical.ac.in/~cias/index.html