Program in Brief

The preliminary program appears below. We welcome technical papers discussing methods or applications with a potential tie to defense and security issues. More details on the conference will be available. Check the web site http://www.galaxy.gmu.edu/acas for updates.

• Welcome:
  
• Short Course:
  A short course on "Mixed-effects Models Using R," offered by Douglas Bates, University of Wisconsin, will precede the conference on 17-18 October. The tutorial will start at 8:30 AM.
  
• Invited Speakers (confirmed):
  
  • Wei-Yin Loh, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Keynote Address)
    
  • Sallie Keller-McNulty, Rice University
    
  • Nozer Singpurwalla, George Washington University
    
  • Barbara Billauer, University of Maryland
    
  • Chris Raphael, Indiana University
    
  • Richard Smith, University of North Carolina
    
    
• Banquet Speaker:
  
  
• Special Sessions:
  
  • Modern Reliability Methods
    Organizer: Christine Anderson-Cook, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    
  • Statistical Research at the Naval Postgraduate School
    Organizer: David Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School
    
  • Modeling, Analysis, and Control of Network Traffic
    Organizer: Harry Chang, Army Research Office
    
    
• Events:
  • Social: Tuesday, October 18
  • Wilks Award Banquet: Wednesday, October 19