[BioC] CFA: LASR 2008 - The Art and Science of Statistical Bioinformatics

[A Gusnanto]

Dear Colleagues,

I have been requested by Dr. Stuart Barber to forward the following
announcement to the list.

Regards

Arief Gusnanto
Dept. of Statistics
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
United Kingdom



Dear all,


                             LASR 2008
             THE ART AND SCIENCE OF STATISTICAL BIOINFORMATICS
               Leeds, UK            15th - 17th July 2008

                         CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

      ABSTRACTS OF CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AND POSTERS ARE NOW REQUESTED

             THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS 31 JANUARY 2008

We now invite abstracts from anyone wishing to give a contributed
presentation at the LASR workshop.  Abstracts should be one or two
paragraphs in length, outlining the work that you would like to
present. Please indicate whether you would prefer to present your work
as a short talk or as a poster presentation.

If your abstract is accepted, we will invite you to submit an extended
abstract of up to four pages for inclusion in the workshop proceedings.


The 2008 Leeds Annual Statistical Research Workshop will focus on
developments in interdisciplinary statistics and in particular the
interface
between statistical methodology and bioinformatics.

We are pleased to announce that the following leading statisticians
and bioinformaticians are expected to speak at LASR 2008.

     Fred Bookstein (Universities of Vienna, Seattle)
     Clive Bowman (GlaxoSmithKline)
     Walter Gilks (University of Leeds)
     John Kent (University of Leeds)
     Michael Levitt (Stanford University)
     Kanti Mardia (University of Leeds)
     Andrew Neuwald (University of Maryland)
     Alain Trouve (Ecole Normale Superieure, Cachin)
     David Westhead (University of Leeds)
     Ziheng Yang, FRS (University College London)

For more details, please see the workshop web site

                http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/lasr2008


Stuart.
-- 
Dr Stuart Barber
LASR 2008 - The art and Science of Statistical Bioinformatics
Leeds Annual Statistical Research Workshop,
Department of Statistics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
web: http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/lasr2008