[Rd] DSC 2005: announcement and call for papers

[Biostatistics]

DSC2005, a conference on systems and environments for statistical 
computing, will be held at the South Campus Center, University of 
Washington, Seattle.

Following from the successful DSC 2003, 2001, and 1999 conferences at the 
Vienna University of Technology, DSC 2005 will focus primarily on open 
source software, in particular the R and Omegahat projects.

The conference will begin with a reception on Friday August 12 and will 
have scientific presentations on August 13 and 14.

Abstracts (one page) may be sent to this address 
(<dsc2005 at u.washington.edu>).  The deadline for submission is 15 April 
2005, and notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent by 15 May 
2005.  Papers for publication in the online proceedings will be due in 
draft form by 1 August 2005 and in final form by 1 September 2005.


Further information, including registration details, will be available in 
the future from
http://depts.washington.edu/dsc2005/


 	-thomas

Thomas Lumley
Conference chair