[Statlist] Fwd: Annonce de workshop en Belgique

[Eva Cantoni]

FYI.

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Davy Paindaveine
Université libre de Bruxelles
http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~dpaindav
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                      WORKSHOP ON SEMIPARAMETRIC STATISTICS
  
                
The Center for Statistics of Ghent University will be organising a workshop on semiparametric statistics on December 13-14, 2017 in Gent, Belgium.
  
The workshop aims to bring together researchers in the field of semiparametric statistics.
Its main scientific aims are to stimulate research in the field,  identify interesting new problems and applications, and foster dialogue and future research collaborations.
  
SESSIONS
The workshop has sessions on the following topics:
•        Semiparametric efficiency and robustness
•        High-dimensional inference
•        Functional data analysis
•        Survival analysis
•        Applications in life sciences
Each session will have an invited speaker and two or three contributed talks.
  
SPEAKERS
We have received confirmation of several key players in the discipline:
•        Aurore Delaigle (University of Melbourne, Australia)
•        Thomas Gerds (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
•        Marc Hallin (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
•        Valentin Patilea (ENSAI, France)
•        Aad van der Vaart (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
  
IMPORTANT DATES:
•       June 19: call for abstracts opens
•       June 19: registration opens
•       September 10: deadline abstract submission
•       September 15: final program
•       September 24: early bird registration ends
•       December 1: registration closes
  
  
More information: Please consult the website for further details, latest news, abstract submission and registration:
                                                                 http://www.wss.ugent.be