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International Conference on Advances in Probability and Statistics - Theory and Applications: A Celebration of N. Balakrishnan's 30 years of Contributions to Statistics December 28 - 31, 2011 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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An international conference will be held in Hong Kong as a tribute to the distinguished statistician and global collaborative researcher, Professor N. Balakrishnan, for his 30 years of contribution to Statistics. The conference will feature research topics inspired by the substantial contributions of Professor Balakrishnan to Statistics, in areas such as distribution theory, reliability and lifetime data analysis, censoring methodology, ordered data analysis, etc. It aims to bring together researchers interested in theory as well as applications of probability and statistics to discuss recent developments and to suggest future research directions.
Conference website: http://faculty.smu.edu/ngh/icaps2011.html
e-mail: icaps2011@gmail.com
For further details please contact:
P. S. Chan, Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong, China.
e-mail: benchan@cuhk.edu.hk
H. K. Tony Ng, Department of Statistical Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX 75275-0332.
e-mail: ngh@mail.smu.edu
H. N. Nagaraja, Division of Biostatistics, and Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 43210.
e-mail: hnagaraja@cph.osu.edu
Barry C. Arnold (Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA)
Enrique Castillo (Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain)
M. Chris Jones (Professor of Statistical Science, Department of Statistics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, England)
Way Kuo (President and University Distinguished Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong)
International Organizing Committee
B. C. Arnold (University of California, Riverside, California, USA)
P. S. Chan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong)
N. Kannan (University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA)
H. N. Nagaraja (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA)
H. K. T. Ng (Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA)
M. L. Tang (Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong)
Local Organizing Committee
Ping Shing Chan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong)
Man Lai Tang (Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong)
Xingqiu Zhao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
Jafar Ahmadi (Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran)
“Record Data Analysis and Applications”
İsmihan Bayramoğlu (Izmir Inst. Of Economics, Izmir, Turkey)
“Exceedances, Distributions and Applications”
Narayan Bhat (Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA)
“Applied Probability and Queuing Theory”
Laurent Bordes (University of Pau, Pau, France)
“Semiparametric Inference in Reliability and Survival Data”
Indrani Basak (Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA, USA)
“Predictive Analysis based on Censored Data”
Antonella Capitanio (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)
“Univariate and Multivariate Skewed Distributions”
Boris Choy (University of Sydney Business School, Australia)
"Statistical Models and Methods for Financial and Economic Data"
Pankaj K. Choudhary (University of Texas, Dallas, Texas)
“Statistical Methods in Assessment of Agreement”
Frank Coolen (University of Durham, Durham, England)
“Nonparametric Predictive Inference and Applications”
Erhard Cramer (RWTH, Aachen, Germany)
“Progressive Censoring Methodology and Applications”
Katherine Davies (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
“Pitman Closeness for Ordered Data and Applications”
Anna Dembińska (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
“Discrete Ordered Data and Properties”
Paramjit S. Gill (University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Canada)
“Bayesian Network Analysis”
Joe Glaz (Univ of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA)
“Scan Statistics and Applications”
Graciela Gonzalez Farias (CIMAT, Monterrey, Mexico)
“Applied Statistical Methods: Segmentation and Classification”
Raj Govindaraju (Massey University, New Zealand)
“Statistical Process Control and Quality Improvement”
Donghoon Han (Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, USA)
“Optimal Designs in Step-Stress Models”
Enkelejd Hashorva (University of Bern, Switzerland)
“Multivariate Distribution Theory”
Ahad Jamalizadeh (Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran)
“Order Statistics from Skewed Distributions”
Nikolai Kolev (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
“Multivariate models with copulas”
Chin Diew Lai (Massey University, New Zealand)
“Multivariate Distributions and Applications”
Tao Li (Peking University, Beijing, China)
“Ranked Set Sampling and Inference”
Chien-Tai Lin (Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan)
“Reliability Sampling Plans and Analysis”
Mounir Mesbah (Université Pierre et Maris Curie, Paris 6)
“Statistical Methods in Quality of Life”
Leda Minkova (University of Sofia, Bulgaria)
“Distributions and Stochastic Modeling"
H. N. Nagaraja (Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA)
"Concomitants of Order Statistics"
S. Panchapakesan (Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, USA)
“Ranking and Selection Methods and Applications”
Leandro Pardo (Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
“Divergence Measures and Statistics and Their Applications”
Sangun Park (Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea)
“Statistcal Inference Under Monotone Constraints”
Josemar Rodrigues (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil)
“Cure Rate Models, Inference and Applications”
Tomasz Rychlik (Polish Academy of Sciences, Torun, Poland)
“Bounds and Inequalities for Ordered Data”
Jose Maria Sarabia (University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain)
“Conditionally Specified Distributions and Applications”
A. SenGupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India)
“Directional Data Analysis”
Bimal Sinha (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
“Multivariate Statistical Analysis”
Eugenia Stoimanova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria)
“Nonparametric statistics”
Khalaf Sultan (King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
“Order Statistics and Inference”
Qihao Xie (Bombardier Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
“Step-Stress Models and Inference”
Po Yang (DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
“Algebraic Methods in Design of Experiments”
Runchu Zhang (Nankai University, Tianjin, China)
“Optimal Factorial Designs and its Applications”
Peng Zhao (Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China)
“Stochastic Orderings and Applications”
Xingqiu Zhao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
“Longitudinal Data Analysis”
Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University
Department of Statistical Science, Southern Methodist University
Department of Statistics, University of California, Riverside
International Indian Statistical Association (IISA)
Statistics Research and Consultancy Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University
Taylor & Francis
The conference venue is Lady Shaw Building in The Chinese University of Hong Kong (please see the Campus Map). One can take the CHUK shuttle bus (free of charge, runs every 5-15 minutes) from the University Train Station (please see the MTR System Map) and get off at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall (CUHK shuttle bus timetable).
There are many hotels that are close to MTR Train Stations.
Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Shatin Hotel
The Royal Park Hotel, Hong Kong
The Royal Plaza Hotel, Hong Kong
Registration Fee: (Including lunches on Dec. 28-31 and banquet dinner on Dec. 29)
Before 30th September 2011, USD295 (Early registration is now closed)
After 30th September 2011, USD325
Participant from developing
countries, USD200 (List of ISI
developing countries; Limited availability, first come first serve)
(Quota is reached, please pay the regular registration fee)
Students Rate: USD165
Cancellation before 30th November 2011: Registration fee will be refunded subject to a USD30 bank charge.
No refund after 30th November 2011.
(Payment for presenting author must be registered and completed the payment of registration fee by November 1, 2011, otherwise the paper and abstract will be removed from the conference program)
Payment Options:
1. Credit Card (Visa/Master) Payment in Hong Kong Dollars:
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Please send the complete credit card payment form to benchan@cuhk.edu.hk
2. Bank Cheque/Money Order
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Please send the complete payment form to H. K. Tony Ng (Remark: ICAPS 2011), Department of Statistical Science, 3225 Daniel Ave., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275-0332 U. S. A.
Tentative Conference Program (updated on Dec. 19, 2011)
Tentative Conference Program (in PDF format)
Conference Location: Lady Shaw Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Highlighted in red rectangle on the campus map)
Directions from University Train Station (Exit C):
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Option 1: Take campus shuttle bus (timetable) at the University Train Station (highlighted in green dotted rectangle) and get off at the second stop "Sir Run Run Shaw Hall" (highlighted in blue rectangle). Lady Shaw Building is within 200m from the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall bus stop.
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Option 2: Walk from the University Train Station (about 1 mile up-hill, it will be a good 20-25 minutes walk)
More information of visiting The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Travel to & Tourism in Hong Kong
Discover Hong Kong - Official Travel Guide from the Hong Kong Tourism Board
Hong Kong Travel Information and Travel Guide - China - Lonely Planet
Visit Visa / Entry Permit Requirements for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Transportation: Hong Kong International Airport
Mass Transit Railway and Airport Express in Hong Kong
Last Update: December 19, 2011