The Fifteenth International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics will be held in Uppsala, from Tuesday, June 13 through Saturday, June 17, 2006. The purpose of the workshop is to stimulate research, in an informal setting, and to foster the interaction of researchers in the interface between matrix theory and statistics. Additional emphasis will be put on related numerical linear algebra issues and numerical solution methods, relevant to problems arising in statistics. The workshop will include both invited and contributed talks.

Scientific Committee:

Organising Committee:

Invited Speakers:

Special Session in Honour of Dr. Tarmo Pukkila's 60th Birthday:

This session is chaired by Erkki Liski, and the speakers are Tarmo Pukkila, Sergio Koreisha, Erkki Liski, Simo Puntanen, and George P.H. Styan. A Festschrift for Tarmo Pukkila, which is under preparation, will be given to him in this session. Some copies of the Festschrift will be available on 15 June at the special price of 30 euros (in cash). If you wish to guarantee your copy, please send email notification to Pukkila60@uta.fi, no later than Friday, 10 June.

Ph. D. Sessions:

Special sessions where only Ph. D. students are going to present talks will be organized.

Call for papers:

Proceedings:

Registration:

Mail or fax us the registration form (pdf). Banking information is given on the registration form.
Fax: (+46) 18 673529
Email: iwms06@bt.slu.se

Workshop Fee:

The workshop fee covers a get-together party, an excursion to Sigtuna/Skokloster, conference dinner and conference materials:
Regular - 1600 SEK before March 28, 2006; 1900 SEK after March 28, 2006;
(members of the Swedish Statistical Association - 1000 SEK).
Accompanying persons - 1000 SEK before April 23, 2006.
In case of cancellation before May 1, 2006 the registration fee will be returned except a cancellation fee of 200 SEK. A request for cancellation has to be sent to the iwms06@bt.slu.se and will be confirmed. No reimbursement can be made for cancellation after this date.

Venue:

The conference will be held at Uppsala University, Mathematics and Information Technology Centre (MIC), Lägerhyddsvägen 2 (Polacksbacken). It is easy to reach Uppsala, by air, train or bike. By air you go to Arlanda (the airport of Stockholm) and then you can either take a train, bus, taxi or walk to Uppsala (not to Stockholm). When entering the arrival hall, in order to catch a bus (801 to Uppsala city center or 802 directly to MIC and Ångström Laboratory) or taxi, go straight on to the exit where it stands airport shuttle. Outside the arrival hall taxis are available to the right. For buses to Uppsala turn left and walk 5000cm to position 13. Uppsala is situated about 30km from the airport. If taking a taxi agree about the prize before entering. Prizes are presented on the windows of the car and should be less than 450SEK.
All activities at MIC, except the get-together, will take place in Building 2 (get-together Building 3), including registration (local map1, map2).
To reach MIC one can either walk from the centre (30 min, 2-3km), borrow a bike (10 min), or choose one of the buses 3 or 20. The bus stop at MIC is called Ångström Laboratory.
From the hotel Scandic Uppsala Nord you can take bus 2, 110, 111or 115 to the city and then change to 3.

You may also use a taxi:
Taxi Direkt 018 - 123 456
Uppsala Taxi 018 - 100 000
A-transport 018 - 710 000

Official Airline:

SAS – Scandinavian Airlines is pleased to be appointed as the Official Airline for the 15th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics SAS offers delegates and accompanying persons special discount on tickets to Sweden.
To obtain SAS conference discount kindly contact your nearest SAS office and quote the reference number: SE0609.
If you travel to Scandinavia with SAS and want to see more of Scandinavia SAS is furthermore offering SAS Visit Scandinavia Air Pass for travel within and between Scandinavia/Finland. Also Air Passes valid for travel to the Baltic region and Europe are available; see more information and conditions on www.scandinavian.net/airpass.
For further information about SAS Official Airline and your nearest SAS office kindly visit www.scandinavian.net/delegates.
Welcome onboard.

Accommodation:

and if you are lucky you can find rooms (for a reasonable prize) at

Samariterhemmet

For many hotel alternatives we refer to www.uppland.nu

Social Activities:

We will arrange several social activities for all participants including an excursion to Sigtuna/Skokloster, conference dinner at Skokloster, mingle evenings and a get-together event. There is also a possibility to join the Tarmo Pukkila evening at some restaurang in Uppsala. Moreover, Uppsala has a lot to offer, among others, ancient monuments, a cat without a tail, churches, memories of Linnaeus, castles, gardens,….

Important Dates:

Sponsors:

Contact Information:

Some Useful Information:

Previous workshops:

The previous fourteen Workshops were held as follows:

The 17th Workshop on Matrices and Statistics (IWMS'08) will be held in Tomar, Portugal July 23-26, 2008.

PROBASTAT 2006

Combine a participation to IWMS-2006 with The Fifth International Conference on Probability and Statistics which will be held at Smolenice Castle, Slovakia, from June 5 - 9, 2006. The conference sessions will cover the following areas:

• Regression and Mixed Models
• Experimental Design
• Time Series
• Statistical Learning

There will be invited talks on these areas. Contributed papers or posters on these areas or others are welcome. If you are interested in PROBASTAT 2006, please visit the web page http://aiolos.um.savba.sk/~viktor/probastat.html

Related Conferences

The Department of Statistics, Penn State, will organize a 2-day workshop (July 27-28, 2006) on Matrix Theory and Computations for research in Social and Physical Sciences. Professors G.H. Golub, T. Kailath and J. Hunter will be keynote speakers. Further details: Professor C.R. Rao.

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15^th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics, June 13 - 17, 2006, Uppsala, Sweden

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