Stochastics Meeting Lunteren 2011

Date
November 14-16, 2011.

Place
Conference Centre "De Werelt"
Westhofflaan 2, Lunteren
Tel. 31 + (0)318-484641
Fax 31 + (0)318-482924.

Organisers
W.Th.F. den Hollander (Leiden)
M.N.M. van Lieshout (CWI)
A.W. van der Vaart (Vrije Universiteit)

Speakers
Peter Bickel (Berkeley)
Alexander Holroyd (Microsoft)
Niels Keiding (Copenhagen)
Wilfrid Kendall (Warwick)
Sylvie Meleard (Paris)
Markus Reiss (Berlin)

Former speakers and organisers.

Programme
See below for titles of talks and detailed programme.

Costs
Full stay Eur 370.

Registration
For details see below.

Information
Marie-Colette van Lieshout
Tel. 31 + (0)20-5924008.

Next year's Meeting
November 12-14, 2012.

More about the Meeting

General

The 40th annual Meeting of Dutch Statisticians and Probabilists will take place November 14-16, 2011 in the Conference Centre `De Werelt', Westhofflaan 2, Lunteren, Telephone 31 + (0)318-484641. The organisers are W.Th.F. den Hollander, M.N.M. van Lieshout and A.W. van der Vaart. The Meeting is sponsored by the Gebiedsbestuur Exacte Wetenschappen (NWO), and the Stochastics - Theoretical and Applied Research cluster.

Around the conference center (click on picture to s ee it full size)

Programme

Six invited speakers will give two lectures of one hour each on topics in Statistics or Probability. The lectures are open to anyone who is interested. The programme starts Monday November 14 at 10.30 h and ends Wednesday November 16 after lunch.

Titles of the talks:
Peter Bickel
Asymptotic statistical inference for unlabelled graphs.
1. A partial survey, nonparametric model, block models and modularities.
2. Fitting methods for average degrees of all orders and theory for average degree going to infinity.

Alexander Holroyd
1. Invariant Matching. Part I.
2. Invariant Matching. Part II.

Niels Keiding
1. The current duration approach to estimating the distribution of time to pregnancy.
2. Standardization vs. modelling for confounder control in observational studies: A historical perspective.

Wilfrid Kendall
1. Random lines and effective transportation networks.
2. Shy couplings, CAT(0) spaces, and the lion and man.

Sylvie Meleard
1. Random modeling for adaptive dynamics. Part I.
2. Random modeling for adaptive dynamics. Part II.

Markus Reiss
1. Estimation of the Levy triplet: Statistical inverse problem and Donsker Theorem. Part I.
2. Estimation of the Levy triplet: Statistical inverse problem and Donsker Theorem. Part II.

Tentative programme:

Monday	November 14	Tuesday	November 15	Wednesday	November 16
		08.00-09.00	Breakfast	07.30-08.30	Breakfast
		09.00-10.00	Kendall	08.30-09.30	Meleard
10.30-11.15	Coffee	10.00-10.30	Coffee	09.30-10.30	Holroyd
11.15-11.30	Opening	10.30-11.30	Keiding	10.30-11.00	Coffee
11.30-12.30	Reiss	11.30-12.30	Bickel	11.00-12.00	Keiding
12.45	Lunch	12.45	Lunch	12.00-13.00	Holroyd
15.30-16.00	Tea	15.30-16.00	Tea	13.15	Lunch
16.00-17.00	Reiss	16.00-17.00	Bickel
17.00-18.00	Kendall	17.00-18.00	Meleard
18.45	Dinner	18.45	Dinner
	Jubilee Toast		Vergadering
	Poster session

Posters

A poster session will be held on Monday evening. If you would like to present a poster, please send us a title by completing the appropriate section on the registration form. Poster boards and attachment materials will be provided by the organisation. Posting your poster will be your own responsibility. Please be present for discussion with the public during the poster session. We strongly recommend the A0 or A1 format.

For questions, please contact aad@cs.vu.nl.

Julian Martinez
Variational description of Gibbs-non-Gibbs dynamical transitions.

Abdolreza Mohammadi
Using mixture of Gamma distributions for Bayesian analysis in an M/G/1 queue with optional second service.

Renato S. dos Santos
Transient random walk in the exclusion process.

Moritz Schauer
Guided proposals for diffusion bridges.

Botond Szabo
Understanding the asymptotic behaviour of empirical Bayes methods.

Alessio Troiani
Metastability for Kawasaki dynamics with two types of particles.

Participation Fee and Lodging

A limited number of people may stay at the Conference Centre overnight.

Costs:
A full stay including registration fee, accomodation and all meals from November 14 before lunch to November 16 after lunch costs EUR 370.

For a two day arrangement (registration fee, one overnight stay and all meals during two days) EUR 270.

Participation in the scientific programme without an overnight stay will cost EUR 110 per day including registration fee, meals and coffee during breaks.

Registration

EVERYONE who wishes to participate in the meeting, including those who will not stay overnight nor take meals, is requested to register and pay before October 1.
Registration is valid only when the participation fee is received in the account given below.
Registrations after October 1 are subject to higher fees.
If a reservation is cancelled before October 1 the participation fee will be refunded. Requests for refunds will not be honoured after October 1.

To register one should complete the registration form and send it by e-mail as indicated or by post to

Marie-Colette van Lieshout
CWI
Science Park 123
1098 XG Amsterdam

The money should be transferred before October 1 to the appropriate account as indicated below.

Nationally:
ING account number: 6273908
Account owner: Bijeenkomst Stochastici
Address: Valkenburgerstraat 131, 1011 MH Amsterdam.

Foreigners are encouraged to pay by credit card or bank transfer (see above). If requested beforehand (see registration form) they may also pay cash during the conference.
We regret that it is not possible to pay by Eurocheque or traveller cheque nor for residents of the Netherlands to pay by credit card.

Transportation Information

De Werelt can easily be reached by train (see local map). A train travel planner is available on internet.
Directions for travel by car can be found on the website of De Werelt.

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