From werner@united.econ.uni-bonn.de Sat Jun 24 22:56:11 2000 Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 23:45:10 +0200 From: Hans Joachim Werner To: amca@mail.mathatlas.yorku.ca Cc: Hans Joachim Werner Subject: Request; The Ninth International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS The Ninth International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics In Celebration of C. R. Rao's 80th Birthday NIWMS-2000 Hyderabad, India: December 9-13, 2000 The Ninth International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics, in Celebration of C. R. Rao's 80th Birthday, will be held in the historic walled city of Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh, India, on December 9-13, 2000; Hyderabad is approximately midway between Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras) and is the fifth largest city in India, with a population of 6 million. Founded by Quli Qutub Shah in 1591, this large metropolis is unique in its rich architectural glory and blend of linguistic, religious, and ethnic groups and is an ideal place to celebrate C.R. Rao's 80th Birthday. Fine weather is expected with a midday high of 20øC. The purpose of this Workshop is to stimulate research and, in an informal setting, to foster the interaction of researchers in the interface between matrix theory and statistics. This Workshop will provide a forum through which statisticians working in the field of linear algebra and matrix theory may be better informed of the latest developments and newest techniques and may exchange ideas with researchers from a wide variety of countries. The program will start with a two-day course on recent advances in Matrix Theory with Special Reference to Applications to Statistics on Saturday, December 9, and Sunday, December 10, 2000. This will be followed by the presentation of research papers in the Workshop proper on Monday, December 11--Wednesday, December 13, 2000; it is expected that many of these papers will be published, after refereeing, in a Special Issue on Linear Algebra and Statistics of Linear Algebra and Its Applications. Organizing Committees International Organizing Committee: R. W. Farebrother (Victoria University of Manchester, UK), S. Puntanen (University of Tampere, Finland), G. P. H. Styan (McGill University, Canada; vice-chair) H. J. Werner (University of Bonn, Germany; chair). Local Organizing Committee: R. Bhatia (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre), P. Bhimasankaram (Indian Statistical Institute, Hyderabad), V. Narayana (Indian Statistical Institute, Hyderabad), M. S. Rao (Osmania University, Hyderabad), B. Sidharth (Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad), U. SuryaPrakesh (Osmania University, Hyderabad), R. J. R. Swamy (Osmania University, Hyderabad), P. Udayasree (University of Hyderabad), K. Viswanath (University of Hyderabad). This Workshop is being organized in Hyderabad by the Indian Statistical Institute and the Society for Development of Statistics, in collaboration with the Birla Science Centre, Osmania University and the University of Hyderabad. We expect that the Short Course will cover numerical linear algebra, as well as generalized matrix inverses (including Campbell-Youla, Drazin, group and Moore-Penrose inverses), matrix partial orderings (including Loewner, minus and sharp orders), matrix inequalities (including inequalities for determinants, traces, eigenvalues and singular values), together with statistical applications. In addition, we expect that there will be a session on statistical proofs of matrix results, as well as sessions on linear statistical models, on random matrices, and on matrices with special reference to applications in educational testing, electrical engineering, and to psychometrics. The Short Course will be followed by the Workshop proper, which will include the presentation of both invited and contributed papers on matrices and statistics. There will be also a special session for papers presented by graduate students. We expect that the topics to be covered will be similar to those covered by several Special Issues on Linear Algebra and Statistics of Linear Algebra and Its Applications. The Web site address for this Workshop is http://eos.ect.uni-bonn.de/HYD2000.htm To submit a contributed paper for presentation at the Workshop, please use LaTeX and the style file available from the Web site. The abstract should not exceed 25 lines. Send the title, plus the names, e-mail addresses and affiliations of all authors by email to Hans Joachim Werner at werner@united.econ.uni-bonn.de and a copy by regular mail (p-mail) or FAX to both Hans Joachim Werner, Institute for Econometrics and Operations Research, Econometrics Unit, University of Bonn, Adenauerallee 24-42, D-53113 Bonn, Germany; FAX (49-228) 73-9189, and to P. Bhimasankaram, Indian Statistical Institute, Street No. 8, Habsiguda, Hyderabad-500 007, India; FAX (91-40) 717-3602. The deadline for receipt of abstracts of contributed papers is September 30, 2000. The registration fees will be as follows: For payment received by September 30, 2000: Short Course: US$30/C$45 (Rs.250/-Indian residents), Workshop: US$60/C$90 (Rs.500/-Indian residents). For payment received after September 30, 2000: Short Course: US$36/C$54 (Rs.300/-Indian residents), Workshop: US$72/C$108 (Rs.600/-Indian residents). There will be no registration fees for students for the Short Course. For students and retired persons the registration fee for the Workshop will be US$30/C$45 (Rs.250/-Indian residents). There will be no registration fees for accompanying persons. We expect that lodging will be available at low cost: full details will be given on the Workshop Web site http://eos.ect.uni-bonn.de/HYD2000.htm which will be updated regularly. The Workshop banquet (US$10/ C$15; Rs.150/-Indian residents) will be on Monday, December 11, 2000. Indian residents should pay the registration fees through Crossed Demand Draft on any nationalized bank, payable at Hyderabad, in favour of R.J.R. Swamy/NIWMS-2000. Participants not resident in India may pay the registration fees in advance by personal check in either US or Canadian dollars drawn on a US or Canadian bank and made payable to George P. H. Styan, PO Box 270, Franklin, VT 05457-0270, USA. We regret that we are not able to accept payment of registration fees by credit card. All correspondence regarding registration fees from participants resident in Europe should be directed to H.J. Werner: werner@united.econ.uni-bonn.de; FAX (49-228) 73-9189, and from participants not resident in India or in Europe should be directed to George P.H. Styan: styan@total.net; FAX (1-514) 398-3899 (e-mail preferred). All correspondence regarding lodging in Hyderabad for this Workshop should be directed to R.J.R. Swamy, Dept. of Statistics, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 007, India; swamy_rjr@yahoo.co.uk, swamy_rjr@yahoo.com, FAX (91-40) 717-3602. All correspondence concerning the scientific part of this Workshop should be directed to Hans Joachim Werner and/or P. Bhimasankaram, at their respective addresses given above. More details on this Workshop are given in the latest issue of IMAGE (no. 24, pp. 18-19, April 2000) and are updated regularly on our Workshop Web site http://eos.ect.uni-bonn.de/HYD2000.htm You might like to add this address to your Personal Bookmarks file.