ISCCRO’18: International Statistical Conference in Croatia, Opatija, 10-11 May 2018

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Either you are an expert in statistics or a scientist, an official data producer or a data user, a teacher or a student, we are pleased to invite you to participate at the ISCCRO’18: The 2nd International Statistical Conference in Croatia, to be held on 10 – 11 May 2018 in Opatija (at the beautiful seaside) in Croatia.

CONFERENCE TOPIC: „New Advances in Statistical Methods Applications for a Better World“

(How to reach Opatija? Available at: http://www.opatija.net/en/map; the closest airport is Rijeka Airport)

The ISCCRO’18 authors may select between the following two options:
(1) the “Abstract Only” option, or
(2) the “Full Paper” option.
Abstract submissions until November 20, 2017. If you need more time, please, contact the ISCCRO’18 management at: conference@hsd-stat.hr.

The ISCCRO’18 OFFERS:
– REGULAR TOPICS / STREAMS (Applications of Statistics · Medical Statistics · Communicating & Teaching Statistics · Biometrics · Data Science · Statistical Methods & Theory · Environmental/ Spatial Statistics · Official Statistics & Public Policy · Industry & Commerce · Social Statistics · The cross-discipline applied submissions are welcome!)
– SPECIAL SESSIONS TOPICS: http://www.hsd-stat.hr/en/international-statistical-conference-in-croatia-isccro18/special-sessions/
(Special Sessions Proposals are still possible, so, send it to: kdumicic@efzg.hr)

For more information, please, consult the ISCCRO’18 Call for Papers website.

Keynote Speakers:
*Prof. Wolfgang K. Härdle
Humboldt-Univ. of Berlin, School of Business and Economics, Berlin, Germany
Plenary Speech: ” DS2: Data Science & Digital Society”

*Prof. Amanda L. Golbeck
Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Plenary Speech: “New Data on the Statistics Profession“

*Prof. Lea Bregar
Univ. of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Plenary Speech: “Modernisation of Official Statistics: Implications for Users”

*Prof. Sasa Zikovic
Univ. of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics, Rijeka, Croatia
Plenary Speech: “Forecasting High Frequency Data Using Advanced Machine Learning”

Here you may find:
** Instructions for Authors;
** Important Dates.

We would appreciate if you might forward the attached ISCCRO’18 Call for Papers to your colleagues that might be interested in.

We are looking forward to meeting you at the ISCCRO’18 in Opatija, at the beautiful Croatian Adriatic Coast, on 10-11 May 2018!

On behalf of the 2nd ISCCRO’18 Organising and Scientific Committees:
Full Professor Ksenija Dumicic, PhD

ISCCRO Conference Program Chair

www.efzg.unizg.hr/kdumicic; ksenija.dumicic@hsd-stat.hr or kdumicic@efzg.hr
President of the Croatian Statistical Association (CSA); http://www.hsd-stat.hr/en/
// Predsjednik Hrvatskog statistickog drustva (HSD)
http://www.hsd-stat.hr/hr/

News from the World of Statistics: October 2017

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News from the World of Statistics: October 2017

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News from the World of Statistics: September 2017

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News from the World of Statistics: September 2017

  • More Support Expressed for Former Greek Statistician
  • Ethiopian University Awards Four PhDs in Statistics
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  • Sir David Cox Receives the First Ever International Prize in Statistics
  • Registration Open for ASA’s Symposium on Statistical Inference
  • University of Toronto Creates Video Showcasing Statistics Competition
  • September Issue of IAOS Statistics Journal Now Available
  • Contribute News, Jobs to the World of Statistics

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Statistical Journal of the International Association for Official Statistics

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logo_iaos-300x134Please consider submitting a paper for a special issue of the Journal of the International Association for Official Statistics on urban, regional and small area statistics.

Papers dealing with geographical and other breakdowns of official statistics related to relevant urban and regional planning, territorial and targeted policies on various levels of government are welcome. Papers dealing with the challenges and solutions of integration of geospatial and statistical data are most welcome.

The call embraces also new and evolving uses of small area statistics, e.g., easy access and open access to official statistics of high granularity showing the importance of official statistics in facilitating citizens’ participation.

The deadline for submitting a manuscript is December 1st, 2016.

All submissions will go through the SJIAOS review process.

For information about manuscript preparation and the submission process, please see www.iospress.nl/statistical-journal-of-the-iaos.

Authors are requested to submit their manuscript electronically to the journal’s editorial management system. The length of the manuscript would preferably be 10 -15 pages including tables, graphs and references.

Special issue editor: Ms Asta Manninen, Member of the SJIAOS Editorial Board, asta.manninen@pp.inet.fi

Click here, for more information on the Statistical Journal of the IAOS, or visit www.iospress.nl.

New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics 2017 Conference

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Call for papers: New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS) 2017 (Conference in Brussels, 14-16 March 2017) – Special issue of JOS, special issue of EURONA

Dear colleague,

New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS) is an international biennial scientific conference series organised by Eurostat on new techniques and methods for official statistics, and the impact of new technologies on statistical collection, production and dissemination systems.

The NTTS 2017 conference will take place from 14 to 16 March 2017 in Brussels. For further details, please refer to the conference website.

Call for papers to NTTS 2017

The NTTS 2017 Scientific Committee welcomes the submission of abstracts within all areas of relevance to the conference. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 28 October 2016.

Call for papers to a special NTTS issue of JOS

The NTTS 2017 Scientific committee is pleased to announce, in collaboration with the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Official Statistics (JOS), that papers presented at NTTS 2017 are eligible for submission to a special NTTS issue of JOS.
(For details, please refer to: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/special-ntts-2017-issue-jos).

Call for papers to a special NTTS section of EURONA

The NTTS 2017 Scientific Committee is pleased to announce, in collaboration with the editor-in-chief of the Eurostat Review on National Accounts and Macroeconomic Indicators (EURONA) that papers presented at NTTS 2017 treating issues related to national accounts and macroeconomic indicators are eligible for submission to a special NTTS section of EURONA.
(For details, please refer to: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/special-ntts-2017-section-eurona).

Important administrative information for prospective authors:

E-mail submissions are NOT accepted, only abstracts submitted via the online submission interface will reach the NTTS 2017 Scientific Committee.

Looking forward to seeing you at NTTS 2017 in Brussels,

The NTTS 2017 secretariat
Eurostat ─ B1
Tel. +352 4301 32251
ESTAT-NTTS@ec.europa.eu