Co-Sponsored by Florida State University's Department of Statistics, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of Sponsored Research; and the Nonparametric Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association.

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About the Conference Purpose Organizers Organizing Committee Location

Program Information Speakers/Attendees Abstracts of Talks Program Invited Poster Session

Other Information Registration Hotels and Travel Information Local Information Social Events

 

Purpose:

 To stimulate research in nonparametric statistics and to support the goals of the Nonparametric Statistics Section of the American Statististical  Association, the Department of Statistics at Florida State University is  hosting a Nonparametric Statistics Research Conference. The conference will highlight the major trends in several areas of  nonparametric statistics, to facilitate the exchange of research ideas,  promote collaboration among researchers from the US and Europe, and contribute to the further development of the field. The program will  include invited talks and contributed posters on all areas of  nonparametric statistics.
 

Organizers:

FSU Department of Statistics
 

Organizing Committee:

 Florentina Bunea, Myles Hollander, and Jayaram Sethuraman
 

Location:

The conference will be held at the Center for Professional Development at FSU.  Please see CPD map for address and directions, or see the map below which shows location of hotels, FSU, and CPD.
 

Red=CPD Blue=Doubletree Hotel Yellow=Holiday Inn Select Green and all the surrounding grayish blue area = FSU

 

Accommodation:

Special rates have been arranged at two hotels within a few blocks of the downtown walking tour sights.   Please be sure to request the Nonparametric Statistics Research Conference block rate when making reservations. The locations of these hotels are shown on the map.

     Holiday Inn Select
     Downtown Capital Hill
     316 W. Tennessee St.
     Tallahassee, FL 32301
     Phone: 800-648-6135 (for group reservations only - request the Nonparametric Statistics
     Research Conference rate or mention the 3 letter group code of STA).
     Rate $72 (if reserved by January 3, 2003 )

     Doubletree Hotel
     101 S. Adams St.
     Tallahassee, FL 32301
     Phone: 800-222-8733
     Rate $89 (if reserved by December 27, 2002)

Downtown Tallahassee

Travel:

For those planning air travel to the conference, the Tallahassee Regional Airport is located 7 miles southwest of Tallahassee on Capital Circle SW.

For travel by interstate, Tallahassee is just off I-10 at the east edge of Florida's Panhandle.

Tallahassee regional map

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Social Events:

• Conference Banquet ---- Friday, January, 17th, 7:00 (covered by the conference fee).
• Brown bag luncheon  --- Saturday,  January, 18, 12:00 (covered by the conf fee).
• Cocktail party at the house of Myles and Glee Hollander---- Sat urday, January, 18th, 6:00.
• Dinner at Lucy Ho's (best chinese restaurant in town!)  ---- Saturday, January 18th, 7:30 (Group rate, $15/person).
• Excursion to Wakulla Springs + lunch (around $15/person, including 1 hour boat ride). ---- Sunday, January 19th, (estimated departure from Tallahassee at 12:00 noon, estimated return 4:00 PM).

Registration:

The registration fee is $50.  Please make your check payable to:
FSU Department of Statistics

and send to:

Virginia Hellman
Florida State University
Department of Statistics
Tallahassee, FL  32306-4330