Computational Statistics & Data Analysis Statistical Software Newsletter

CSDA Editorial Board

Name: David Allison Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of Alabama at Birmingham Department: Department of Biostatistics Positions: Head, Section on Statistical Genetics; Director, Clinical Nutrition Research Center Street: 1665 University Blvd, Ryals Suite 327 City: Birmingham Country: USA Postal Code: AL 35294-0022 URL: http://www.soph.uab.edu/ssg_content.asp?id=1131 Areas of Expertise: Statistical genetics, statistical genomics, microarray research, proteomic research, obesity research Name: Chooichiro Asano Sc.D. Institute/Company: Soka University Department: Dept. of Engineering Positions: Professor Street: 3-22-12 Amanuma, Suginami City: Tokyo Country: Japan Postal Code: 192-8557 URL: Areas of Expertise: mathematical statistics, computational statistics, biomedical statistics, statistical quality control Name: Stanley Azen Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of Southern California Department: Department of Preventive Medicide Positions: Professor, Director of Biostatistics, Assistant Dean of Scientific Affairs Street: 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 222 City: Los Angeles, CA Country: USA Postal Code: 90033 URL: http://www.usc.edu/medicine/biostats Areas of Expertise: biostatistics, clinical trials Name: Jesse Barlow Ph.D. Institute/Company: 220 Pond Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University Department: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Positions: Street: P.O. Box 2759, City: University Park Country: USA Postal Code: PA 16802-6106 URL: Areas of Expertise: least squares and eigenvalue computation, statistical applications in signal and image processing, numerical linear algebra and statistics Name: James Baurley Institute/Company: University of Southern California Department: Department of Preventive Medicine Positions: Programmer Analyst Street: 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 222 City: Los Angeles, CA Country: USA Postal Code: 90033 URL: Areas of Expertise: computer science Name: David A. Belsley Ph.D. Institute/Company: Boston College Department: Department of Economics Positions: Street: 21 Campanella Way 483 City: Chestnut Hill Country: USA Postal Code: MA 02467 URL: Areas of Expertise: econometrics, forecasting, data analysis, simultaneous systems estimation, computational research Name: Peter M. Bentler Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of California, Los Angeles, USA Department: Department of Statistics Positions: Street: 129 Carney City: Los Angeles Country: USA Postal Code: CA 90095-1563 URL: Areas of Expertise: psychometrics, factor analysis, latent variables Name: Mark Berman Ph.D. Institute/Company: Organisation (CSIRO) Mathematical and Information Department: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Positions: Chief Research Scientist Street: Locked Bag 17 City: North Ryde Country: Australia Postal Code: NSW 1670 URL: http://www.cmis.csiro.au/Mark.Berman/ Areas of Expertise: image analysis, spatial statistics, spectroscopy Name: Edith Bomers Institute/Company: Elsevier Science B.V. Department: Positions: Street: Sara Burgerhartstraat 25 City: Amsterdam Country: The Netherlands Postal Code: 1055 KV URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Morton B. Brown Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of Michigan Department: Department of Biostatistics Positions: Street: 109 South Observatory City: Ann Arbor Country: USA Postal Code: MI 48109-2029 URL: Areas of Expertise: multiway frequency tables, statistical computing, categorical data analysis Name: Brian Caffo Institute/Company: Johns Hopkins University Department: Department of Biostatistics Positions: Street: 605 Wolfe St. City: Baltimore Country: USA Postal Code: MD 21205 URL: Areas of Expertise: image analysis, permutation tests, high throughput data anlaysis, GLMM Name: Leticia Calleros Institute/Company: University of Southern California Department: Department of Preventive Medicine Positions: EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Street: 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 218 City: Los Angeles, CA 90033 Country: USA Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Murray A. Cameron Ph.D. Institute/Company: Macquaire University Campus Department: CSIRO, Division of Mathematics & Statistics Positions: Division Director Street: Locked Bag 17 City: North Ryde Country: Australia Postal Code: NSW 1670 URL: http://www.cmis.csiro.au Areas of Expertise: time series analysis Name: Henri Caussinus Ph.D. Institute/Company: Universite Paul Sabatier Department: Laboratoire de Statistique et Probabilites Positions: Street: 118 Route de Narbonne Bat 1R1 City: Toulouse Cedex Country: FRANCE Postal Code: 31062 URL: Areas of Expertise: multidimensional data analysis, graphical displays, contingency tables, qualitative data, linear models, model choice, dimensionality reduction Name: Chun-Houh Chen Ph.D. Institute/Company: Institute of Statistical Science Department: Academia Sinica Positions: Street: 128 Academia Road, Section 2, NanKang City: Taipei Country: Taiwan Postal Code: Taipei 115 URL: Areas of Expertise: bioinformatics, data/information visualization, data mining, dimension reduction, and pattern recognition Name: David Conti Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of Southern California Department: Department of Preventive Medicine Positions: Street: 1540 Alcazar St. City: Los Angeles Country: USA Postal Code: CA 90033 URL: Areas of Expertise: Statistical genetics, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, multilevel models Name: Renato Coppi Ph.D. Institute/Company: Faculty of Statistical Science of Rome Department: Department of Statistics, Probability and Applied Positions: Street: La Sapineza P. le A. Moro City: Rome Country: Italy Postal Code: 5 - 00185 URL: Areas of Expertise: multiway data analysis, fuzzy analysis, data mining, latent component models, cluster analysis Name: Cristophe Croux Ph.D Institute/Company: Hogenheuvel college Department: Positions: Street: Naamsestraat 69, 5.109 City: 3000 Leuven Country: Belgium Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: robust methods, exploratory data analysis, estimation in econometric models Name: Andy Dagis M.S. Institute/Company: City of Hope National Medical Center Department: Department of Biostatistics Positions: CSDA_SSN Website Managers Street: 1500 E. Duarte Road City: Duarte Country: USA Postal Code: CA 91010 URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Andy Degas M.S. Institute/Company: University of Southern California Department: Department of Preventive Medicine Positions: Street: 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 218 City: Los Angeles Country: USA Postal Code: CA 90033 URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Lutz Edler Ph.D Institute/Company: German Cancer Research Centre Department: Positions: Street: Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, P.O. Box 101949 City: Heidelberg Country: GERMANY Postal Code: D-69009 URL: Areas of Expertise: biostatistics Name: Bradley Efron Ph.D. Institute/Company: Stanford University Department: Dept of Statistics Positions: Street: 390 Serra Mall, Sequoia Hall City: Stanford Country: USA Postal Code: CA 94305 URL: Areas of Expertise: Bayesian methods, bootstrap procedures Name: Wing-Kam Fung Ph.D. Institute/Company: The University of Hong Kong Department: Department of Statistics Positions: Street: Pokfulam Road City: Country: Pokfulam Road, Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: statistical diagnostics and sensitivity analysis, statistics in DNA profiling, forensic statistics, electoral statistics Name: Jacqueline Galpin Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of the Witwatersrand Department: Positions: Street: Private Bag 3, WITS, 2050 City: Pretoria Country: South Africa Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: Sample surveys, data mining, regression/time series, outlier and influence diagnostics, environmental statistics, official statistics Name: Lionel Galway Ph.D. Institute/Company: RAND Corporation Department: Positions: Street: 1700 Main Street, PO Box 2138 City: Santa Monica Country: USA Postal Code: CA 90407-2138 URL: Areas of Expertise: bootstrap, Bayesian computation, graphics Name: Theodore Gasser Ph.D. Institute/Company: Universität Zürich Department: Abteilung Biostatistik, ISPM Positions: Street: Sumatrastrasse 30 City: Zürich Country: SWITZERLAND Postal Code: CH-8006 URL: Areas of Expertise: nonparametric curve estimation, time series analysis, data analysis, biometrics Name: Cristian Gatu Institute/Company: Universite de Neuchatel Department: institute d'Informatique Positions: Street: Rue Emile-Argand 11 City: CH 2007 Neuchatel Country: Switzerland Postal Code: URL: http://iiun.unine.ch/people/cgatu/ Areas of Expertise: Algorithms for model selection, combinatorial algorithms, parallel computing Name: Tingting Ge Institute/Company: University of Southern California Department: Department of Preventive Medicine Positions: Street: 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 222 City: Los Angeles Country: USA Postal Code: CA 90033 URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Zhi Geng Ph.D. Institute/Company: Peking University Department: Department of Probability & Statistics Positions: Street: City: Country: Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: contingency tables, log-linear models, categorical data analysis, probabilistic expert systems, collapsibility of association of measures, incompletely classified data, knowledge based systems, statis Name: Manfred Gilli Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of Geneva Department: Department of Econometrics Positions: Street: 40 Bd du Pont d’Arve City: Geneva 4 Country: Switzerland Postal Code: CH-1211 URL: Areas of Expertise: numerical methods with applications to statistics and econometrics; algorithms for statistical model selection techniques; heuristic optimization methods in statistics; and high performance computing Name: W. G. Gould Institute/Company: STATA Corporation Department: Positions: Street: 702 University Drive East City: College Station Country: USA Postal Code: TX 77840 URL: Areas of Expertise: STATA Name: Michael Griffin Institute/Company: Elsevier Science B.V. Department: COMSTA, Log-in Department Positions: Street: P.O. Box 2759, City: Amsterdam Country: THE NETHERLANDS Postal Code: 1000 CT URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Patrick Groenen Ph.D. Institute/Company: Econometric Institute Department: Positions: Street: Erasmus University Rotterdam P. O. Box 1738, City: Rotterdam Country: The Netherlands Postal Code: 3000 DR URL: Areas of Expertise: multivariate exploratory data analysis by least-squares methods, numerical optimization Name: Ramesh Gupta Ph.D Institute/Company: University of Maine Department: Department of Mathematics and Statistics Positions: Street: City: Orono, Maine Country: Postal Code: 04469-5752 URL: Areas of Expertise: discrete and continuous models, reliability, survival analysis, frailty models/heterogeneity Name: J.D.F. Habbema Ph.D. Institute/Company: Erasmus MC; University Medical Center Rotterdam Department: Department of Public Positions: Street: P.O. Box 1738 City: Rotterdam Country: The Netherlands Postal Code: 3000 DR URL: Areas of Expertise: applications in medicine, epidemiology & public health, methods of mathematical modelling, simulation and discriminant analysis, decision theory, demographic models Name: Douglas Hawkins Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of Minnesota Department: School of Statistics Positions: Street: 313 Ford Hall, 224 Church Street S.E. City: Minneapolis Country: USA Postal Code: MN 55455 URL: Areas of Expertise: regression, diagnostics, chemometrics, quality improvement Name: Markus Hegland Ph.D. Institute/Company: School of Mathematical Sciences/Australian Nationa Department: Centre for Mathematics and its Applications Positions: Street: John Dedman Mathematical Sciences Building #27 City: Canberra Country: Australia Postal Code: ACT 0200 URL: Areas of Expertise: data mining, parallel numerical algorithms Name: Allmut Hörmann Ph.D. Institute/Company: GSF - Medis-Institut Department: Medizinische Statistik Positions: Street: Neuherberg, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1 City: Oberschleißheim Country: GERMANY Postal Code: D-85758 URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Moon Yul Huh Ph.D. Institute/Company: Sung Kyun Kwan University Department: Department of Statistics Positions: Street: 53, 3-ka, Myungryun-Dong, Chongro-Ku City: Seoul Country: KOREA Postal Code: 110 URL: Areas of Expertise: linear models, data analysis, statistical graphics, computing environments for statistics Name: Myoungshic Jhun Ph.D. Institute/Company: Korea University Department: Department of Statistics Positions: Street: 5-1- Anam-Dong Sungbuk-Ku City: Seoul Country: Korea Postal Code: 136-701 URL: Areas of Expertise: bootstrap, computer intensive methods, multivariate methods Name: Karl-Heinz Jöckel Ph.D. Institute/Company: Institut für MedizinischUniversitätsklinikum Essen Department: Biometrie und Epidemiologie Positions: Street: City: Essen Country: Germany Postal Code: D-45122 URL: Areas of Expertise: software for epidemiological studies, Monte Carlo methods, linear models, time series Name: Karen Kafadar Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of Colorado at Danver Department: Department of Mathematics Positions: Street: Campus Box 170; P.O. Box 173364 City: Denver Country: USA Postal Code: CO 80217-3364 URL: Areas of Expertise: smoothing, spatial statistics, applications in physical and biological sciences, statistical graphics Name: Toshinari Kamakura Institute/Company: Chuo University Department: Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering Positions: Street: 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku City: Tokyo Country: Japan Postal Code: 112-8551 URL: Areas of Expertise: Reliability and survival analysis, multiple comparisons, medical image analysis, data mining and web analysis Name: Erricos John Kontoghiorghes Institute/Company: Universite de Neuchatel Department: Institut d'Informatique Positions: Street: Rue Emile-Argand 11; Case Postale 2; CH-2007 City: Neuchatel Country: SWITZERLAND Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: parallel computing and algorithms, linear models, SURE and simultaneous equation models, numerical methods in statistics and matrix computations Name: Walter Krämer Ph.D Institute/Company: FB Statistik der Universitat Dortmund Department: Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsund Sozialstatistik Positions: Book Review Editor Street: City: Dortmund Country: GERMANY Postal Code: D-44221 URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Koji Kurihara Institute/Company: Okayama University Department: Environmental Science and Technology Positions: Faculty Street: 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka City: Okayama Country: Japan Postal Code: 700-8530 URL: Areas of Expertise: statistical computing, spatial statistics, environmental statistics Name: Carlo Lauro Ph.D. Institute/Company: Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II" Department: Dipartimento di Matematica e Statistica Positions: Street: Via Cintia, 26 City: Napoli Country: Italy Postal Code: 80126 URL: Areas of Expertise: Multidimensional data analysis, symbolic data analysis, structural equation models, statitical computing, application in marketing and quality control Name: Jae Chang Lee Institute/Company: Korea University Department: Department of Statistics Positions: Street: 1 Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku City: Seoul Country: KOREA Postal Code: 136-701 URL: Areas of Expertise: Nonparametric change point problems, multivariate categorical analysis, data matching and classification tree methods Name: Jae Won Lee Ph.D. Institute/Company: Korea University Department: Department of Statistics Positions: Street: 5-1 Anam-dong Sungbuk-gu City: Seoul Country: Republic of Korea Postal Code: 136-701 URL: Areas of Expertise: genomical statistics, bioinformatics, clinical trials, forensic science Name: Jung Jin Lee Ph.D. Institute/Company: Soong Sil University Department: Department of Statistics Positions: Street: City: Seoul Country: South Korea Postal Code: 156-743 URL: Areas of Expertise: classification analysis, data mining, statistical software Name: Jung Jin Lee Ph.D. Institute/Company: Soong Sil University Department: Department of Statistics Positions: Street: City: Seoul Country: South Korea Postal Code: 156-743 URL: Areas of Expertise: classification analysis, data mining, statistical software Name: Sik-Yum Lee Ph.D. Institute/Company: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Department: Department of Statistics, Lady Shaw Building Positions: Street: City: Shatin Country: Hong Kong Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: factor analysis, statistical computing, structural equation models Name: Jan Magnus Institute/Company: Tilburg University Department: Center for Economic Research Positions: Street: P.O. Box 90153 City: LE Tilburg Country: The Netherlands Postal Code: 5000 URL: Areas of Expertise: econometric theory, sensitivity analysis, pretesting, national accounts estimation, sports statistics Name: George Martinez Institute/Company: University of Southern California Department: Department of Preventive Medicine Positions: EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Street: 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 218 City: Los Angeles, CA 90033 Country: USA Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: B. D. McCullough Ph.D. Institute/Company: Drexel University Department: Department of Decision Sciences Positions: Associate Professor Street: City: Philadelphia Country: USA Postal Code: PA 19104 URL: Areas of Expertise: software reliability, applied econometrics, time series Name: Cyrus Mehta Ph.D. Institute/Company: Cytel Software Corporation Department: Positions: Street: 675 Massachusetts Ave. City: Cambridge Country: USA Postal Code: MA 02139 URL: Areas of Expertise: CYTEL Name: Martina Mittlböck Ph.D. Institute/Company: Vienna University Department: Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics Positions: Street: Section of Clinical Biometrics City: Spitalgasse 23 Country: Vienna Austria Postal Code: A-1090 URL: Areas of Expertise: clinical trials, explained variation, survival analysis Name: Irini Moustake PhD Institute/Company: Athens University of Economics and Business Department: Department of Statistic Positions: Street: 76 Patission Street City: Athens Country: Greece Postal Code: 104 34 URL: Areas of Expertise: latent variable models for mixed data, missing values in attitudinal scales, item response theory, multivariate analysis Name: Mervin E. Muller Ph.D. Institute/Company: Ohio State University Department: Department of Statistics Positions: Professor Street: 2036 Neil Ave Mall City: Columbus Country: USA Postal Code: Ohio 43210-1277 URL: Areas of Expertise: statistical computing, data analysis and simulation Name: Peter Naeve Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of Bielefeld Department: Department of Economics Positions: Street: P.O. Box 100131 City: Bielefeld Country: Germany Postal Code: D-33501 URL: Areas of Expertise: statistical computing Name: Junji Nakano Ph.D. Institute/Company: The Institute of Statistical Mathematics Department: Center for Development of Statistical Computing Positions: Street: 4-6-7 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku City: Tokyo Country: Japan Postal Code: 106-8569 URL: Areas of Expertise: computing environment for statistics, time series analysis Name: Joyce Niland Ph.D. Institute/Company: City of Hope National Medical Center Department: Department of Biostatistics Positions: Chair of Division of Information Science, Director of Biostatistics Street: 1500 E. Duarte Road City: Duarte Country: USA Postal Code: CA 91010 URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: P. M. Pardalos Ph.D. Institute/Company: Center for Applied Optimization University of Flor Department: Dept. of Industrial and System Engineering Positions: Street: 303 Weil Hall City: Gainsville Country: USA Postal Code: FL 32611-6595 URL: Areas of Expertise: optimization, medical statistics Name: Gilberto Paula Ph.D. Institute/Company: Instituto de Matemática e Estatística Department: Positions: Street: USP - Caixa Postal 66281 City: São Paulo Country: Brazil Postal Code: 05315-970 URL: Areas of Expertise: generalized linear models, model checking, bias correction Name: R.W. Payne Institute/Company: VSN International Department: Positions: Chief Science and Technology Officer Street: 5 The Waterhouse, Waterhouse Street City: Hemel Hempstead Country: United Kingdom Postal Code: Herts HP1 1ES URL: Areas of Expertise: Design and analysis of experiments, generalized linear models, statistical computing,Statistical Software: GENSTAT Name: Andreja Pisnik Institute/Company: Elsevier Science B.V. Department: COMSTA, Log-in Department Positions: Desk Editor Street: P.O. Box 2759, City: Amsterdam Country: THE NETHERLANDS Postal Code: 1000 CT URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: D.S.G. Pollock Ph.D. Institute/Company: Queen Mary, University of London Department: Department of Economics Positions: Street: Mile End Road City: London E1 4NS Country: United Kingdom Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: statistical analysis in the frequency domain, filering methods, wavelets, econometric methods, time series analysis, functional analysis Name: Carey Priebe Ph.D. Institute/Company: Johns Hopkins University Department: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Whiting Schoo Positions: Street: City: Baltimore Country: USA Postal Code: MD 21218-2682 URL: Areas of Expertise: kernel and mixture estimates, statistical pattern recognition, statistical image analysis Name: C. R. Rao Ph.D. Institute/Company: Pennsylvania State University Department: Department of Statistics Positions: Street: 326 Thomas Building City: University Park Country: USA Postal Code: PA 16802-2111 URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Bob Rodriguez PhD Institute/Company: SAS Institute Department: Positions: Street: SAS Campus Driv City: Cary Country: USA Postal Code: NC 27513-8000 URL: Areas of Expertise: Statistical Software: SAS Name: Sweitze Roffel Institute/Company: Department: Positions: Senior Publishing Editor Street: Sara Burgerhartstraat 25 City: 1055 KV Amsterdam Country: The Netherlands Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Barbara Ryan Ph.D. Institute/Company: Department: Positions: Street: 3081 Enterprise Drive City: State College Country: USA Postal Code: PA 16801 URL: Areas of Expertise: MINITAB Name: Michael Schimek D. Phil., Ph.D. Institute/Company: Medical University of Graz Department: Statistics and Documentation Positions: Street: City: Graz Country: Austria Postal Code: A-8010 URL: Areas of Expertise: statistical software, non- and semi-parametric regression, spline methodology, biometrics, environmetrics, epidemiology, functional MRI in medicine Name: Yoshiyasu Tamura Ph.D. Institute/Company: Statistical Analysis Center, Minami-Azabu Department: The Institute of Statistical Mathematics Positions: Head of Section of Software Development Street: City: Tokyo Country: JAPAN Postal Code: 106 URL: Areas of Expertise: neural networks, parallel computing, time series analysis, random numbers, Monte Carlo simulation Name: Yutaka Tanaka Ph.D. Institute/Company: Nanzan University Department: Department of Mathematical Sciences Positions: Professor Street: 27 Seirei-Cho City: Seto Country: Japan Postal Code: Aichi 489-9863 URL: Areas of Expertise: multivariate analysis, sensitivity analysis, statistical computing Name: Michael Trosset Institute/Company: College of William and Mary Department: Department of Mathematics Positions: Street: PO Box 8795 City: Williamsburg Country: Postal Code: VA 23187-8795 URL: Areas of Expertise: : multidimensional scaling, dimension reduction, statistical learning, computer experiments, numerical optimization, stochastic optimization, response surface methodology Name: Mary Trujillo Institute/Company: University of Southern California Department: Department of Preventive Medicine Positions: EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Street: 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 218 City: Los Angeles, CA 90033 Country: USA Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Mick van-Gijlswijk Drs. Institute/Company: Elsevier Science B.V. Department: COMSTA, Log-in Department Positions: Street: Elsevier Science B.V. P.O. Box 2759 City: Amsterdam Country: The Netherlands Postal Code: 1000 CT URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Norbert Victor Ph.D. Institute/Company: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Department: Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Informatik Positions: Director Street: Im Neuenheimer Feld 305 City: Heidelberg Country: Germany Postal Code: D-69120 URL: Areas of Expertise: methods and software for clinical trials, statistics in medicine, contingency tables Name: Philippe Vieu Ph.D. Institute/Company: Université Paul Sabatier Department: Laboratoire de Statistique et Probabilitês Positions: Street: 118 route de Narbonne City: Toulouse, Cedex Country: FRANCE Postal Code: 31062 URL: Areas of Expertise: functional estimation, smoothing, time series, dimensionality reduction, regression estimation Name: Kyle Weeks Ph.D. Institute/Company: SPSS Inc. Department: Positions: Marketing Manager Street: 233 S. Wacker, 11th Floor City: Chicago Country: USA Postal Code: IL 60606 URL: Areas of Expertise: Statistical Software : SPSS Name: Edward J. Wegman Ph.D. Institute/Company: George Mason University Department: Center for Computational Statistics Positions: Professor Street: George Mason University, 157 Science-Technology II City: Fairfax Country: USA Postal Code: VA 22030-4449 URL: Areas of Expertise: nonparametric function estimation, time series methods, high interaction statistical graphics and methods, method for parallel computation Name: Andrew Westlake Ph.D. Institute/Company: Survey and Statistical Computing Department: Positions: Street: 119 Florence Road, Stroud Green City: London Country: United Kingdom Postal Code: N4 4DL URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Rand Wilcox Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of Southern California Department: Department of Psychology Positions: Street: City: Los Angeles Country: USA Postal Code: CA 90089-1061 URL: Areas of Expertise: robust and nonparametric methods, general linear models Name: Adalbert Wilhelm Ph.D. Institute/Company: International University Department: School of Humanities and Social Sciences Positions: Street: P.O. Box 75-05-61 City: Bremen Country: Germany Postal Code: 28725 URL: Areas of Expertise: data mining, interactive statistical graphics, computer intensive statistical methods Name: Susan Wilson Ph.D. Institute/Company: Australian National University Department: Statistical Science Program, CMA Positions: Street: City: Canberra Country: Australia Postal Code: ACT 0200 URL: Areas of Expertise: bioinformatics Name: Peter Winker Ph.D. Institute/Company: University of Erfurt Department: Economics, Law and Social Sciences Positions: Faculty Street: P.O. Box 900221 City: Erfurt Country: Germany Postal Code: D-99105 URL: Areas of Expertise: time series modeling, uniform design, optimization heuristics in statistics and econometrics Name: Gerard Wit de Institute/Company: Department: Positions: Publishing Assistant Street: Sara Burgerhartstraat 25 City: 1055 KV Amsterdam Country: The Netherlands Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: Name: Wayne Woodward Ph.D. Institute/Company: Southern Methodist University Department: Department of Statistical Sciences Positions: Professor Street: P.O. Box 750332 City: Dallas Country: USA Postal Code: TX75275-0332 URL: Areas of Expertise: time series analysis, robust estimation, testing for trend, mixture models Name: Kam Yuen Institute/Company: The University of Hong Kong Department: Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science Positions: Street: Pokfulam Road City: Hong Kong Country: Postal Code: URL: Areas of Expertise: Applications of computational methods to actuarial science, insurance risk modeling, investment risk analysis, survival analysis, goodness-of-fit test for semparametric models via resampling methods Name: Daniel Zelterman Ph.D. Institute/Company: Yale University School of Medicine Department: Yale Cancer Center Positions: Street: 333 Cedar St. P.O. Box 208028 City: New Haven Country: USA Postal Code: CT 06520-8028 URL: Areas of Expertise: biostatistics Name: Hongyuan Zha Ph.D Institute/Company: Pennsylvania State University Department: Department of Computer Science and Engineering Positions: Street: 343F IST Building City: University Park Country: USA Postal Code: PA 16802 URL: Areas of Expertise: data mining, information retrieval, machine learning and scientific computing