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Participants will include Statisticians, Economists, and Managers, as well as Other Professionals in the Broader Statistical Community who Share an Interest in Keeping Current on Issues Related to Federal Data.
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Keynote Address: Kenneth Prewitt, Columbia University
Location:
L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
480 L'Enfant Plaza,
S.W., Washington D.C. 20024
To Reserve a Room Call: 202-484-1000
Seminar Registration Cost: $195.00 per person
A Registration Form Can Be Downloaded From Our Site At:
www.copafs.org
For Further Information, Contact the COPAFS Office at:
Phone: 703-836-0404
Email: copafs@aol.com
As the population of the United States and other major countries continues to age, policy makers at every level face major challenges in providing needed services while maintaining economic prosperity. A graying society has major effects on the dynamics of our economic and societal activities including the composition of the labor force, the nature of jobs to be filled, and the demands for goods and services including health care, pension benefits, and other public services. The implications of this aging phenomenon on forecasting in the public sector are equally profound affecting both the input side and the output side of many projection models. The 2006 Federal Forecasters Conference seeks to highlight key aspects of how forecasting must account for the aging trend which demographers have long seen coming.
The Department of Applied and Engineering Statistics, George Mason University (website http://statistics.gmu.edu) announces a new masters program in epidemiology and biostatistics will join existing masters and doctoral programs in statistical science. The website is http://cnhs.gmu.edu/graduate/epibiostat.html. The Department also announces the following special graduate course offerings in summer and fall 2006 in addition to its regular offerings:
Summer Session B June 6-July 27:
Fall Session
* Applied Statistics
** Probability/Mathematical Statistics
The Applied and Computational Mathematics Program at the Johns Hopkins University will offer the graduate courses listed in the attachment in the fall semester (6 September 2006 to 16 December 2006) at locations in the Baltimore-Washington area (Howard and Montgomery Counties, Maryland). Subject to meeting admission criteria, a non-degree candidate may register as a special student to take one or more courses to enhance mathematical and statistical skills. These courses are scheduled at times convenient for the working adult. See the pdf announcement for details.
James C. Spall
Chair, Applied and Computational Mathematics Program
The Johns Hopkins University, Engineering Programs for Professionals
Applied Physics Laboratory
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, Maryland 20723-6099
Ph.: 240-228-4960 (Washington)/443-778-4960 (Baltimore)
Fax: 240-228-8110 (Washington)/443-778-8110 (Baltimore)
E-mail: james.spall@jhuapl.edu
http://www.ams.jhu.edu/~spall/Personal/index.htm
The Statistics Department at The George Washington University will offer the attached Graduate Courses in Fall 2006 (September 5 to December 22, 2006). See the pdf announcement for details.
Enhance your statistical analysis skills by taking one or more of these courses. Registering as a non-degree student is easy - please visit http://www.gwu.edu/~regweb for relevant information.
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Items for publication in the September issue of the WSS NEWS should be submitted no later than August 8, 2006. Items for publication in the October issue of the WSS NEWS should be submitted no later than August 31, 2006. E-mail items to Michael Feil at michael.feil@usda.gov.
Washington Statistical Society
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First posted July 5, 2006 |
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