R announce - Oct 2008 - DSC 2009 First announcement

The sixth international workshop on 'Distributed Statistical Computing'
(DSC 2009) will take place at the the University of Copenhagen, Denmark,
13th-14th of July 2009. This conference follows on from the successful
DSC 1999, 2001, and 2003 conferences at the Vienna University of
Technology, DSC 2005 at the University of Washington in Seattle, and DSC
2007 at the University of Auckland. The workshop will focus on, but is
not limited to, open source statistical computing and aims to provide a
platform for exchanging ideas about developments in statistical
computing (rather than 'only' the usage of statistical software for
applications).

It is expected that a large proportion of participants will bring a
presentation. We particularly welcome contributions advancing
statistical computing as an independent topic.

Home page:
http://www.r-project.org/dsc-2009


Organizing committee:
Peter Dalgaard, Claus Ekstr?m, Klaus K. Holst, S?ren H?jsgaard
<dsc2009 at biostat.ku.dk>

Programme committee:
Roger Bivand, G?ran Brostr?m, Jari Oksanen, Balasubramanian Narasimhan
(Naras), Peter Dalgaard

Important dates:

March 15: Submission deadline
April 15: Notification of accept/reject
May 1: Early registration ends

Fee structure (EUR, Academic/Non-Academic/Student)
Early: 170/270/90
Full: 200/300/100
On the Day:  220/330/110
("Students" not including Ph.D. students.)

-- 
   O__  ---- Peter Dalgaard             ?ster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B
  c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics     PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K
 (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen   Denmark      Ph:  (+45) 35327918
~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk)              FAX: (+45) 35327907

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hadley wickham wrote:
>> Fee structure (EUR, Academic/Non-Academic/Student)
>> Early: 170/270/90
>> Full: 200/300/100
>> On the Day:  220/330/110
>> ("Students" not including Ph.D. students.)
> 
> This is new, isn't it?  I don't think PhD students make any more
money
> than other students so it seems a bit unfair to penalise them like
> this. Speaking as someone who has only recently stopped being a PhD
> student, 170 euros is a lot of money!
> 
> Hadley
> 
[diverted to r-help]

It depends on where you are in the world. Around here, PhD students are
on (junior) academic salaries. For others, the general travel costs
would dwarf the potential 80 EUR savings rather quickly.  Notice also
that the fee includes the social programme and catering, which
unfortunately are rather expensive in Copenhagen.


-- 
   O__  ---- Peter Dalgaard             ?ster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B
  c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics     PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K
 (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen   Denmark      Ph:  (+45) 35327918
~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk)              FAX: (+45) 35327907