Dear UseRs!, Everything about UseR! 2010 was terrific! I really mean "everything" - the tutorials, invited talks, kaleidoscope sessions, focus sessions, breakfast, snacks, lunch, conference dinner, shuttle services, and the participants. The organization was fabulous. NIST were gracious hosts, and provided top notch facilities. The rousing speech by Antonio Possolo, who is the chief of Statistical Engineering Division at NIST, set the tempo for the entire conference. Excellent invited lectures by Luke Tierney, Frank Harrell, Mark Handcock, Diethelm Wurtz, Uwe Ligges, and Fritz Leisch. All the sessions that I attended had many interesting ideas and useful contributions. During the whole time that I was there, I could not help but get the feeling that I am a part of something great. Before I end, let me add a few words about a special person. This conference would not have been as great as it was without the tireless efforts of Kate Mullen. The great thing about Kate is that she did so much without ever hogging the limelight. Thank you, Kate and thank you NIST! I cannot wait for UseR!2011! Best, Ravi. ____________________________________________________________________ Ravi Varadhan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University Ph. (410) 502-2619 email: rvaradhan at jhmi.edu
On 07/23/2010 06:50 PM, Ravi Varadhan wrote:> Dear UseRs!, > > Everything about UseR! 2010 was terrific! I really mean "everything" - the tutorials, invited talks, kaleidoscope sessions, focus sessions, breakfast, snacks, lunch, conference dinner, shuttle services, and the participants. The organization was fabulous. NIST were gracious hosts, and provided top notch facilities. The rousing speech by Antonio Possolo, who is the chief of Statistical Engineering Division at NIST, set the tempo for the entire conference. Excellent invited lectures by Luke Tierney, Frank Harrell, Mark Handcock, Diethelm Wurtz, Uwe Ligges, and Fritz Leisch. All the sessions that I attended had many interesting ideas and useful contributions. During the whole time that I was there, I could not help but get the feeling that I am a part of something great. > > Before I end, let me add a few words about a special person. This conference would not have been as great as it was without the tireless efforts of Kate Mullen. The great thing about Kate is that she did so much without ever hogging the limelight. Thank you, Kate and thank you NIST! > > I cannot wait for UseR!2011! > > Best, > Ravi. > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > Ravi Varadhan, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor, > Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology > School of Medicine > Johns Hopkins University > > Ph. (410) 502-2619 > email: rvaradhan at jhmi.eduI want to echo what Ravi said. The talks were terrific (thanks to the program committee and the speakers) and Kate Mullen and her team did an extraordinary job in putting the conference together and running it. I am proud to have been a part of it. Thank you all! Frank -- Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chairman School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 08:55:01AM -0500, Frank E Harrell Jr wrote:> On 07/23/2010 06:50 PM, Ravi Varadhan wrote: > I want to echo what Ravi said. The talks were terrific (thanks to > the program committee and the speakers) and Kate Mullen and her team > did an extraordinary job in putting the conference together and > running it. I am proud to have been a part of it. Thank you all!Not much to add to this, so I just leave it at "Yup!". Thanks for useR! 2010. A job well done, and then some. -- Dirk Eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com
friedrich.leisch at stat.uni-muenchen.de
2010-Jul-25 11:23 UTC
[R] UseR! 2010 - my impressions
> On 07/23/2010 06:50 PM, Ravi Varadhan wrote: >> Dear UseRs!, >> >> Everything about UseR! 2010 was terrific! I really mean "everything" - >> the tutorials, invited talks, kaleidoscope sessions, focus sessions, >> breakfast, snacks, lunch, conference dinner, shuttle services, and the >> participants. The organization was fabulous. NIST were gracious hosts, >> and provided top notch facilities. The rousing speech by Antonio >> Possolo, who is the chief of Statistical Engineering Division at NIST, >> set the tempo for the entire conference. Excellent invited lectures by >> Luke Tierney, Frank Harrell, Mark Handcock, Diethelm Wurtz, Uwe Ligges, >> and Fritz Leisch. All the sessions that I attended had many interesting >> ideas and useful contributions. During the whole time that I was there, >> I could not help but get the feeling that I am a part of something >> great. >> >> Before I end, let me add a few words about a special person. This >> conference would not have been as great as it was without the tireless >> efforts of Kate Mullen. The great thing about Kate is that she did so >> much without ever hogging the limelight. Thank you, Kate and thank you >> NIST! >> >> I cannot wait for UseR!2011! >> >> Best, >> Ravi. >> >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> >> Ravi Varadhan, Ph.D. >> Assistant Professor, >> Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology >> School of Medicine >> Johns Hopkins University >> >> Ph. (410) 502-2619 >> email: rvaradhan at jhmi.edu > > I want to echo what Ravi said. The talks were terrific (thanks to the > program committee and the speakers) and Kate Mullen and her team did an > extraordinary job in putting the conference together and running it. I > am proud to have been a part of it. Thank you all!Yes. I fully agree and can only thank Kate and the rest of the NIST team again and again for the great job they did. Hope everybody ha[sd] a safe trip home (mine will be in a few hours). Best, Fritz Leisch -- Prof. Dr. Friedrich Leisch Institut f?r Statistik Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t Ludwigstra?e 33, D-80539 M?nchen Tel: (+49 89) 2180 3165 Fax: (+49 89) 2180 5308 http://www.stat.uni-muenchen.de/~leisch
Dear Ravi - I echo everything you wrote, useR2010 was an amazing experience (for me, and for many others with whom I have spoken about it). Many thanks should go to the wonderful people who put their efforts into making this conference a reality (and Kate is certainly one of them). Thank you for expressing feelings I had using your own words. Best, Tal ----------------Contact Details:------------------------------------------------------- Contact me: Tal.Galili@gmail.com | 972-52-7275845 Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | www.r-statistics.com (English) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Ravi Varadhan <rvaradhan@jhmi.edu> wrote:> Dear UseRs!, > > Everything about UseR! 2010 was terrific! I really mean "everything" - the > tutorials, invited talks, kaleidoscope sessions, focus sessions, breakfast, > snacks, lunch, conference dinner, shuttle services, and the participants. > The organization was fabulous. NIST were gracious hosts, and provided top > notch facilities. The rousing speech by Antonio Possolo, who is the chief > of Statistical Engineering Division at NIST, set the tempo for the entire > conference. Excellent invited lectures by Luke Tierney, Frank Harrell, Mark > Handcock, Diethelm Wurtz, Uwe Ligges, and Fritz Leisch. All the sessions > that I attended had many interesting ideas and useful contributions. During > the whole time that I was there, I could not help but get the feeling that I > am a part of something great. > > Before I end, let me add a few words about a special person. This > conference would not have been as great as it was without the tireless > efforts of Kate Mullen. The great thing about Kate is that she did so much > without ever hogging the limelight. Thank you, Kate and thank you NIST! > > I cannot wait for UseR!2011! > > Best, > Ravi. > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > Ravi Varadhan, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor, > Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology > School of Medicine > Johns Hopkins University > > Ph. (410) 502-2619 > email: rvaradhan@jhmi.edu > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Ravi, you are so right, we had the opportunity to attend an excellent and extremely well organized conference. Congratulation to Kate and the whole team at the NIST!!! Uwe ps. Thanks for starting the thread - it is too easy to forget about these well deserved thanks when we are back in normal life... On 24.07.2010 01:50, Ravi Varadhan wrote:> Dear UseRs!, > > Everything about UseR! 2010 was terrific! I really mean "everything" - the tutorials, invited talks, kaleidoscope sessions, focus sessions, breakfast, snacks, lunch, conference dinner, shuttle services, and the participants. The organization was fabulous. NIST were gracious hosts, and provided top notch facilities. The rousing speech by Antonio Possolo, who is the chief of Statistical Engineering Division at NIST, set the tempo for the entire conference. Excellent invited lectures by Luke Tierney, Frank Harrell, Mark Handcock, Diethelm Wurtz, Uwe Ligges, and Fritz Leisch. All the sessions that I attended had many interesting ideas and useful contributions. During the whole time that I was there, I could not help but get the feeling that I am a part of something great. > > Before I end, let me add a few words about a special person. This conference would not have been as great as it was without the tireless efforts of Kate Mullen. The great thing about Kate is that she did so much without ever hogging the limelight. Thank you, Kate and thank you NIST! > > I cannot wait for UseR!2011! > > Best, > Ravi. > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > Ravi Varadhan, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor, > Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology > School of Medicine > Johns Hopkins University > > Ph. (410) 502-2619 > email: rvaradhan at jhmi.edu > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.