5TH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE BERNOULLI SOCIETY

 

May 15-20, 2000

Guanajuato, Mexico

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

The 5th World Congress of the Bernoulli Society for Probability and Mathematical Statistics and the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics will be held at Guanajuato, Mexico, 15-20 May 2000.

The format of the meeting will be similar to that of the previous joint meetings held in Tashkent, Uppsala, Chapel Hill and Wien, blending Bernoulli Society and IMS traditions.

Program Committee: L. Brown, C. Cutler, M. Fukushima, E. Giné (Chairman), L. Gorostiza, W. Kendall, C. Klüppelberg, M. Ledoux, E. Mammen, D. Mason, V. Pérez-Abreu, J. Pitman, A. Raftery, D. Siegmund, B. Silverman, R. Tibshirani, J. Wellner, R. Williams, and W. Wong.

Local Organizing Committee: V. Aguirre, F. Avila, L. M. Briseño, M. E. Caballero, S. Cancino, A. Carrillo, M. Cerrilla (Conference Secretary), R. Dávalos, J. L. Enríquez, B. Fernández, G. González, J. M. González-Barrios, D. Hernández, H. Hernández, L. Herrera, J. A. León, M.A. Marván, J. A. López-Mimbela, L. Martínez (Travel Consultant), T. Martínez, M. Moreno, M. Nakamura, S. Nava, L. Navarro, V. Pérez-Abreu (Chairman), R. Quezada, L. Rincón-Gallardo, J. Ruíz de Chávez, B. Trejo and J. Villaseñor.

 

SPECIAL INVITED LECTURES:

Special Bernoulli Society Lecture: Jef Teugels, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 25 Years of Bernoulli Society.

Wald Lectures: Nancy Reid, University of Toronto, Canada, Asymptotics and the Theory of Statistical Inference.

Neyman Lecture: Mary Ellen Bock, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A., Some Statistical Problems from Biotechnology.

Kolmogorov Lecture: S. R. S. Varadhan, New York University, New York, U.S.A., Large Deviations, Interacting Particles and Scaling Limits.

Laplace Lecture: Iain Johnstone, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A., Sparsity and Thresholding via False Discovery Rate Control.

Bernoulli Lecture: Peter Donnelly, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, Statistical Inference in Molecular Population Genetics.

Special Stochastic Processes Lecture (Sponsored by Elsevier Science B.V.): Marc Yor, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, On Exponential Functionals of Brownian Motion and Related Processes.

IMS Special Invited Lectures:

• Erwin Bolthausen, Universität Zurich - Irchel, Switzerland, Topics on Random Interfaces.
• Ioannis Karatzas, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A., Convex Duality in Mathematical Statistics, Probability and Finance.
• Aad van der Vaart, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Bayes Procedures for Infinite-dimensional Parameters.
• Mike West, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A., Some Frontiers in Time Series Research: Models, Computational Methods and Applications.

   

INVITED PAPER SESSIONS:

1. Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, Yali Amit, (organizer), University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
   • Alain Trouve, Universite de Paris, Paris, France, Template Matching: A Geometrical Approach Through Geodesic Distances on Group of Diffeomorphisms.
   • Alejandro Murua, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., Isolated Word Recognition Using Relational Decision Trees.
   • Yali Amit, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Efficient Object Detection in Visual Scenes.
2. Diffusion Processes and Analysis, Richard Bass (organizer), University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, U.S.A.
   • R. Bañuelos, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A., An Extension of the Griffin-McConnell-Verchota Sharp Inequality for Conditioned Browian Motion in Simply Connected Domains.
   • K. Burdzy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., Reflected Brownian Motion in Variable Domains.
   • R. Bass, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, U.S.A., Divergence Form Operators for Fractal-Like Domains.
3. Bayesian/Frequentist P-values and Tests, James Berger (organizer), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
   • M.J. Bayarri, Universitat de València, Spain, P-Values for Composite Null Models.
   • James Robins, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Large Sample Properties of Bayesian P-Values.
   • J.K. Ghosh* and N. Mukhopadhyay, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A. and Indian Statistical Institute, India, Parametric Empirical Bayes Model Selection: New Results.
   • Sarat Dass, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A., Unified Bayesian and Conditioned Frequentist Testing Procedures for Composite Hypotheses..
4. Free Probability, Phillippe Biane (organizer), Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
   • Hari Bercovici, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A., Limit Laws and Stability in Free Probability Theory.
   • Dimitri Shlyakhtenko, University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., Asymptotic Distributions of Large Gaussian Random Band Matrices.
   • Dan Voiculescu, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A., Free Entropy.
5. Statistical Mechanics of Disordered Systems, Anton Bovier (organizer), University of Berlin, Germany
   • Anton Bovier, Weierstrass Institute, University of Berlin, Germany, Fluctuations and Extremes in Disordered Systems.
   • Veronique Gayrard, Center de Physique Théorique, Marseille, France and Ecole Polytechnique Féderale, Lausane, Switzerland, Gibbs States and Meta States in the Hopfield Model.
   • Charles M. Newman, New York University, New York, New York, U.S.A., Stochastic Dynamics in Disordered Systems.
6. Random Walks in Random Environments, Francis Comets (organizer), Université de Paris, France
   • Amir Dembo, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A., Quenched versus Annealed Probabilities for Random Walk on Galton-Watson Trees.
   • Alain-Sol Sznitman, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Slowdown and Traps for Random Walks in Random Environments.
   • Francis Comets, Université de Paris, France, Hitting Time Decompositions for Random Walks in Random Environment.
7. Time Series Analysis, Rainer Dahlhaus (organizer), Universität Heidelberg, Germany
   • Peter Bühlmann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Dynamic Combination of Models for Nonlinear Time Series.
   • Richard Davis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A., Linear Processes with Nonlinear Behavior.
   • Michael Neumann, University of Berlin, Germany, Nonparametric Tests in Time Series Analysis.
8. Stochastic Networks, Jim Dai (organizer), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
   • Marty Reiman, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S.A., A Comparison of Two Heavy Traffic Regimes for Multiserver Queueing Networks.
   • Balaji Prabhakar, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A., Fixed Point Theorems for Queues.
   • Maury Bramson, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., Heavy Traffic Limits for Some Queueing Networks.
9. Martingale and Decoupling Inequalities, Victor de la Peña (organizer), Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.
   • Ted Hill, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., Martingales and Convex Domination of Measures.
   • Pawel Hitczenko, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A., Multiplicity of Parts in Random Integer Composition..
   • Victor de la Peña, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A., Martingales and Decoupling: The Interplay.
10. Strong Approximation in Probability and Statistics, Uwe Einmahl (organizer), Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium
    • Paul Deheuvels, Université de Paris, France, Invariance Principles for Iterated Gaussian Processes.
    • David M. Mason, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A., An Exponential Inequality for a Weighted Approximation to the Uniform Empirical Process with Applications.
    • Andrei Zaitsev, St. Petersburg University, Russia, Estimates for the Strong Gaussian Approximation for Sums of Independent Multidimensional Random Vectors.
11. Measure Valued Processes, Alison Etheridge (organizer), Oxford University, U.K.
    • Elaine Rodrigues, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, A Branching Measure-Valued Process as a Model in Air Pollution.
    • Achim Klenke, Universität Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany, Measure-Valued Processes in Catalytic Media.
    • Anton Wakolbinger, Universität Frankfurt, Germany, Interacting Fisher-Wright Diffusions in a Random Genetic Drift Field.
12. Interacting Particle Systems, Pablo Ferrari (organizer), Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Enzo Olivieri, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy, Renormalization Group Maps Under Strong Mixing Conditions: Gibbsianness and Convergence of Renormalized Interactions.
    • Pablo A. Ferrari, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil, Interacting Birth and Death Processes.
    • Claudio Landim, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and CNRS, Paris, France, Regularity Properties of the Self-Diffusion Coefficient in the Symmetric Exclusion Process.
13. Probability Methods in Mathematical Physics, Tadahisa Funaki (organizer), University of Tokyo, Japan
    • Kohei Uchiyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, Pressure in Classical Statistical Mechanics and Interacting Brownian Particles in Multi-Dimensions.
    • Dmitry Ioffe, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Probabilistic Problems of Phase Segregation.
    • Fraydoun Rezakhanlou, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A., Macroscopic Behavior of Some Growth Models.
14. New Directions in Survival Analysis, Richard Gill (organizer), University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Erik T. Parner, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark, Right- and Interval Censored Multivariate Survival Data.
    • Doroto Dabrowska, University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., Inefficient Profile Likelihood Estimation in a Class of Transformation Models.
    • Mark van der Laan, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A., Estimation with Multivariate Right Censored Data.
15. Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Theory and Applications, Peter J. Green, (organizer), University of Bristol, UK
    • Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, University of Toronto, Canada, Markov Chain Convergence Times and Pseudo-Small Sets.
    • Geoff Nicholls*, University of Auckland, New Zealand, and Jesper Moller, Aalborg University, Denmark, Perfect Simulated Tempering.
    • Christophe Andrieu*, Arnaud Doucet and William J. Fitzgerald, Cambridge University, U.K., Theory and Applications of Particle Filters in Signal Processing.
16. Computational Methods in Semiparametric Statistics, Piet Groneboom, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
    • Guenther Walther, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A., Computing a Multiscale Mixture Family.
    • Heurt Jongbloed, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Algorithms for Computing Least Squares and Maximum Likelihood Estimators Under Convexity Constraints.
    • Piet Groeneboom, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Algorithms for Computing Maximum Likelihood Estimators in the Survival Sacrifice Model.
17. Probability and Statistics in the Earth Sciences, Peter Guttorp (organizer), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
    • David Vere-Jones, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, Statistical Modeling for Earthquake Forecasts
    • Doug Nychka, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., Understanding the Atmosphere at Different Scales.
    • Peter Craigmile, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., Wavelet Based Parameter Estimation for Trend Contaminated Long Memory Processes.
18. Probability in Infinite Dimensions, Applications and Related Topics, Jim Kuelbs (organizer), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
    • Michel Ledoux*, Université Paul Sabatier and S. Bobkov, Syktyvkar University, Russia, From Brunn-Minkowski to Brascamp-Lieb and to Logarithmic Sobolev Inequalities.
    • Joel Zinn, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A., Almost Sure Limit Theorems for U-Statistics.
    • Wenbo Li, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A., Wichura Type Functional Law of the Iterated Logarithm for the Fractional Brownian Motion.
19. Topics in Large Deviations and Limit Theorems, Jim Kuelbs (organizer), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
    • Alex de Acosta, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., A General Non-Convex Large Deviation Result and Some Applications.
    • Joseph Yukich, Lehigh University, Bethelehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Central Limit Theorems in Optimization, Percolation and Computational Geometry.
    • Xia Chen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., Some Limit Theorems for Additive Functionals of Harris Recurrent Markov Chains.
20. Sharp Probability Inequalities and Applications, Stanislaw Kwapien (organizer), Warsaw University, Poland
    • Christian Houdré, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., New Classes of Transport Inequalities with Applications.
    • Stephen Montgomery-Smith, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A., An Extension of the Tangent Sequence Martingale Inequality.
    • Rafal Latala, Warsaw University, Poland, An Exponential Inequality for U-Statistics.
21. Model Selection, Pascal Massart (organizer), Université de Paris - Suc, Orsay, France
    • Yannick Baraud, Sylvie Huet* and Beatrice Laurent, Université de Paris - Sud, Orsay, France, Adaptive Tests of Linear Hypotheses by Model Selection.
    • Gabor Lugosi, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Model Selection Based on Estimated Complexity.
    • Ritei Shibata, Keio University, Japan, Bootstrap Model Selection.
22. Semiparametric Models and Applications, Susan Murphy (organizer), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
    • Dan Scharfstein, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., Semiparametric Estimation of the Failure Time Distribution Under Informative Right Censoring.
    • Bruce Lindsay, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Issues in Mixture Models with Covariates.
    • Ya'akov Ritov, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, Semiparametric Methods for Spike Data.
23. Probability and Statistics in Evolutionary Genetics, Michael Newton (organizer), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
    • Bret Larget, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Bayesian Inference of Evolutionary Trees from Genome Arrangement Data.
    • John Huelsenbeck, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, U.S.A., Some Applications of Bayesian Inference to the Phylogeny Problem.
    • Mike Steel, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Structural Properties of Some Phylogenetic Models.
24. Nonstationary Spatial Processes, Doug Nychka (organizer), National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
    • Barnali Das and Peter Guttorp*, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., Estimating Global Temperature Using Anisotropic Global Covariance Functions.
    • Philippe Naveau, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., A Statistical Model for Mesoscale Clouds Based on Discrete Wavelet Transforms.
    • Montserrat Fuentes, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. and Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.A., High Frequency Kriging for Non-Stationary Environmental Processes.
25. Random Graphs and Tilings, Robin Pemantle (organizer), Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
    • D.J. Aldous, University of California at Berkeley, California and B. Pittel*, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., On a Randomly Evolving Graph: Emergence of the Giant Component.
    • Rick Kenyon, Université de Paris - Sud, Orsay, France, Dominos and the Gaussian Free Field.
    • Henry Cohn, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Phase Transitions in Random Tilings.
26. Graphical Markov Models and Their Applications in Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Michael D. Perlman (organizer), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
    • Steen A. Andersson, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A., Graphical Models, Homogeneous Cones and the General Wishart Distribution.
    • Jan T.A. Koster, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands, A Comparison of Alternative Markov Properties From the Point of View of Applied Multivariate Statistics.
    • Thomas S. Richardson, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. and University of Warwick, U.K., Ancestral Graph Markov Models for Latent and Selection Variables.
27. Functional Data Analysis, James O. Ramsay (organizer), McGill University, Montréal, Canada
    • Steve Marron, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A., Understanding the Structure of Complex Populations.
    • Bernard Silverman, University of Bristol, UK, Time-Frequency Analysis of Bat Signals Using Wavelet Methods.
    • James O. Ramsay, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, Combining Density Estimation with Model Fitting.
28. Stochastic Analysis, Michael Röckner (organizer), Universität Bielefeld, Germany
    • S. Aida, Osaka University, Japan, Clark-Ocone Formula and Stochastic Analysis on Loop Spaces.
    • James Norris, University of Cambridge, UK, Cluster Coagulation.
    • Kark-Theodor Sturm, Universität Bonn, Germany, Nonlinear Martingales and Nonlinear Markov Operators.
29. Statistical Genetics, Kathryn Roeder (organizer), Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
    • Nan M. Laird*, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. and Stefan Horvath, University of Bonn, Germany, Testing for Association in Genetic Studies: Using Unaffected Siblings as Controls.
    • Giovanni Parmigiani*, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. Edwin Iversen, ISDS, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A., Donald A. Berry, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. and Joellen Schildkraut, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A., Modeling Inherited Susceptibilitiy to Breast Cancer.
    • Kathryn Roeder* and Larry Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. and Bernie Devlin, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Genomic Control for Association Studies. II Haplotype Analysis.
30. Wavelets in Statistics, R. von Sachs (organizer), Université Catholique de Louvaine, Belgium
    • Tony Cai, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A., On Adaptivity and Information-Pooling in Wavelet Regression.
    • Anestis Antoniadis, Université de Grenoble, France, Regularization of Wavelet Approximations.
    • Jonathan Raz, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., FDR Wavelet Shrinkage Estimators for Inhomogeneous Poisson Processes.
31. Applications of Probability in Finance and Insurance, W. Schachermayer (organizer), University of Vienna, Austria
    • O. Barndorff-Nielsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Modeling by Levy Processes for Financial Econometrics and Turbulence.
    • F. Delbaen, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Optimization Problems in Mathematical Finance.
    • Th. Zariphopoulou, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A., Variational Formulae for Distorted Probabilities is Asset Pricing.
32. Mining and Analysis of Large/High-Dimensional Data, David W. Scott (organizer), Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
    • Dennis D. Cox, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., Beyond Principal Components: Alternatives for Dimension Reduction.
    • Lasse Holmstrom, Rolf Institute, Finland, Classification of Complex Data.
    • Dan Carr, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A., Several Templates for Looking at Large Data Sets.
    • Ed Wegman, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A., Data Reduction by Quantization.
33. Statistics in Finance, Neil Shephard (organizer), Nuffield College, Oxford, UK
    • Ronald Gallant, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A., Efficient Method of Moments and its Use in Financial Econometrics.
    • Tina Rydbert*, Nuffield College, Oxford and Paribas, UK and Neil Shephard, Nuffield College, Oxford, UK, BIN Models for Trade-by-Trade Data. Modeling the Number of Trades in a Fixed Interval of Time.
    • Per Mykland, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Statistics and the Worst Case State Price Distribution.
34. Random Sets and Statistics of Shape, Christopher G. Small (organizer), University of Waterloo, Canada
    • Fred Gookstein, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A., Singularity Theory and Feature Analysis of Deformations.
    • Keith Worsley, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Detecting Local Shape Changes via `Flatenning' of Non-Isotropic Random Fields.
    • Merrilee Hurn, University of Bath, UK, Finding, Labelling and Measuring Cells.
35. Extreme Values in Statistics and Probability, Richard Smith (organizer), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
    • Rolf Reiss* and Michael Falk, Universität Seigen, Germany, Estimation of Canonical Dependence Parameters in a Class of Multivariate Peaks-Over-Threshold Models.
    • Claudia Klüppelberg, Technische Universität Müchen, Germany, Extremal Behaviour of Stochastic Models in Finance.
    • Richard Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A., A Changepoint Model for Extreme Values in Insurance and Finance.
36. Non Parametric Curve Estimation, Vladimir Spokoiny (organizer), Universität Würzburg, Germany
    • Enno Mammen, Universitat Heidelberg, Germany, Backfitting for Additive Models: Asymptotic Theory and Bandwidth Choice
    • Alexander Tsybakov, Université de Paris VI, France, Adaptive Estimation in Statistical Inverse Problems.
    • Vladimir Spokoiny, Universität Würzburg, Germany, Structure Adaptive Methods in Nonparametric Estimation.
37. Symbolic Computation in Statistics, James Stafford (organizer), University of Toronto, Canada
    • Eva Riccomagno, EURANDOM, The Netherlands, Gröbner Bases for the Conditioning of Discrete Probabilities.
    • Wilfrid S. Kendall, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, Reflections on the Algebra of Stochastic Calculus.
    • Steve Drekic and Jamie Stafford, University of Toronto, Canada, Some Uses of Computer Algebra in Queueing.
38. Applications of Empirical Processes, Sara van de Geer (organizer), Leiden University, The Netherlands
    • Yannick Baraud, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, Nonparametric Estimation in Regression and Autoregression by Model Selection.
    • Sara van de Geer, Leiden University, The Netherlands, M-estimation Using Soft Thresholding Type Penalties.
    • Jon Wellner, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.,  Preservation Theorems for Glivenko-Cantelli Classes and Consistency of the NPMLE for Generalized Mixed Case Interval Censoring.
39. Point Processes and Fractal Dimensions, David Vere-Jones (organizer), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
    • David Harte, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Estimation of Higher Order Renyi Dimensions.
    • Peter Hall, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Nonparametric Analysis of Point Process Data.
    • Colleen Cutler, University of Waterloo, Canada, Determinism and the Reconstruction of Dynamics in Some Types of Point Processes.

       

GENERAL INFORMATION AND DATES: The Conference will take place in the City of Guanajuato, from Monday 15th to Saturday 20th, having registration on Sunday 14th. Guanajuato is the capital of the State of Guanajuato, home to CIMAT (Research Center for Mathematics) and the University of Guanajuato.

The Conference World Wide Web site can be accessed at http://bernoulli-ims-2000.org.mx. Updated information regarding fees, deadlines, accommodations and program details will be available on this page. The information may be also requested via email by sending a message to: info@Bernoulli-ims-2000.org.mx with the phrase Guanajuato-2000 stated in the subject heading. The City of Guanajuato is located about 350 km. (220 miles) NW of Mexico City. Guanajuato dazzles the visitor with the charm of its relaxed atmosphere, is cobblestone streets, its picturesque plazas and its underground streets. While remaining a small provincial city, Guanajuato boasts a great number of attractions, from beautiful colonial buildings to modern museums, from silver mines to a university.

Guanajuato's altitude, 2000 meters (6000 feet), ensures that the climate is always pleasant. The rainy season is from June to September, which generally means a shower late in the afternoon. Nights are cool in winter, but otherwise you should expect temperatures around 20^°C (68^°F). Temperatures in May average 22^°C, with highs averaging 32^°C and lows 13^°C. Guanajuato is a famous international tourist destination. American, Continental, Mexicana, Aeromexico, TAESA, and Aerocalifornia have direct flights from major U. S. cities to the Leon - Guanajuato International Airport. From Mexico City there are daily flights to Leon - Guanajuato International Airport aboard Aeromexico, Aerocalifornia and TAESA airlines. It is also possible to arrive to Guanajuato from Mexico City by comfortable buses (4 1/2 hour trip).

We advise participants to make flight reservations as soon as possible because a variety of meetings are taking place at that time in the region.

Aeroméxico offers congress participants a 10 discount on some airfares, extensively to spouse and children aged 12-20, by mentioning that you will be attending the Congress.

Social Program: Several activities are being planned for the enjoyment of conference attendees and accompanying persons. These include a Conference Dinner held at the gardens of Ex Hacienda San Gabriel de Barrera (set in a colonial-period mining estate) and cultural events, one to be held at Guanajuato's most renowned theater, the Teatro Juarez (stunning in its ornate, elegant, mixed style). Day trips for accompanying persons are possible to nearby cities of Dolores Hidalgo, Leon and San Miguel de Allende.

 

FURTHER INFORMATION: IMS/BERNOULLI SOCIETY MEETING CIMAT, APDO.POSTAL 402, GUANAJUATO, GTO. 36000 MEXICO FAX (52) (473) 24511, PHONE (52) (473) 27155 email: info@Bernoulli-IMS-2000.org.mx http://bernoulli-ims-2000.org.mx.

Accommodation: To ensure your accommodation reservation, you are strongly advised to reserve your room no later than March, 2000 by sending email to the address of the Local Organizing Committee, info@Bernoulli-IMS-2000.org.mx, with the word "Reservations'' stated in the subject field.

Hotels:

Parador San Javier, Plaza Aldama 92, Col. San Javier, C.P.36020 Phone.: (52)(4)7320626, Fax: (52)(4)7320626 Rates: 84.53 single,101.68 double

Mision Park Plaza, Camino Antiguo a Marfil Km. 2.5, C.P.36050 Phone/fax: (52)(4) 7323980 Rates: 83.39 single, 94.39 double

Real de Minas, Nejayote # 17, C.P.36000 Phone/fax: (52)(4) 7321460 Rates: 84.40 single, 91.35 double

Castillo de Sta. Cecilia, Km. 1 Camino a la Valenciana Phone/fax: (52)(4) 7320485 Rates: 80.00 single, 88.84 double

Gran Plaza, Km. 6 Carr. Guanajuato-Juventino Rosas Phone/fax: (52)(4) 7331990 Rates: 79.26 single, 87.16 double

Rates are per room night, including breakfast, services and all taxes. Reservation deadline: 31 March, 2000.

Transportation from airports by bus: Mexico-Guanajuato-Mexico and León -Guanajuato-León will be available with additional cost, ask for it.

Registration: Participants are requested to register using the Registration Form. Fees can be paid via Bank Transfer, personal checks that must be drawn on U.S. Bank or Money Orders in U.S. Dollars, and must accompany the registration form. We regret that fees cannot be paid using credit cards.

Before 1st February 2000: Participant: USD 250.00; Accompanying person: USD 25.00; Student: USD 100.00

After 1st February 2000: Participant: USD 290.00; Accompanying person: USD 30.00; Student: USD 115.00

Conference registration will begin on Sunday 14 May 2000, at Guanajuato's Convention Center.