The fifth meeting of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) meeting series, the IMS Asia Pacific Rim Meeting (IMS-APRM), will take place in Singapore during June 26-29, 2018. It will provide an excellent forum for scientific communications and collaborations for the researchers in Asia and the Pacific Rim, and promote communications and collaborations between the researchers in this area and those from other parts of the world.

The program covers a wide range of topics in statistics and probability, presenting recent developments and the state of the art in a variety of modern research topics and in applications. The program will include:

  • Plenary Lectures presented by world-renowned scientists in statistics and probability
  • Distinguished Lectures delivered by leading specialists
  • Invited Paper sessions
  • Contributed talks and posters

The Scientific Program Committee will consider proposals for Invited Paper sessions. If you are interested in making a proposal, please submit it online by September 30, 2017 at

https://ims-aprm2018.stat.nus.edu.sg/index.php/call-for-proposals.

Each Invites Paper session will need four speakers and one chair. The proposals will be evaluated by the Scientific Program Committee on competitive basis. The proposers will be notified of the session selection by the end of December.