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                                     ASMDA 2001 
                            1Oth International Symposium on 
                    APPLIED STOCHASTIC MODELS AND DATA ANALYSIS 

                                  12-15 Juin 2001 
                                COMPIEGNE (France) 

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IMPORTANT DATES 

January 12th, 2001   Submission of the papers 
March 12th, 2001     Notification of acceptance 
April 12th, 2001     Submission of final version and registration 

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CHAIRMEN 

G. Govaert and N. Limnios, Universite de Technologie de Compiegne 
J. Janssen, Universite Libre de Bruxelles 

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 

The Symposium 2001 will focus on new trends in theory, applications and software 
of Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis. 

Particular interest will be given to interesting applications in engineering, 
productions and services (maintenance, reliability, planning and control, quality, 
finance, insurance, management and administration, inventory and logistics, marketing, 
environment, human resources,...). 

Methodological approaches: 
 - Poisson, Markov, semi-Markov processes, 
 - Point processes, 
 - Martingales, Stochastic calculus, 
 - Random evolutions, 
 - Decision and Controlled Processes, 
 - Diffusion and Poisson approximations, 
 - Asymptotic models and Weak Convergences, 
 - Statistical inference for Stochastic processes , 
 - Hidden Markov and semi-Markov processes, 
 - Fitting models for data, 
 - Reliability and survival analysis, 
 - Bayesian inference, 
 - Functional data analysis, 
 - Discriminant and Regression Analysis, 
 - Mixture model and Probabilistic approach to Clustering, 
 - Analysis of complex data (incomplete, censored, missing, spatio-temporal, 
   imprecise, fuzzy,...), 
 - Theories of uncertainty, 
 - Graphical models and Bayesian networks, 
 - Multidimensional Scaling and Multi-way Data Analysis, 
 - Sensory Analysis 
 - Data and Text Mining. 

Special techniques and algorithms: 
  - Neural Networks, 
  - Genetic and Fuzzy Algorithms, 
  - Support Vector Machine, 
  - Monte Carlo Methods. 

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INVITED SPEAKERS 

 N. Balakrishnan (University McMaster, Canada): Stochastic Modeling of Bubble Forming 
    at Nucleation Sites in Pool Boiling 
 D. Bohning (Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany: The Potentials of Recent Developments 
    in Finite Mixture Mode 
 J. M. Buhman (University of Bonn, Germany): Clustering Principles and Empirical Risk 
    Approximation 
 G. Celeux (INRIA Rhône-Alpes, France) : Assessing Mixtures Models through Resampling 
 R. Cerf (Universite Paris-Sud, France): Genetic Algorithms and Freidlin-Wentzell Theory 
 E. Cinlar (University of Princeton, USA): Multi-dimensional Levy Processes in Reliability 
 J. Glaz (University of Connecticut Storrs, USA): Approximations for the Multivariate 
    Normal Distribution with Applications in Finance and Economics 
 M. Hollander (Florida State, USA): Nonparametric Data Analysis 
 S. M. Ross (University of California at Berkeley, USA): Optimal Posted Prices in a 
    Heterogeneous Market 
 M. L. Ting Lee (Harvard University, USA): A Stochastic Model for Inferring Degradation 
 P. Smets (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium): Belief Functions and the Transferable 
    Belief Model for Applications 

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REGISTRATION FEES 
                      Before 12/04/01    After 12/04/01 
Students                 1000 FF           1200 FF 
University members       1700 FF           2000 FF 
Other Participants       2500 FF           3000 FF 
Accompaying persons      1000 FF           1500 FF 

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Please see the ASMDA2001 webpage for conference information: 

                      http://www.hds.utc.fr/asmda2001 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT 

    Professor Gerard Govaert 
    e-mail: gerard.govaert@utc.fr 
    UMR Heudiasyc CNRS 6599 
or 
    Professor Nikolaos Limnios 
    e-mail: nikolaos.limnios@utc.fr 
    Equipe Mathematiques Appliquees 
  
at 
    Universite de Technologie de Compiegne 
    Centre de Recherche de Royallieu 
    BP 20529 60205 Compiegne Cedex 
    FRANCE 
    fax: 33 (0)3 44 23 44 77 

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Gérard GOVAERT  
Université de Technologie de Compiègne
Département Génie Informatique
U.M.R. C.N.R.S. 6599 Heudiasyc                          
B.P. 20529   
F-60205 Compiègne Cedex 
tel:   33 (0)3 44 23 44 86         
fax:   33 (0)3 44 23 44 77
email: Gerard.Govaert@utc.fr
http://www.hds.utc.fr/~ggovaert
http://www.hds.utc.fr/asmda2001