October 27, 2001
Colorado-Wyoming Chapter

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ASA CO-WY Fall Chapter Symposium

Saturday, October 27, 2001

University of Colorado-Denver

1250 Fourteenth St., Room 470

Denver, Colorado

Exploratory Data Analysis In the Twenty-first Century: Research in Modern EDA wpe5.jpg (4601 bytes)
A symposium in honor of John W. Tukey

Tentative Schedule

        8:00    Registration and Poster Session
        9:00    Richard Scheaffer "Tukey and Technology: The Keys to Modern Statistics Education"
        9:15    James Thompson "The Age of Tukey"
        10:15  Lyle Jones "Multiplicity Personified"
        11:15  Luisa Fernholz "On the Interaction between Statistics and Computing: In Memory of John W. Tukey"
        12:15  Lunch and Poster Session
        1:30    Jim Filliben "Tukey and EDA: Reflections, Principles, & Applications"
        2:30    Howard Wainer "Exploratory Data Analysis Whither & Whence: A Personal Journey"
        3:30    Robert Launer "Tukey's Service to the Government"
        4:30    Karen Kafadar "Life As a Graduate Student Under JWT"
        5:00    Reception

Poster session, organized by James Luhring, Cherry Creek High School:

Featuring posters prepared by high school students presently enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) classes,  as well as work by graduate students and other professionals.

Introduction:

Richard L. Scheaffer, ASA President, speaking on behalf of the ASA co-sponsorship

Keynote address:

James R. Thompson, Rice University

Speakers:

Luisa Fernholz, Temple University
Jim Filliben, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Lyle Jones, University of North Carolina
Karen Kafadar, University of Colorado-Denver
Robert Launer, Senior Program Director, Army Research Office
Howard Wainer, Educational Testing Service

Registration:

$20 prior to October 26, 2001 or $30 at door.  (Students: $10 advance or $15 at door)
Forward name & affiliation (Students, please include photocopy of current student ID to confirm eligibility) with check payable to ASA, Colorado-Wyoming Chapter to:
Karen Kafadar, Dept. of Mathematics
University of Colorado – Denver
P.O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364

Area Hotels: These are not special group rates, they are the current weekend rates for the hotels. We offer no guarantee that these will be available indefinitely.

Executive Tower Inn Westin Tabor Center Hyatt Regency
(303)571-0300
1405 Curtis
(about 2 blocks away)
$109/night weekend rate
(303)572-9100 or (800)937-8461
1672 Lawrence
(about 3 blocks away)
$149/night weekend rate
(303)295-1234 or (800)233-1234
1750 Welton
(about 9 blocks away, but free 16th Street shuttle covers 6 of those blocks)
$79/night weekend rate
Marriott Denver Adams Mark
1701 California
(303) 382-2180
(about 7 blocks away)
$79/night weekend rate
1550 Court Place
(303) 893-3333
(about 9 blocks away)
$89/night weekend rate

John W. Tukey:
Here are some websites that are dedicated to John W. Tukey.

School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Bell Laboratories

PLEASE NOTE:

This web site will be periodically updated as schedule changes are made. Current information regarding speakers, etc. may be obtained by contacting the Chapter President Tom Gatliffe (303)966-6548 and/or ASA Chapter Representative Karen Kafadar (303)556-2547.

Proposals for poster session entries should be directed to Chapter President-Elect Jim Luhring (720)554-2426.