Contact Statistics and Actuarial Science (SAS)
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 33550
Fax: 519-746-1875
March 6-9, 2016 in Waterloo, Canada.
The fourth annual Stu Hunter Research Conference will be held at the Delta Hotel in Waterloo Canada from Sunday March 6 to Wednesday March 9, 2016. The Conference ends at 5:00 pm Wednesday afternoon. Waterloo is about 100 km west of Toronto on the way to Detroit. As in previous years, the Conference is by invitation only and will be limited to approximately 60 participants. Conference honoree Stu Hunter will attend the conference.
The format is the same as previous Hunter Conferences with two speakers each day, two discussants per speaker and ample opportunity for discussion from the floor. New this year, we plan to have a poster session designed to highlight the work of some younger participants.
We thank the following sponsors for their substantive monetary support:
Toronto Pearson International Airport is about 90 km from Waterloo; you can drive to the Delta Hotel in about 1 hour.
Airways Transit connects Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), with the Waterloo area providing 24/7 door to door shared ride service. Airways Transit has provided a reduced single passenger conference rate of $79.00 one way, tax included. Advance reservations are required. You can book this on line on the Airways Transit website. Enter booking code: HUNTER 2016 (enter exactly as shown) or by phone 24 hours: 519 886 2121 - Identify yourself as a Hunter 2016 delegate.
Alternatively, American Airlines has twice-daily flights from Chicago to our local Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) that is about 15 km from the Delta Hotel.
The conference fee is Cdn$800. This fee includes accommodation for three nights (March 6, 7 & 8) and all meals from Sunday evening March 6 to lunch on Wednesday March 9. If you wish to stay extra nights, before or after the Conference, please include these dates on the registration form you received with your invitation. Payment for the extra nights at the hotel (~$180 per night) and any incidental expenses can be paid on check-out.
Because the Conference is by invitation only, the registration process is as follows:
Breakfast | ||
8:45 am - 9:00 am |
Opening Remarks (Monday only) |
Morning Session |
Lunch | ||
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Plenary Talk |
Afternoon Session |
Dinner (Monday & Tuesday) |
There will be a reception on Sunday 6:30-8:30 pm.
Confirmed Attendees
The 6 conference plenary speakers and tentative talk titles and abstracts are:
Moderator: Allison Jones-Farmer, Miami University
Moderator: Steve Rigdon, Saint Louis University
Bill Woodall
Virginia Tech
"Basic Statistical Process Monitoring: Reassessing the Gap between Theory and Practice"
Discussants: Fred Faltin, The Faltin Group; Ronald Does, University of Amsterdam
Christine Anderson-Cook
Los Alamos National Lab
"Optimizing in a Complex World"
Discussants: Ron Kenett, KPA Group; Brad Jones, SAS
Moderator: Maria Weese, Miami University
Moderator: Jason Loeppky, University of British Columbia
Galit Shmueli
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
"Analyzing Behavioral Big Data: Methodological, Practical, Ethical and Moral Issues"
Discussants: Roger Hoerl, Union College; Kwok Tsui, City University of Hong Kong
Dave Woods
University of Southampton
"Bayesian design of experiments for industrial and scientific applications via Gaussian processes"
Discussants: Derek Bingham, Simon Fraser University;
Geoff Vining, Virginia Tech
Moderator: Bovas Abraham, University of Waterloo
Moderator: Chris Nachtsheim, University of Minnesota
North Carolina State University
"Bayesian Reliability: Combining Information"
Discussants: Tim Davis, University of Warwick; Rong Pan, Arizona State University
Richard Jarrett
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
"Does theory work in practice? Two case studies"
Discussants: Jeroen de Mast, University of Amsterdam; Fernando Camacho, University of Waterloo and DAMOS
Contact Statistics and Actuarial Science (SAS)
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 33550
Fax: 519-746-1875