VirtualRDC News @ Cornell

There will be a complete interruption in network access to CISER servers on September 24, 2006. You will not be able to access either this web server, any other VirtualRDC web services, and any of the VirtualRDC compute nodes.

The Canadian Econometrics Study Group (CESG) invites participants to
register for the 23rd annual CESG meetings to be held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Oct. 19-21, 2006. The conference is hosted by Brock University. Registration information can be obtained at

http://coffee.econ.brocku.ca/testform/reg_instruct.html

All participants need to register for planning purposes.  Please note
that registration after September 30th is substantially higher. Further information can be found at http://coffee.econ.brocku.ca/cesg/

The 21st Annual Congress of the European Economic Association will take place in Vienna from 24th – 28th August 2006, joint with Econometric Society European Meetings (EEA-ESEM) .
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The SAS Toolkit has been installed on 32-bit and 64-bit servers. Hardcopy manuals are available at CISER (no electronic documentation available). [More »]

JSM (the Joint Statistical Meetings) is the largest gathering of statisticians held in North America. It is held jointly with the American Statistical Association, the International Biometric Society (ENAR and WNAR), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Statistical Society of Canada. Attended by over 5000 people, activities of the meeting include oral presentations, panel sessions, poster presentations, continuing education courses, exhibit hall (with state-of-the-art statistical products and opportunities), career placement service, society and section business meetings, committee meetings, social activities, and networking opportunities. Seattle is the host city for JSM 2006 and offers a wide range of possibilities for sharing time with friends and colleagues. More info at http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2006/