INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN OF
EXPERIMENTS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

The subject of Design of Experiments is growing very fast both in terms of theory and its applications. Many significant developments have taken place during the last three or four decades. In order to keep pace with the latest developments in the subject it is proposed to organize an International Conference titled “ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS : THEORY AND APPLICATIONS” during May 13-15, 2005. The conference will provide an opportunity  to bring together researchers working in various areas of Design of Experiments , both theory and applications, including combinatorial design. The Conference program will consist of plenary/invited talks and contributed papers from top ranking researchers in the field The Conference will be held at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, U.S.A.  The conference is being cosponsored by Wang Center for International Business (CIBER ) , The University of Memphis.                                                                                                 

International Advisory Committee:

• CHING- SHUI CHENG          (Academia Sinica, Taiwan & University of California)

• ANGELA DEAN                     ( Ohio State University )

• HOLGER DETTE                    ( Ruhr University, Germany ) 

• KAI TAI  FANG                     (Baptist University, Hong Kong )

• SUBIR GHOSH                      (University of California  )

• SUDHIR GUPTA                    (Northern Illinois  University )

• SANPEI KAGEYAMA           ( Hiroshima University, Japan )

• SUE LEWIS                           (University of Southampton, UK )

• DENNIS LIN                         (Penn State University )

• RAHUL MUKERJEE             (Indian Institute of Management )

• VIJAY NAIR                          ( University of Michigan)   

• SUNG H. PARK                     ( Seoul National University, Korea )

• KEN RUSSELL                      (University of Wollongong, Australia )

• KIRTI SHAH                          (University of Waterloo )

• BIKAS SINHA                       (Indian Statistical Institute )

• JOHN STUFKEN                   ( University of Georgia )

• VLADIMIR TONCHEV         ( Michigan Technical University )

• GEOFF VINING                     (Virginia Polytechnic )

• DAN VOSS                            ( Wright State University)

Program  Committee:

• Lih -Yuan Deng (Chair) The University of Memphis
• M.L.Aggarwal (Chair) The University of Memphis
• Ching-Shui Cheng Academia Sinica,Taiwan &University of California
• Angela Dean Ohio State University
• Subir Ghosh University of California
• Dennis Lin Penn State University
• Sudhir Gupta Northern Illinois University
• K.T. Fang Baptist University, Hong Kong
• Rahul Mukerjee Indian Institute of Management
• E. O, George The University of Memphis
   

Session organizers:

Special sessions have been organized by Dennis Lin, Hongquan Xu, NizamUddin, Vladimir Tonchev, C.Koukouvinos, Jennifer Seberry, Sue Lewis, Ken Russell, Barbara Bogacka, Andre Khuri, S.Kageyama, Kai-Tai Fang, E. O. George, Pankaj Jain.  See here.
 

Keynote Speaker: Jagdish Srivastava (Colorado State University)

Plenary Speakers:

• Professor Damaraju Raghavarao                Temple University

• Professor Ching-Shui Cheng                        Academia Sinica & University of California

• Professor Vijay Nair                                     University of Michigan

• Professor Angela Dean                                Ohio State University

Current list of participants: Final program is given.

ABSTRACT OF PAPERS:

• Abstracts of papers, not exceeding one page and typed in Word Format or Latex Format should be sent through email to Professor M.L.Aggarwal at maggarwl@memphis.edu  latest by March 1, 2005.

PUBLICATION:

• A special issue of the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (JSPI) will be published  with the conference papers meeting the journal standard. See guideline for more details.

REGISTRATION:

Registration Form should be downloaded from website It should be filled up and sent along with registration fee of US $ 125 -payable by  check drawn  in favor of  ICODOE.  The check and the registration form should be sent through post  to Professor M.L.Aggarwal  by March 1, 2005.             

Accommodation: We have got rooms reserved in Hotel Holiday Inn and  Fogelman Executive Conference Center located in the University Campus. More information about the hotel accommodation for Holiday Inn and Fogelman Executive Conference Center . In addition, we are trying to get  block of rooms booked  at Richardson Towers, University of Memphis, located in the Campus itself. We will post more information about it as soon as we get booking made.

Attractions in Memphis Area:  See links to Memphis Attractions  E.g.  Elvis Presley's Graceland, Beale street (Blue Music),  Casinos in Tunica (50 minutes drive), Memphis In May International Festival, Memphis River Boat over Mississippi River.

For more information: Please contact:

• Lih-Yuan Deng  lihdeng@memphis.edu

• Manohar L Aggarwal maggarwl@memphis.edu