Conference on BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRICS
BELGIRATE (ITALY) June, 17-19th, 1997
Last update: 16/5/1997
The conference is organised by the Istituto per le Applicazioni della
Matematica e dell'Informatica of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
(CNR-IAMI).
The conference begins on June, 17th, in the morning, and ends on June, 19th,
at 1 p.m.
Conference programme available in few days
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
- Donato Michele Cifarelli (Bocconi University, Italy)
- Alessandra Guglielmi (CNR-IAMI, Italy)
- Eugenio Regazzini (CNR-IAMI and Bocconi University, Italy)
- David Rios Insua (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
- Fabrizio Ruggeri (CNR-IAMI, Italy)
- Mike West (Duke University, USA)
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
The programme will consist of invited lectures (50 minutes each + 10
minutes for floor discussion), special contributed talks (25 minutes each
+ 5 minutes for floor discussion) and contributed talks (12 minutes each
+ 3 minutes for floor discussion).
Invited speakers:
Invited contributors :
Contributed papers:
Registered participants include:
- Jim Berger (Duke University, USA)
- Bruno Betrò (CNR-IAMI, Italy)
- Carla Brambilla (CNR-IAMI, Italy)
- Rajeev Dehejia (Harvard University, USA)
- Ilenia Epifani (Bocconi University, Italy)
- Edward George (University of Texas, USA)
- Lucia Ladelli (Milan University, Italy)
- Antonio Lijoi (Bocconi University, Italy)
- Eugenio Melilli (Bocconi University, Italy)
- Marco Perone Pacifico (Rome University, Italy)
- Marco Pievatolo (CNR-IAMI, Italy)
- Giuliana Regoli (University of Perugia, Italy)
- David Rios Insua (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
- Renata Rotondi (CNR-IAMI, Italy)
- Fabrizio Ruggeri (CNR-IAMI, Italy)
- Viatcheslav Sazonov (Steklov Institute, Russia)
- Piercesare Secchi (University of Pavia, Italy)
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location
Belgirate is a small town on the
Lake Maggiore, 70 Km. north of
Milano.
Hotel Villa Carlotta
Via Mazzini, 121/125 -- I-28040 Belgirate (VB)
Tel. +39 322 76461 -- Fax. +39 322 76705
Hotel Milano
Via Mazzini, 4 -- I-28040 Belgirate (VB)
Tel. +39 322 76525 -- Fax. +39 322 76295
Both Hotels are Four Star Hotels, affiliated with Best Western.
Hotel Villa Carlotta (
picture), hosting the conference, is a XIX century
villa within a secular park, on the lakefront.
Directions to Belgirate
Detailed bus and train schedules effective during the Conference will be
posted as soon as they will be published (early June).
Information is provided based upon the current schedules (minor changes are
expected).
People arriving in
Accommodation
Full board from the evening of June, 16th, to the afternoon
of June, 19th, will cost, per person:
Hotel Villa Carlotta: Lit. 525.000 (single room), Lit. 450.000 (double room).
Hotel Milano : Lit. 480.000 (single room), Lit. 405.000 (double room).
Costs for shorter stays will be provided upon request.
Costs for extra nights are as follows (in Lit.):
Hotel Villa Carlotta Hotel Milano
Single Double Single Double
Bed and Breakfast 120.000 185.000 105.000 160.000
Half Board 150.000 125.000 135.000 110.000
Full Board 175.000 150.000 160.000 135.000
A deposit of Lit. 150.000 (per person) must accompany the hotel reservation
form, to be sent to Hotel Villa Carlotta by April, 10th, 1997.
Late reservations are subject to availability.
As of March, 6th, 1997, 1 US$ = Lit. 1708.
Registration
There is no registration fee.
Participants are requested to fill
the hotel reservation form and send it to the Hotel by April,
10th, 1997.
Participiants are kindly asked to send the
the registration form to workshop@iami.mi.cnr.it (before April, 30th,
1997, if submitting an abstract).
Hotel reservation
The deposit may be paid by means of
The hotel reservation form must reach Hotel Villa Carlotta by
April, 10th, enclosing
the cheque or copy of the receipt of the Bank transfer (or vaglia) or the
credit card number (with expiration date). Fax can be used to send the hotel
reservation form, provided that either the credit card
data or a copy of the receipt of the Bank transfer (or vaglia) is enclosed.
Reservations not accompanied by the payment of the deposit will not be
accepted.
The payment must be without any charges for the beneficiary.
It is regretted that refunds cannot be made for later cancellation.
If the room is not occupied on the first day of reservation,
accomodation will not be guaranteed and the deposit will be forfeited.
Hotel reservation forms are available in the following formats:
Since Lake Maggiore is a very popular resort in June, participants are
advised to book the hotel as soon as possible.
Registration form
The registration form must reach CNR-IAMI, possibly by e-mail to
workshop@iami.mi.cnr.it.
The form must reach CNR-IAMI before April, 30th, if an abstract is
enclosed.
Registration forms are available in the following formats:
Deadlines
April, 10th, 1997: Hotel deposit
April, 30th, 1997: Abstracts
Address for correspondence (e-mail is recommended)
- Conference on Bayesian Nonparametrics
- c/o CNR-IAMI
- via A.M. Ampere 56
- I - 20131 Milano (Italy)
- Telephone: +39 2 70643206 (F. Ruggeri) - 70643207 (A. Guglielmi)
- Fax: +39 2 70643212
- E-mail: workshop@iami.mi.cnr.it