1504.0 - Methodological News, Sep 2010  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/09/2010   
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Donald Rubin to Visit Australia

Professor Donald B. Rubin, John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics at Harvard University, has accepted an invitation to visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics and CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics Division (CMIS) in January 2011.

Professor Rubin's research interests include:

    • Causal inference in experiments and observational studies;
    • Inference in sample surveys with nonresponse and in missing data problems;
    • Application of Bayesian and empirical Bayesian techniques; and
    • Developing and applying statistical models to data in a variety of scientific disciplines.

Current plans are for Professor Rubin to visit the ABS and CMIS Canberra during the week of 10-14 January 2011 and CMIS Sydney during the week of 17-21 January 2011.

In Canberra, Professor Rubin will give two one-day short courses at the ABS:

    • A short course on Causal Inference on Wednesday 12 January, and
    • A short course on Missing Data on Thursday 13 January.
A one-day workshop on Data Confidentiality is also proposed for Tuesday 18 January at CMIS (Macquarie University campus).

Further details of the visit will be circulated when confirmed. For more information, please contact Christine O'Keefe (CMIS Canberra) at <Christine.O'Keefe@csiro.au>, or Peter Rossiter (ABS) on (02) 6252 6024 or <peter.rossiter@abs.gov.au>.