SMPGD 2016

The 2016 annual workshop on Statistical Methods for Post Genomic Data (SMPGD) will take place at the Science and Technology University of Lille (Lille 1), on February 11th and 12th, 2016. Its aim is to present works from mathematical to applied statistics, but also new areas in high throughput biology that could need new statistical developments.

Registration is free of charge but mandatory. It includes coffee breaks and drinks during the poster session.

Important dates:

Deadline for submitting contributions		December, 11th 2015
Author notification		January, 8th 2016
Deadline to register		January, 22th 2016

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Keynote speakers:

• Axel Munk (Institut für Mathematische Stochastik, Goettingen)
• Hervé Seitz (IGH, Montpellier)
• Rayan Chikhi (CRIStAL, Lille)
• Martial Marbouty (Institut Pasteur, Paris)

Invited sessions:

• Change-point detection session – Chairman: Alain Celisse (Lab. Painlevé, Lille-Inria Lille Nord Europe)
• Epidemiology session – Chairman: Tran Viet Chi (Lab. Painlevé, Lille)
• GWAS for prokaryotes session – Chairman: Laurent Jacob (CNRS-LBBE, Lyon)

Contributed sessions:

• We welcome submission of abstracts for contributed talks (15 min. including questions) and posters.
• These may (but need not to) relate to the invited session topics.
• Abstracts must be sent to smpgd2016 at gmail{pt}com.

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Steering committee:

• Sylvie Huet (INRA, MIA, Jouy-en-Josas)
• Béatrice Laurent-Bonneau (INSA, Toulouse)
• Franck Picard (CNRS, Université Lyon 1)
• Stéphane Robin (AgroParisTech, Paris)

Local committee:

• Alain Celisse (Lab. Painlevé, Lille 1-Inria Lille Nord Europe)
• Guillemette Marot (CERIM, Lille 2-Inria Lille Nord Europe)
• Hélène Touzet (CRIStAL, Lille 1-Inria Lille Nord Europe)