SRCOS Summer Research Conference, 2011
June 5-8, 2011

Hickory Knob State Resort Park in McCormick, SC


Welcome to the home page of the 2011 SRCOS Summer Research Conference
hosted by University of South Carolina and Clemson University.

Program Lodging Registration Poster Session and Awards


The annual SRCOS Summer Research Conference is designed to bring together statistical researchers at all levels to learn about current areas of investigation and trends in statistics, including statistics education. The conference format consists of morning, early afternoon, and evening sessions, leaving late afternoons open for recreation, informal professional discussions and social interaction. Such interactions are important for the development of new researchers and graduate students, whose participation via contributed poster presentations is especially encouraged.

The general philosophy of the SRC is to address cutting-edge research topics by discussing new problems and trends in the discipline of statistics. The SRC also seeks to foster discussion of current and future issues in statistical education and research. Young statisticians are thus afforded a broad view of current activities in a relatively short timeframe and friendly environment. The topics of the sessions are necessarily broad, with care taken to strike a balance between statistical theory and its application to scientific problems.

Organizing Committee:

Don Edwards, Committee co-chair (University of South Carolina)
Colin Gallagher, Committee co-chair (Clemson University)
Varghese George (Medical College of Georgia)
David Hitchcock (University of South Carolina)
Mike Kutner (Emory University)
Darcy Mays (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Edsel Peña (University of South Carolina)
John Wierman (Johns Hopkins University)

Program Committee:

Edsel Peña, Committee co-chair (University of South Carolina)
Colin Gallagher, Committee co-chair (Clemson University)
Yong Chen (University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston)
K.B. Kulasekera (Clemson University)
Mike Kutner (Emory University)
Robert Lund (Clemson University)
Wenguang Sun (North Carolina State University)
Joshua Tebbs (University of South Carolina)

Information about Hickory Knob Park:
Hickory Knob State Park is a beautiful state resort park on the shoreline of 70,000-acre Strom Thurmond Reservoir on the Savannah River. Available lake activities include boating, fishing, lake swimming, and lakeside golf. The park includes many amenities, such as 18 holes of championship golf, tennis, skeet shooting and archery, a swimming pool for lodge guests, a full-service restaurant and meeting facilities, and more than 70 lodge rooms. The resort is in McCormick, SC (near Augusta, GA and Anderson, SC).

  • Layout of the Park
  • Available Activities at Hickory Knob


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    Support for Attendees from NISS-affiliated Institutions:
    Since this conference is co-sponsored by the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), institutions that are NISS Affiliates may use funds from their Affiliates Reimbursement Account (part of the annual affiliate fee) to reimburse personnel who attend this conference. The reimbursement may include transportation, lodging, and (on a per diem basis) meals. Please see the NISS Reimbursement Account guidelines for more details. A list of NISS Affiliates is maintained on the NISS Affiliated Organizations page.

    Contact Information:
    Summer Research Conference 2011
    Department of Statistics
    216 LeConte College
    University of South Carolina
    Columbia, SC 29208

    Phone (Main Office): (803) 777-7800
    Fax: (803) 777-4048

    Co-sponsoring Departments:
    USC Statistics Department Home Page
    Clemson Mathematical Sciences Department Home Page