Philosophy of the Workshop

• To promote papers that are motivated by real life data.
• To make novel contributions to the subject of statistical modelling.
• To promote contributions from students early in their careers.
• To encourage discussion and interchange of ideas between junior and senior scientists.
• To encourage maximum participation by means of non - parallel sessions.
• To facilitate the rapid and timely dissemination of new results and methods by publication of the conference proceedings at the workshop.
• To promote the friendliness and good social programme experienced in previous workshops.