Tutorials

On Monday, August 11, there are several half-day tutorials held at the Technische Universität Dortmund (registration starts at 8:30):

morning 9:00-12:30 (coffee break: 10:30-11:00)	Douglas Bates: Mixed Effects Models (Room: E28) Julie Josse, François Husson, Sébastien Lê: Exploratory Data Analysis (Room: E23) Martin Mächler, Elvezio Ronchetti: Introduction to Robust Statistics with R (Room: E21) Jim Porzak: Using R for Customer Segmentation (Room: E25) Stefan Rüping, Michael Mock, and Dennis Wegener: Distributed Data Analysis using R (Room: E19) Jing Hua Zhao: Analysis of Complex Traits using R: Case studies (Room: E27)
Lunch break	beverages available 13:15 - 14:00
afternoon 14:00-17:30 (coffee break: 15:30-16:00)	Karim Chine: Distributed R and Bioconductor for the Web (Room: E25) Dirk Eddelbuettel: An Introduction to High-Performance R (Room: E29) Andrea S. Foulkes: Analysis of Complex Traits using R: Statistical Applications (Room: E23) Virgilio Gómez-Rubio: Small Area Estimation with R (Room: E27) Frank E. Harrell jr.: Regression Modelling Strategies (Room: E28) Sébastien Lê, Julie Josse, François Husson: Multiway Data Analysis (Room: E21) Bernhard Pfaff: Analysis of Integrated and Co-integrated Time Series (Room: E19)

Participants arriving on Sunday (Aug. 10) might want to meet informally. Our (not further organized) suggestion for a meeting point in the city center:
Restaurant Louisiana
Kleppingstr. 20
44135 Dortmund

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