text_combined: heidi sestrich kngvgstatcmuedu third joint international meeting ims institute mathematical statistics isba international society bayesian analysis held bormio italy wednesday january 9 friday january 11 2008 central theme conference markov chain monte carlo mcmc related methods applications feature 3 plenary speakers peter green kerrie mengersen xiaoli meng 6 invited sessions internationally known experts covering broad array current developing statistical practice conference website several weeks httpmusingunipvitimsisba08indexhtml find links conference registration page httpimstatorgsecureregistrationmcmskiregisterasp preconference adapski satellite meeting site httpwwwmathsbrisacukmaxcaadapski08 finally importantly pleased announce received funds nsf nih sufficient help support travel expenses 20 junior investigators defined current phd student less 5 years since phd information apply support found httpmusingunipvitimsisba08secondophppag5 please note deadline applying support extended october 20 deadline register conference without late fee remains november 1 look forward welcoming bormio january best brad carlin antonietta mira mcmski ii conference coorganizers heidi rhodes sestrich administrative coordinator document production specialist department statistics baker hall 232a carnegie mellon university pittsburgh pa 15213 4122682718 fri 08 aug 2008 004526 0400 uai mcmski ii 2nd announcement junior investigator travel awards