International Workshops on Matrices and Statistics

The Workshops

  1. 1990: Tampere, Finland, 6–8 August 1990. Program. Videos.
  2. 1992: Auckland, New Zealand, 4–5 December 1992. Program. Report.
  3. 1994: Tartu, Estonia, 28 May 1994. Report.
  4. 1995: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 15–16 July 1995. Report. Group photo.
  5. 1996: Shrewsbury, England, 18–19 July 1996. Program. Abstract Book. Group photo. Report.
  6. 1997: Istanbul, Turkey, 16–17 August 1997. Report.
  7. 1998: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, 11–14 December 1998,
              in celebration of T.W. Anderson’s 80th Birthday. Program. Report.
  8. 1999: Tampere, Finland, 7–8 August 1999. Program. Report.
  9. 2000: Hyderabad, India, 9–13 December 2000, in celebration of C. R. Rao’s 80th Birthday. Program. Report.
  10. 2001: Voorburg, The Netherlands, 2–3 August 2001. Report.
  11. 2002: Lyngby, Denmark, 29–31 August 2002, in celebration of G. P. H. Styan’s 65th Birthday. Report.
  12. 2003: Dortmund, Germany, 5–8 August 2003. Program. Report.
  13. 2004: Bedlewo, Poland, 18–21 August 2004, in celebration of I. Olkin’s 80th Birthday. Poster. Abstract Book, Program. Report.
  14. 2005: Auckland, Massey University, Albany Campus, Auckland, New Zealand, 29 March–1 April 2005.
              Announcement. Report. Poster. Proceedings. Foreword. C.R. Rao in NZ. More on C.R. Rao in NZ.
  15. 2006: Uppsala, Sweden, 13–16 June 2006. Program. Report.
  16. 2007: Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1–3 June 2007, in celebration of G. P. H. Styan’s 70th birthday. Poster. Program.
  17. 2008: Tomar, Portugal, 22–26 July 2008,
              in celebration of T.W. Anderson’s 90th Birthday. Program. Poster A4. Poster A3. Report .
  18. 2009: Smolenice Castle, Slovakia, 23–27 June 2009. Poster. Program. Flyer.
  19. 2010: Shanghai, China, 5–8 June 2010. Program. Preface of Abstract Book. Report.
  20. 2011: Tartu, Estonia, 27 June to 1 July 2011. Poster. Abstracts. It had to be U –– the SVD song by Michael Greenacre.
              ––Joint event with the 9th Tartu Conference on Multivariate Statistics.
  21. 2012: Bedlewo, Poznan, Poland, 16–20 July 2012.
              in celebration of G. P. H. Styan’s 75th Birthday. Abstract Book. Poster. Program. Report.
              ––Joint event with the LINSTAT-2012.
  22. 2013: Toronto, Fields Institute / University of Toronto, Canada, 12–15 August 2013. Program. Report. Poster.
  23. 2014: Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9–12 June 2014. Report. Program. Abstracts.
              ––Overlap with a Linear Algebra Workshop, LAW, from June 4–12, 2014.
  24. 2015: Haikou City, Hainan Province, China, 25–28 May 2015.
              Announcement. Souvenir Booklet. Program and Abstract Book. Report. A conversation with Kai-Tai Fang.
              Preface of the special issue of Special Matrices. Group photo.
  25. 2016: Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, 6-9 June 2016.
              Program. Abstract Book. Report. Poster.
  26. 2018: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 5-7 June 2018. Program. Report.
  27. 2019: Shanghai, China, 6-9 June 2019. Shanghai University of International Business and Economics.
              Program and Book of Abstracts. Group photo. Poster. Report.
  28. 2021: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, MAHE, Karnataka State, South India, 13-15 December 2021. Brochure as May 2020.
              Formerly known as Manipal University.
              The day of 15 December 2021 is devoted to the 100 Years of Professor C. Radhakrishna Rao.
              ––Overlap with the ICLAA-2021. Brochure as May 2020.
              Contact: Dr. K. Manjunatha Prasad, km.prasad@manipal.edu, kmprasad63@gmail.com.

Miscellaneous information

A short history of the International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics (IWMS) (pdf).

Videos from the conferences in statistics in Tampere in 1987 and 1990, prepared by Jarmo Niemela and Reijo Sund.

ALAPS-2020: International Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics. Manipal Academy of Higher Education, MAHE, Karnataka State, South India, 17-18 December 2020. A virtual conference in honor of Professor C.R. Rao on his birth centenary year. Brochure. Flyer.

Shayle R. Searle: Pioneer in Linear Modelling. Article by Jeffrey J. Hunter (2015), in Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, based on the Memorial Session in IWMS-2013, Toronto.

Conversation with Professor Kai-Tai Fang in the Souvenir Booklet of Haikou IWMS-2015.

Prefaces of the special issues of Linear Algebra and its Applications (pdf):

The logo of the 17th IWMS, Tomar, Portugal, 2008 (pdf).

The logo of the 25th IWMS, Madeira, Portugal, 2016 (pdf).

A special stamp of the 17th IWMS, 2008 (pdf).

 

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