<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Dear fellow CoWy-ASA members:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span></div>The Department of Statistics at Colorado State University and the ASA Section on Nonparametric Statistics are co-sponsoring the "2011 Graybill Conference on Modern Nonparametric Methods", to be held in Fort Collins on June 22-24. The focus of the conference is on nonparametric and semiparametric modeling and functional estimation methods, and the program consists of a short course, invited plenary talks and a contributed poster session. The conference website is at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "> </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><a href="http://www.stat.colostate.edu/graybillconference/">http://www.stat.colostate.edu/graybillconference/</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace">We would like to draw your attention to the short course on semiparametric regression taught by Matt Wand on June 22:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <a href="http://www.stat.colostate.edu/graybillconference/Graybill%20ShortCourse.html">http://www.stat.colostate.edu/graybillconference/Graybill%20ShortCourse.html</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">w</span>hich might be of interest to many of you.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><br></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">NOTE: the registration fees are reduced until May 31, and the deadline for booking a room at the conference hotel at the conference rate is May 26.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">For any questions about this conference, don't hesitate the contact the conference co-chairs Mary Meyer (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><a href="mailto:meyer@stat.colostate.edu">meyer@stat.colostate.edu</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">) or Jean Opsomer (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><a href="mailto:jopsomer@stat.colostate.edu">jopsomer@stat.colostate.ed</a>u).</span></div></body></html>