The 8th ICSA International Conference will be held at Guangzhou University, China. It is co-sponsored by the American Statistical Association, the Chinese Association of Applied Statistics, the Chinese Society of Probability and Statistics, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA), and jointly organized by the College of Mathematics and Information Science, Guangzhou University. Guangzhou University is located in the South of China.

Important Dates June 1, 2010: Deadline for invited paper Abstract Submission September 1, 2010: Deadline for Contributed Paper Abstract Submission November 1, 2010: Deadline for Early Registration Conference Registration       Regular/ Student or family member By November 1, 2010 After November 1, 2010               Regular $260 $280     Student $130 $150     Family member $130 $150     If you have encountered difficulty to use credit card payment, please still complete and submit the registration form and print off the payment page. Then, send a check payable to ICSA along with the payment page to Professor Lynn Kuo, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, 215 Glenbrook Road, U-4120, Storrs, CT 06269-4120, U.S.A. Your Arrival at Guangzhou There will be someone in the airport to greet and direct all of you. You may choose one of the travel ways (click on "Local Transportation" for more information) to go to the Nanyang King's Gate hotel first. We are planing to give each delegate one-page local travel directions. About the hotel, most of you will be arranged in Nanyang King's Gate hotel. If you have registered the conference, a hotel room has been reserved for you. Please do not worry about your reservation. The local organizers have booked plenty of rooms for all conference delegates. There will be a van moving between Nanyang King's Gate hotel and Donlord International hotel on December 18, 2010. You should always go to the Nanyang King's Gate hotel first for registration. Conference Program Please click on Conference Program  here to view the schedule of the entire conference. Oversea Guest Accommodations Due to a large number of delegates, the local organizers have reserved two hotels. The room rate is 330 RMB/day for both hotels. Based on the first-register-first-serve rule, we will book rooms in Nanyang King's Gate hotel first (until reaching 200 rooms) and then book rooms in Donlord International Hotel based on your online registration dates. The hotel reservation deadline has been extended. The absolute deadline for reserving a hotel room is November 15, 2010. After November 15, 2010, your hotel room reservation will not be guaranteed.