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font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" align="center"><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width='100%'><tr><td width='100%'><a name='n2502396'></a> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 10px; color: #002d56;" align="center">NEWS</td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><hr></td></tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'><a name='n2502408'></a> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>European Central Bank Develops New Statistics Website</strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><a class="ECB Image" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc1ODQ/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="66" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/European_Central_Bank.png" style="border: 0px none; height: 66px; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150"></a></td></tr> </tbody> </table> The European Central Bank (ECB) has implemented a new architecture for the <a class="European Central Bank" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc1ODY/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1">ECB statistics website</a> as part of its efforts to facilitate the use and access to Euro-area and national statistics.<br> <br>Apart from the structural changes, new visualizations are added to enable swift viewing of core statistics. The navigation structure provides a more intuitive and coherent way to access statistics based on economic concepts. Also, short introductions for each section now provide visitors with a better overview of what is available, and a stronger focus is on the most frequently used statistics and latest releases.<br> </td></tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'><a name='n2502397'></a> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>AAAS Held Talk on Statistical Methods Used to Investigate Human Trafficking </strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><a class="AAAS Human Trafficking image" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc1ODg/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="84" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/AAAS_Human_Trafficking.jpg" style="border: 0px none; height: 84px; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150"></a></td></tr> </tbody> </table> The American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Washington Statistical Society, and Statistics Without Borders coordinated an event on March 16, 2017, where statisticians Davina Durgana and Paul Zador discussed techniques for gathering data on <a class="AAAS Human Trafficking" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc1OTA/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1">human trafficking prevalence</a>.<br> <br>Durgana is a senior statistician with the Walk Free Foundation. Her work focuses on supporting the efforts of law enforcement groups and nonprofit organizations by using statistical models to monitor human trafficking. “Having better data on prevalence will allow policymakers and others to have informed ways of measuring interventions and figuring out how effective policy can be made,” she said.<br> <br>Zador, a senior statistician with the research corporation Westat, has designed surveys used to estimate human trafficking in countries like India and Guatemala and analyzed the resulting data. He noted that different methods are useful for different populations and that researchers must consider local culture and customs when investigating a specific region or group for potential trafficking victims. “‘Trafficking’ and the other terms we are using here have local definitions that may be very different than what you and I might accept,” he said.<br> </td></tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'><a name='n2502398'></a> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>Significance Writing Contest Offers Publishing Opportunity</strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><a class="RSS Award image" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc1OTI/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="86" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/RSS.png" style="border: 0px none; height: 86px; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150"></a></td></tr> </tbody> </table> The <a class="Significance Writing Award" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc1OTQ/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1">Statistical Excellence Award for Early Career Writing</a> recognizes the ability of early career statisticians to tell data-driven stories in an entertaining and thought-provoking way. Organized by the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), this award is intended for students or anyone within the first 10 years of their statistical career – whether studying, recently graduated or already working.<br><br>Submissions should be between 1,500 and 2,500 words, on the subject of your choosing. Articles could be on work that you have done, or they could explain the work of others. But to stand the best chance of winning, your article needs to demonstrate the power that statistics has to challenge myths, shape decisions and explain the world around us. Articles must be engaging and easy to read. Significance is published for a broad audience of readers, with varying levels of statistical expertise. This means technical terms and mathematics should be kept to a minimum and explained clearly where used.<br><br>Entries must be received by midnight on May 29, 2017. The winning author and runners-up will be invited to give presentations based on their articles at a special session of the Royal Statistical Society International Conference in September in Glasgow, Scotland.<br> </td></tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'><a name='n2502399'></a> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>Ethiopian Statistical Association Held Conference on Population, Census</strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><a class="ESA conference image" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc1OTY/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="147" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/Ethiopian%20Statistical%20Assoc.png" style="border: 0px none; height: 147px; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150"></a></td></tr> </tbody> </table> The Ethiopian Statistical Association (ESA) held its annual conference on March 25-26, 2017, in Addis Adaba, Ethiopia. The theme of the event was “<a class="ESA Conference" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc1OTg/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1">Role of Population and Housing Census in Tracking the SDGs Progress</a>.” More than 25 papers were presented, in addition to short courses and panel discussions on a variety of national issues. Speakers included Eshetu Gurmu, Associate Professor at Centre for Population Studies, College of Development Studies of Addis Ababa University, Ethopia; Kiros Berhane, University of Southern California (USC) & Fulbright Scholar (2016-2017) at AAU, Ethiopia; Henning Omre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway; and Tesema Astatkie, Dalhousie University, Canada. A special talk also focused on the controversy around statistical significance and p-values.<br> </td></tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'><a name='n2502400'></a> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>March Issue of IAOS Journal Now Available</strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><a class="IAOS image" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc2MDA/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="107" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/IAOS.png" style="border: 0px none; height: 107px; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150"></a></td></tr> </tbody> </table> The <a class="IAOS Journal March" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc2MDE/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1">March 2017 issue</a> of the Statistical Journal of the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) is now available. Its theme is “Constant Focus: Engaging to Measure Wealth.”<br><br>The issue is dedicated to Dr. Arthur Kennickell and his involvement with the Survey of Consumer Finances (SFC). The SCF is a critical source of information on the U.S. national economy and the economic livelihood of American households. Dr. Kennickell worked for more than three decades at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. A person-to-person interview between Katherine Condon and Dr. Kennickell also appears in the issue.<br> </td></tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'><a name='n2502401'></a> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>Texas University to Celebrate Sixth Annual Statistics Day</strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="60" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/Texas_AM_Kingsville.jpg" style="border: 0px none; height: 60px; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150"></td></tr> </tbody> </table> On April 21, 2017, the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University-Kingsville will host its Sixth Annual Statistics Day to increase students’ and faculty awareness of the important role that statistics plays in everyday lives and in a variety of disciplines. The celebration will consist of short talks from professors across the country, a video presentation titles “Statisticians Got Talent,” a competition, and a special event on detecting fraudulent elections.<br> </td></tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>Spain to Host Introductory Course to ‘R’ in May</strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><a class="R image" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc2MDI/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="116" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/R.jpg" style="border: 0px none; height: 116px; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150"></a></td></tr> </tbody> </table> For individuals not familiar with the software program, R, the professional development organization “Transmitting Science” will conduct “<a class="Intro to R" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc2MDQ/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1">Introduction to R</a>” May 22-26, 2017, in Barcelona, Spain. The aim of this course is to give an introduction to R addressed to people that has never used R. By the end of the course, the participants should be able to import/export data-bases; manage data sets, carry out basic statistical analyses; draw high quality graphs, and program specific functions, all in R.<br><br> Students are encouraged to bring a data set with them along with a “previously completed” statistical analysis or graphic - ideally something fairly introductory and simple from the student’s own field of practice that you’ve worked with in Excel, SAS, or elsewhere.<br> </td></tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'><a name='n2502403'></a> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>Biennial Jamaica Statistics Symposium Set for October</strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="75" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/Jamaica.png" style="border: 0px none; height: 75px; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150"></td></tr> </tbody> </table> The Third Biennial Jamaica Statistics Symposium and Pre-Conference Workshops (JASSYM 2017) organized by The Jamaica Statistical Society is set for October 24-27, 2017 in Kingston, Jamaica. The theme for the JASSYM 2017 is “Statistics for Success: Ethics, Data Security and Quality.”<br><br>The program will hone the data management and analysis skills of researchers, data analysts, policy makers, and professionals from all sectors of society involved in securing data, safeguarding data quality, interpreting and using statistics and statistical methodology. Workshop and symposium activities are aimed at equipping attendees from local, regional, and international organizations to use best practices when handling data.<br><br>Rochelle Tractenberg, chair of the American Statistical Association (ASA) Committee on Professional Ethics and director of the Collaborative for Research on Outcomes and Metrics at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington D.C., will lead a pre-conference workshop that will help participants make the best use of the ASA Ethical Guidelines in their practice.<br><br>Presentations will be made from experts in different fields featuring the application and use of statistical methodology in areas such as education, finance, economics, transportation, and health. Abstracts are due May 19, 2017. For additional information, e-mail <a href="mailto:jssbiennial.rc@gmail.com" target="_blank" choice="2">jssbiennial.rc@gmail.com</a>.<br> </td></tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>ASA Expresses Support for Ousted Greece Statistics Officials</strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><a class="ASA letter image" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc2MDY/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="70" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/ASA%20Brand/LOGO%20FINALBRAND_Just%20bars.png" style="border: 0px none; height: 70px; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150"></a></td></tr> </tbody> </table> In a <a class="ASA Joint Letter Greek Officials" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc2MDg/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1">joint letter to Greece’s prime minister</a>, Alexis Tsipras, on Monday, the ASA–the world’s largest community of statisticians with members in more than 90 countries–expressed deep concern over the legal proceedings against Andreas Georgiou, the former president of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), and other senior ELSTAT officials.<br><br>Georgiou was appointed by the Greek parliament in 2010 to head ELSTAT and bring about the production of reliable Greek statistics. After many years of understated deficit and debt figures reported by Greece, Georgiou recalculated official economic statistics according to European Union (EU) law. Statistics produced under his leadership were validated and published by Eurostat (the official statistics body of the EU in which Greece is a member) for five consecutive years.<br><br>Although various judicial procedures have several times concluded the charges against Georgiou are baseless, the charges keep being revived. In addition, in December, he was acquitted of related misdemeanor charges for violation of duty, but that acquittal was reversed just 10 days later. He is now to be retried for the same alleged crimes and thus subjected to double jeopardy.<br><br>“The charges against Mr. Georgiou and two of his colleagues of exaggerating the estimates of Greek government deficit and debt for the year 2009 are fanciful and not consistent with the facts,” continues Mejia and Wasserstein. “There is widespread agreement among statistical authorities that Dr. Georgiou compiled Greek public finance statistics in accordance with EU rules and standards, with which Greece is obliged to comply, and that charges against him are baseless.”<br> </td></tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'><a name='n2502405'></a> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>Nigeria Statistical Association to Host First International Conference</strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><a class="Nigeria Statistical Association image" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc2MTA/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="43" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/Nigerian_Stat_Assoc.png" style="border: 0px none; height: 43px; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150"></a></td></tr> </tbody> </table> >From September 6-8, 2017, at the University of Lagos, the Nigeria Statistical Association will host its First International Statistical Conference with a theme of “<a class="Nigeria conference" href="http://ASASSOC.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NDQ4NTc3JnA9MSZ1PTEwOTEyMzY4NTAmbGk9NDI0OTc2MTI/index.html" target="_blank" choice="1">Positioning National Statistical System for Data Revolution and Inclusive Development</a>.” Keynote talks will cover areas such as the impact of statistical collaboration; developments in modeling over/under dispersed count data; and statistics for good governance and evidence-based decision-making. Abstracts are welcome from both members and nonmembers and are due on/before May 20, 2017.<br> </td></tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'><a name='n2502406'></a> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>School on Spatial Statistic and Extreme Value Opened Doors in Cuba</strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="100" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/Cuba_school_stat_value.jpg" style="border: 0px none; height: 100px; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150"></td></tr> </tbody> </table> Organized by the International Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics (CIMPA) and the faculty of Mathematics and Computation in the University of Havana, the School on Spatial Statistic and Extreme Value opened its doors for students March 6-17, 2017, in Havana, Cuba. The Cuban Society of Mathematics and Computation participated actively in its development. Pierre Ribereau acted as CIMPA Officer and Carlos N. Bouza-Herrera served as the Local Officer. The team of professors was well known in their areas and was formed by the Liliane Bel, Gwladys Toulemonde, Cecile Hordouin, Jessica Tressou, Jean N. Bacro, and Maria D. Ugarte. The courses focused on Geostatistics, the Theory of Extremes, Spatial Statistical Models and Spatial Issues Appearing in Epidemiology, Food Risks and related themes. Students came from Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Iraq, Mexico, and Uruguay.<br> </td></tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></font></td></tr><tr><td width='100%'><a name='n2502407'></a> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 14pt; color: #002d56; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: verdana;" align="left"><strong>Brunei Government Hosts Workshop on Evidence-Based Decision, Meta-Analysis</strong></td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="columnContent" style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="thumbCell" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" align="left"><img align="left" border="0" class="thumbnail" height="99" src="http://www.informz.net/ASASSOC/data/images/Brunei_workshop.JPG" style="border: 0px none; 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