W O R K S H O P :

Exploring research frontiers in contemporary
statistics and econometrics

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
14 and 15 May 2009

PRESENTATION
 
Goal of the workshop

In honour of Léopold Simar, who will become professor emeritus at the end of this academic year, a conference will be held on May 14 and 15, 2009, hosted by the Institute of Statistics of the Université catholique de Louvain.
The conference features talks by internationally recognized researchers engaged in (non)-parametric frontier estimation. Other related topics such as statistical methods for measurement error problems and dimension reduction techniques will also be discussed. The conference will provide an overview of the historical developments and current status of the field, and will provide a platform to discuss emerging issues and future research directions.

Organising committee:
Michel Denuit (UCL), Cédric Heuchenne (Université de Liège), Johan Segers (co-Chair) (UCL) and Ingrid Van Keilegom (Chair) (UCL).
Secretariat : Marguerite-Marie Hanon, Sophie Malali, Isabelle Petit (administrative officer) and Monique Tanga.

Scientific committee:
Philippe Lambert (Université de Liège), Johan Segers (UCL), Ingrid Van Keilegom (UCL), Rainer von Sachs (UCL) and Paul Wilson (Clemson University).



Last update: 27 January 2009