May 16-17, 2013
Workshop on
Skewed Statistical Models and Applications
Hamilton Hall,McMaster University
May 16, Room 217 & May 17, Room 207
Organizer
N. Balakrishnan, McMaster University

Registration Regular $75, Students $50, Retired Faculty $50 Registration includes coffee, lunch (at the University Club) and dinner (at the Ancaster Mill). Registration amount may be paid through a cheque drawn in the name of McMaster University, and given to Professor N. Balakrishnan before the event.	Program
	Directions to McMaster

Aim and plan of the workshop:

The aim of this event is to have six well-known experts on skewed models to present overview one-hour talks (providing detailed reviews of developments on specific aspects of skewed distribution theory). In addition, a one-hour presentation on the recently developed R-package for the fitting of skewed models is also planned.
The first day event is planned for the benefit of the graduate students and junior researchers to understand and appreciate these developments in the skewed-models literature.
The second day, some discussions are planned on open problems and areas for further research.This will take the form of an informal discussion to pose some problems that people could consider for further research.

Confirmed presenters:
Adelchi Azzalini, University of Padua
Marc Genton, Texas A&M University
C.J. Adcock, Sheffield University
Bruno Scarpa, University of Padua
Giuliana Regoli, University of Peruggia
Paul McNicholas, University of Guelph
Tao Tan, McMaster University

Program (speaker abstracts)

9:00 – 9:15	Opening Remarks
9:15 – 10:15	Adelchi Azzalini, University of Padua, Italy A Condensation of Skew-Symmetric Distributions in < 60.
10:15 – 10:30	COFFEE BREAK
10:30 – 11:30	Marc Genton, KAUST, Saudi Arabia Part I: Functional Boxplots for Visualization of Complex Curve/ Image Data: An Application to Precipitation and Climate Model Output Part II: Paradigms for a 21st Century University”
11:30 – 12:30	Chris J. Adcock, Sheffield University Management School, UK The Multivariate Extended Normal-Gamma Distribution
12:30 – 2:00	LUNCH AT THE UNIVERSITY CLUB
2:00 – 3:00	Paul McNicholas, University of Guelph, Canada Skewed Mixtures in Model-Based Classification
3:00 – 4:00	Giuliana Regoli, University of Peruggia, Italy Fernando de Helguero: Abnormal Statistics Arising from Selection
4:00 – 4:15	COFFEE BREAK
4:15 – 5:15	Bruno Scarpa, University of Padua, Italy Fitting Age-Specific Fertility Rates by a Flexible Generalized Skew-Normal Probability Density Function
5:15 – 5:45	Tao Tan, McMaster University, Canada A Parametric Test for Trend
6:30 – 9:00	DINNER AT THE ANCASTER MILL

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