Short Courses

Four Short Course proposals have been selected for presentation just before the International Biometric Conference begins. All Short Courses will take place on Sunday, 10 July 2016 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, and are taught by experienced professionals who are experts in their fields.
Short Course registration fee includes lunch, coffee/tea breaks, and handouts provided by the instructors.

Click on a short course title for a brief summary.

Sunday 10 July


Course 1: Analysis of Life History Data with Multistate Models
Presenters: Richard Cook and Jerry Lawless
Room: Saanich 1&2 on Sunday, 10 July 2016 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm


Course 2: An Introduction to the Joint Modelling of Longitudinal and Survival Data
Presenter: Dimitris Rizopoulos
Room: Oak Bay 1&2 on Sunday, 10 July 2016 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm


Course 3: A Statistical Approach to Machine Learning
Presenters: Andreas Ziegler and Marvin Wright
Room: Esquimalt on Sunday, 10 July 2016 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm


Course 4: Design of Complex Experiments
Presenters: Andrew Mead and Steven Gilmour
Room: Sidney on Sunday, 10 July 2016 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm