The R Project - The Use of R in Official Statistics

R Project

- Romania Team

Call for papers

We are cordially inviting you to submit papers and to attend the International Conference New Challenges for Statistical Software - The Use of R in Official Statistics - uRos2015.

The conference will be held in Bucharest-ROMANIA, on April 23-24, 2015.

The purpose of the conference is to provide a public forum for researchers from academia and institutes of statistics to present, exchange ideas and discuss developments in state-of-the-art statistical software commonly used in applied economics and statistics. The most focused debates are expected to be the use of R in official Statistics.

The selected papers will be published in the Romanian Statistical Review: www.revistadestatistica.ro.

Important Dates

Conference Date – April 23-24, 2015

Abstract submission and registration deadline – January 16, 2015

Notification of acceptance – January 30, 2015

Full Paper Submission – February 27, 2015

Scientific Committee

Tudorel ANDREI – National Institute of Statistics and Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

Matthias TEMPL – Statistics Austria & Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Ralf MÜNNICH – University of Trier, Germany

Risto LEHTONEN – University of Helsinki, Finland

Gergely DARÓCZI – Easystats Ltd, Budapest, Hungary

Lucian Liviu ALBU – Romanian Academy – Institute for Economic Forecasting, Bucharest, Romania

Gheorghe ZAMAN – Romanian Academy – Institute of National Economy, Bucharest, Romania

Valentina VASILE – Romanian Academy – Institute of National Economy, Bucharest, Romania

Dorin JULA – Romanian Academy – Institute for Economic Forecasting and Ecological University of Bucharest, Romania

Bogdan OANCEA – Nicolae Titulescu University and National Institute of Statistics, Bucharest, Romania

Monica ROMAN – Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Nicoleta CARAGEA – National Institute of Statistics and Ecological University of Bucharest, Romania

Ciprian ALEXANDRU – Ecological University of Bucharest and National Institute of Statistics, Romania

Adrian DUSA – University of Bucharest, Romania

Elena DRUICA – University of Bucharest, Romania

Nicolae-Marius JULA – Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest, Romania

Ana Maria DOBRE – National Institute of Statistics, Romania

Organizing Committee

Tudorel ANDREI – National Institute of Statistics and The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Nicoleta CARAGEA – National Institute of Statistics and Ecological University of Bucharest, Romania

Bogdan OANCEA – “Nicolae Titulescu” University of Bucharest

Ciprian ALEXANDRU – Ecological University of Bucharest and National Institute of Statistics, Romania

Monica ROMAN – University of Economic Studies, Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Romania

Adrian DUSA – University of Bucharest, Department of Sociology, Romania

Elena DRUICA – University of Bucharest, Department of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Romania

Mariana PIETREANU – National Centre for Training in Statistics, Romania

Registration

The participants are kindly asked to submit the abstract via e-mail to: nicoleta.caragea [at] insse.ro

Conference registration fee is 100 EUR. The Participant registration fee includes:

Participation Certificate;
Entrance to all sessions;
Printed version of the conference proceedings published by the Romanian Statistical Review;
Conference bag;
Coffee breaks;
Lunch and official dinner on 23rd of April.

The payment details for EU and non-EU participants will me made to:
Centrul National de Pregatire in Statistica
Bd. Libertatii nr. 16, sector 5, 050706 Bucuresti, Romania
VAT: RO26307972
Bank: Banca Comerciala Romana - Sucursala Izvor
Bank address: Bd. Libertatii nr. 22, bloc 102, sector 5, Bucuresti
IBAN (EURO): RO15RNCB0081010445700002
IBAN (USD): RO85RNCB0081010445700003
SWIFT code: RNCBROBUXXX
Please state the name of the registered conference participant beneficiary of the payment and conference identifier code: RCO2015.
In order to confirm the payment of the Conference Fee we are kindly requesting that you send a scanned copy of the Bank Transfer Order, as a attached file (PDF or image gile), by e-mail: anamaria.dobre [at] insse.ro.
The payment details for Romanian participants will me made to:
Centrul National de Pregatire in Statistica
Cod TVA: RO26307972
Cod identificare fiscala: 15598485
Bank: Banca Comerciala Romana - Sucursala Izvor
IBAN (LEI): RO42RNCB0081010445700001
Please state the name of the registered conference participant beneficiary of the payment and conference identifier code: RCO2015.
In order to confirm the payment of the Conference Fee we are kindly requesting that you send a scanned copy of the Bank Transfer Order, as a attached file (PDF or image gile), by e-mail: anamaria.dobre [at] insse.ro.

Programme

April 23, Thursday 09:00 - 10:00 Registration of participants
10:00 - 11:30 Open Session
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break, Group Photo
11:45 - 13:00 Working Session
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Working Session
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee Break 15:45 - 17:00 Working Session
17:00 - 17:30 Discussions
18:00 Conference DinneR (a map is available here: )

April 24, Friday
09:00 - 11:00 Working Session
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Working Session
13:00 Closing

Satellite events:
Workshop – Mathias Templ - Statistics Austria & Vienna University of Technology

Detailed programme is available here:

Venue & Contact

General information

  Address of National Institute of Statistics: 
  No.16 Libertatii Bvd., District 5, Bucharest, Romania 
  Telephone center: +4021 3181824; +4021 3181842 
  Fax: +4021 3124875; +4021 3181851; +4021 3181873 
  e-mail: nicoleta.caragea [at] insse.ro