Dear list members, A scientific workshop will be held on *November 2 2012 at 14:00* (Friday) in honor of *Professor Alfio Marazzi* who has just retired from the University Hospital and from the University of Lausanne. _Workshop title:_ *STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF HOSPITAL DATA AND THE ROLE OF ROBUST STATISTICS IN THIS REGARD* _Time_: Friday, November 2 2012 at 14:00 _Location_: Room Delachaux, first floor of building Biopôle 2, Route de la Corniche 10, 1010 Lausanne (metro station: Vennes) _Speakers_: * Olivier Peters and Hong Dung Duong (University Hospital Lausanne): "Les limites de la structure tarifaire SwissDRG - une méthode pour les contourner" * Peter Rückdeschel (Freihofer Institut, Kaiserslautern): "Bed at risk - how long must we stay robust(ly) ?" * Claudio Agostinelli (Ca' Foscari University, Venise): "Robust inference in Generalized Linear Models with applications to hospital costs" * Victor Yohai (Universidad de Buenos Aires): "Robust estimates of location and scatter matrix under the independent contamination model" An aperitif will be organized at the end of the workshop. If you intend to participate to the workshop and if you are not working at the University Hospital Lausanne, please send a short note to Catherine Turrian (catherine.turrian@chuv.ch), if possible before October 29, such that we can estimate the number of participants. We are looking forward to see you there! ---------------------------------------------------- Valentin Rousson Unité de Statistique Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive Centre Hospitalier Universitaire et Université de Lausanne Biopôle 2 Route de la Corniche 10 CH-1010 Lausanne Tél : ++41 (021) 314 73 28 Fax : ++41 (021) 314 73 73 Email: Valentin.Rousson@chuv.ch mailto:Valentin.Rousson@chuv.ch