FINAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE
AND
INVITATION TO REGISTER
(May 1 Early Registration Deadline)

29TH SYMPOSIUM ON THE INTERFACE:
COMPUTING SCIENCE AND STATISTICS

"Mining and Modeling Massive Data Sets
In Science, Engineering, and Business"

Sponsored by:
The Interface Foundation of North America

Hosted by:
Rice University
David W. Scott, Program Chair

Co-hosted by:
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
W.M. Keck Center for Computational Biology

Cooperating Institutions:
ASA, IMS, IASC, SIAM, INFORMS, ENAR/WNAR .

Industrial Sponsors:
The SAS Institute, Visual Numerics Inc., Silicon Graphics Inc..

Grant Support from:
National Security Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation.

Index of Authors/Presenters

Invited Paper Program/SCHEDULE	Hotel Information (**New: April 30 Deadline**)
Contributed Paper Program/SCHEDULE	Air Travel Special Conference Rates
Online Registration for Conference	General Information
Online Title/Abstract Submission	About Houston
Manuscript Preparation for Proceedings	A Brief History of Interface
Exhibitor Information	Short Courses (Wednesday, 5/14)

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