Dear colleagues,

the trees4cat Workshop (Trees for Categorical Data) aims to strengthen the network of researchers working on asymmetric independence and models for contingency tables. We invite contributions to the workshop. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, contingency tables, staged trees, asymptotic theory, software implementations, and algebraic statistics.

Key details about the workshop:
• Workshop Title: trees4cat (Trees for Categorical Data)
• Dates: 21-23 October 2024
• Location: Department of Mathematics, University of Genoa, Italy
• Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 September 2024
      Submit your abstract here: https://tinyurl.com/trees4catabs
• Registration: https://tinyurl.com/trees4catreg
      (Please note: participants can register also after the abstract submission deadline.)
• Financial Support: Partial financial support is available for a few participants.
• Workshop Webpage: https://stagedtrees.github.io/events/trees4cat.html

 Confirmed Speakers:
• Eliana Duarte (University of Porto)
• Maria Kateri (RWTH Aachen University)
• Manuele Leonelli (IE University)
• Tamás Rudas (Eötvös Loránd University)
• Jim Smith (University of Warwick)
• Liam Solus (KTH University)

There will be two tutorials on the first day of the workshop, especially for PhD students and early career researchers.

Call for Journal Submissions: Participants are encouraged to submit articles on the topics of the workshop to the Algebraic Statistics journal. Articles will be handled by members of the organising committee, and accepted papers will appear in a single issue.

We look forward to your participation in trees4cat. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at Manuele.leonelli@ie.edu

Best regards,
The Organizing Committee
https://stagedtrees.github.io/events/trees4cat.html

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Monia Lupparelli
Associate Professor
+(39) 055 2751517

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE
Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni "G. Parenti" (DISIA)




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