Update on the Refereed Proceedings of ISBA2000 The Sixth World Meeting of ISBA

While attending ISBA 2000, I accepted the invitation by John Geweke, the ISBA Publications Committee Chair, to be the Editor of a refereed volume of papers presented at the meeting. Eurostat, who co-sponsored ISBA2000, had generously agreed to publish and distribute such a volume and to provide all current members of ISBA with a complimentary copy. With the help and advice of Steve Fienberg, John Geweke and Mike Evans, I proceeded to decide on a timetable and formatting requirements.

I then put together a team of Associate Editors consisting of Deborah Ashby, M.J. Bayarri, Alicia Carriquiry, Mike Cohen, Gauri Datta, Daniel Defays, Petros Dellaportas, Mike Evans, Steve Fienberg, Alan Gelfand, John Geweke, Luis Pericchi, Mark Steel. (When the number of submissions exceeded our earlier estimates, Brad Carlin and Merlise Clyde were added later to help with the load. Pantelis Vlachos at CMU was also added to help with formatting issues and final preparations).

I then proceeded to email an announcement on 6/16/2000 to all who attended ISBA2000 requesting submissions. At the same time, I had Mike Evans post an announcement on the ISBA Wesbsite under ISBA 2000 Proceedings. Both of these announcements, which appear on the following two pages, provide details about submission requirements and how we would proceed. In particular, all submissions were to made via email. They were to be prepared using a modified version of the Latex macros created by Jose Bernardo for the Valencia volume. However, an optional set of simplified Latex macros was made available for users who had trouble with the Bernardo macros. All macros were posted at the website.

We received a total of 67 submissions. Of these, 58 have been accepted, and I'm waiting for minor revisions on 3 more that have been conditionally accepted, for a total of 61 papers. Next week, I plan to do a final edit of all papers, and to have Steve Fienberg designate some secretarial help at CMU, to begin final formatting of all the accepted papers. This will entail some reformatting of all the papers that used the simplified Latex macros. Once that is done, I will prepare a camera ready copy of the entire volume and ship it off to Eurostat who will take it from there. (My Eurostat contact for this is Ewa Wadolkowska,ewa.wadolkowska@eurogramme.lu, www.eurogramme.lu). One final issue which is still to be decided is a name for the volume. I plan to ask the editorial board for input on this before a decision is made.

Email Announcement Sent to all ISBA2002 participants sent on 6/16/2000

Dear ISBA 2000 Participants,

Eurostat, who co-sponsored ISBA 2000, has generously agreed to publish
and distribute a refereed volume of papers presented at ISBA 2000. All
current members of ISBA will receive a complimentary copy of the
volume courtesy of Eurostat.  This volume represents a big step
forward for ISBA and has the potential to greatly increase ISBA's
visibility and impact.

All participants who presented a paper at ISBA 2000 are invited to
submit those papers to the ISBA 2000 volume. The submission
instructions below can also be found on the ISBA website
http://www.bayesian.org/ . No distinction will be made between oral
presentations and poster presentations.  Because there is a 10 page
limit, we expect that some papers will be skeletal versions of
expanded papers that will be published elsewhere.  This is perfectly
acceptable.

The Editorial Board for the ISBA2000 volume will be Deborah Ashby;
Susie Bayarri; Alicia Carriquiry; Mike Cohen; Gauri Datta; Daniel
Defays; Petros Dellaportas; Mike Evans; Steve Fienberg; Alan Gelfand;
Ed George (Editor); John Geweke; Luis Raul Pericchi; Mark Steel.

If you are planning to submit a paper to the volume, it would be
helpful if you could respond to this message.  This will not obligate
you to submit, but will simply help me in planning and resource
allocation.

I strongly encourage you to submit your work to this volume, and very
much look forward to receiving your submission.

Cheers,
Ed George 
Editor of the ISBA2000 volume


SUBMISSION INTRUCTIONS:

All papers will be refereed. If you submit a paper, you must agree to
serve as a referee for another paper in the volume. Also, we encourage
you to suggest the names of others who would be well suited to referee
your submission.

The entire editorial process will be electronic.  Submissions must be
sent by email to ISBA@bus.utexas.edu by July 15, 2000.  All
correspondence will take place via email.

Submissions must be postscript or pdf files that have been prepared
using the latex macros found out at: http://www.stat.cmu.edu/
~vlachos/ISBA .  The length of a submitted paper, including tables,
graphs and references,  may not exceed 10 pages.

If a revision is requested, the deadline for submission of final
drafts will be November 15, 2000.


ISBA2000 Proceedings announcement on the ISBA Website

Proceedings of ISBA 2000 The Sixth World Meeting of the International
Society for Bayesian Analysis

Eurostat, who co-sponsored ISBA 2000, has generously agreed to publish
and distribute a refereed volume of papers presented at ISBA 2000. All
current members of ISBA will receive a complimentary copy of the
volume courtesy of Eurostat.

All participants who presented a paper at ISBA 2000 are invited to
submit those papers to the ISBA 2000 volume. Submission instructions
are below. No distinction will be made between oral presentations and
poster presentations. Because there is a 10 page limit, we expect that
some papers will be skeletal versions of expanded papers that will be
published elsewhere. This is perfectly acceptable.

(Note that papers presented at ISBA 2000 may be also considered for
publication in the annual proceedings of the ASA Section on Bayesian
Statistical Science (SBSS) as detailed on the ISBA 2000 site under
"Latest Info").
 
Submission Instructions
All papers will be refereed. If you submit a paper, you must agree to
serve as a referee for another paper in the volume. Also, we encourage
you to suggest the names of others who would be well suited to referee
your submission.

The entire editorial process will be electronic. Submissions should be
sent by email to ISBA@bus.utexas.edu by July 15, 2000. All
correspondence will take place via email. Submissions must be
postscript or pdf files that have been prepared using the latex macros
found out at: Instructions for Authors.

The length of a submitted paper, including tables, graphs and
references, may not exceed 10 pages.

If a revision is requested, the deadline for submission of final
drafts will be November 15, 2000. 

Editor: Ed George . Associate Editors: Deborah Ashby, M.J. Bayarri,
Brad Carlin, Alicia Carriquiry, Merlise Clyde, Mike Cohen, Gauri Datta
Daniel Defays, Petros Dellaportas, Mike Evans, Steve Fienberg, Alan
Gelfand, John Geweke, Luis Pericchi, Mark Steel

The editing and refereeing of the proceedings will be carried out
electronically. Editorial staff can access their files through the
password protected link: submitted papers.