From: Michael Birnbaum
Department of Psychology & Decision Research Center, CSU Fullerton
Memorandum to: Scientists and practitioners interested in judgment and decision making, Bayesian inference by humans, machines, or a blend, evaluation and decision making by the same, decision support systems, expert systems for inference and/or decision, and the like.
You are invited to the 2009 Edwards Bayesian Conference. It will be held at California State University, Fullerton, with hotel rooms at Marriott Hotel, just off the 57 (Pomona) Freeway.
For those who will arrive by air, the four nearest air ports are Long Beach (LGB), Orange County (SNA, also known as John Wayne Airport, or Santa Ana), Ontario (ONT, be sure you specify Ontario, CALIFORNIA!), and LAX (Los Angeles International). Long Beach, Orange County, and Ontario are closer than LAX, which is about one hour away by car.
The best way to get from any of these airports to the hotel, aside from renting a car, is by means of the Super Shuttle service. Be sure to specify that you want to go to the HOTEL, rather than to the campus, because shuttle fares to hotels are lower than fares to universities, even though both are at the same location. Be sure to specify the hotel near Cal State Fullerton, as there are several hotels in Southern California with the same or similar names. Taxis in Southern California are expensive and distances are great, so you are not advised to use taxis, unless you are as rich as Bill Gates, or can share a ride with Bill. It is a good idea with any ground transportation in Southern California to agree on the price before taking the ride.
Directions to the meeting rooms and driving directions to the hotel are available from this link.
Although it will be difficult to match, we will maintain certain traditions that have made these meetings so enjoyable. As Ward put it,
"...the atmosphere is informal, the discussion can get intense, and many of the best debates take place during coffee breaks or in the hospitality suite at the end of the day. This Conference is a good place to try out your latest, wildest set of ideas on a kindly, knowledgeable, and critical audience. It is not a good place to make once again the speech for which you have received plaudits for the last two years...."
The Conference will have a registration fee of $60 per person. There will be a hospitality reception Wednesday evening before the conferences; coffee, beverages, and snacks during the sessions.
Foreign registrants can pay the reception fee in US currency at the meetings.
The conference dates have been moved earlier in the month to make the timing more convenient for those whose semesters begin in the middle of January.
If you indicate on the registration form that you must talk or want to talk, YOU SHOULD ASSUME that you are on the program. If you check "schedule me if time permits," bring your viewgraphs or USB drive, but don't be hurt if time doesn't permit. We will, as Ward did, rewrite the title of your talk in an effort to make it funny unless you save yourself from our poor attempts by making your title funny in the first place.
Please let us know as soon as you can whether or not you can come. We need answers quickly to guarantee a good rate negotiated with the hotel.
Please make your own reservations with the hotel.
If we have missed someone who should have been invited, please copy this and pass it on or give them the URL. If you need to reach us, email is the best way.
We will see you in the Hospitality Room on Wednesday evening, from 6:00 pm until about 10 pm. The front desk will know where this reception will be held. Do come Wednesday evening. It's a good time to visit with old friends, meet new ones, and prepare yourself for the stimulation that follows.
To the On-line Registration form