June 27, 2009

The 18th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics (IWMS 2009), endorsed by the International Linear Algebra Society, has been held in Smolenice Castle, Slovakia, from 23 to 27 of June 2009.

The IWMS 2009 has been a continuation of a long-running series of Workshops with the purpose of stimulating exchanges of ideas and research at the interfaces of matrix theory, statistics, and stochastic processes. With 57 participated scholars from 14 countries, the scientific program of IWMS 2009 included 11 invited lectures and 42 contributed talks and posters. For more details see the web page of IWMS 2009 .