| 1. | All speakers/presenters are required to submit an abstract of their presentation, by the stipulated deadline. | ||||||||
| 2. | The abstract must be in English. | ||||||||
| 3. | It should be intended for the general statistical audience rather than to specialists in the particular topic. | ||||||||
| 4. | The abstract must be filled in the designated form and submitted via the Congress website, www.isi2019.org. | ||||||||
| 5. | The title should be concise and clearly convey the subject of the abstract. | ||||||||
| 6. | Each abstract should include a statement about the subject/issues being addressed, explain why it is important to the WSC attendees, brief information about the models and methods developed and/or used to address the issues and a description of the results and contributions that will be covered in the presentation. | ||||||||
| 7. | The submission should include the following:
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| 8. | The abstract of each speaker/presenter should be no more than 400 words in length (excluding items listed in No.7). It should not include any mathematical equations, references to papers or images. | ||||||||
| 9. | A list of keywords (maximum of five) must be included after the text of the abstract. Words from the title should not be repeated in the list of keywords. | ||||||||
| 10. | Abbreviations should be spelled out in full the first time they are used (Example: The properties of maximum likelihood estimators (MLEs) are developed. The small-sample performance of the MLEs is studied through simulation.) | ||||||||
| 11. | Double check for scientific accuracy as well as for clarity, proper grammar and punctuation before submitting the abstract. | ||||||||
| 12. | Abstracts that do not follow these guidelines may be rejected. | ||||||||
| 13. | All queries should be sent to lpc@isi2019.org |