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Simo Puntanen & George P.H. Styan

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>> Previous Workshops 

  [01] Tampere, Finland, August 1990

  [02] Auckland, New Zealand, December 1992

  [03] Tartu, Estonia, May 1994

  [04] Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 1995

  [05] Shrewsbury, UK, July 18-19, 1996 

  [06] Istanbul, Turkey, August 1997

  [07] Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, December 1998
       [in celebration of T.W. Anderson's 80th birthday]

  [08] Tampere, Finland, August 1999

  [09] Hyderabad, India, December 2000
       [in celebration of C.R. Rao's 80th birthday]

  [10] Voorburg, The Netherlands, August 2001

  [11] Lyngby, Denmark, August 1992
       [in celebration of G.P.H. Styan's 65th birthday]

  [12] Dortmund, Germany, August 5-8, 2003

  [13] Będlewo, Poznań, Poland, August 18-21, 2004
        [in celebration of I. Olkin's 80th birthday]

  [14] Massey University, Albany Campus, Auckland, New Zealand, March 29 - Abril 1, 2005
       [memorial session for Jerzy K. Baksalary (1944-2005)]

  [15] Uppsala, Sweden, June 13-16, 2006

  [16] Ontario, Canada, June 1-3, 2007

  [17] Tomar, Portugal, July 22-26, 2008
      [in celebration of T.W. Anderson's 90th birthday]

  [18] Smolenice Castle, Slovakia, June 23-27 , 2009

  [19] Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China, June 5-8, 2010

  [20] Tartu, Estonia, June 27-30, 2011
       [special session for Muni S. Srivastava's 75th birthday]

  [21] Będlewo, Poznań, Poland, July 16-20, 2012
      [special session for George P.H. Styan's 75th birthday]

  [22] University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 12-15, 2013
        [memorial session for Shayle R. Searle (1928-2013)]

  [23] Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 8-12, 2014

  [24] Haikou City, Hainan Province, China, May 25-28, 2015