Last date for paper submission has been extended to March 17, 2012
Seminar Objectives
             The National Seminar on Stochastic Modeling (NSSM 2012) aims to bring forth Researchers, Academicians and Professional Statisticians into a single forum in order to discuss and debate on the innovative research and development activities in the areas of Stochastic Modeling and allied areas.The seminar will comprise of an invited talk session as well as a contributed paper presentation session. 

Call for Papers
            Researchers, Academicians and Professional Statisticians are invited to present their contributory research paper/invited talks in the seminar.  All submissions for contributory papers must describe original results of their research findings that are neither published nor currently under review by other conference/journals.  Authors are requested to submit full papers on any of the topics not exceeding six A4 size papers for contributed papers/24 A4 size for invited talks conforming to IEEE format with name and affiliation of each author including email address.  The topic of the seminar includes but are not limited to
  • Stochastic Modeling
  •  Reliability Modeling
  • Time Series Models
  • Statistical Pattern Recognition
  • Signal and Information Processing.
Paper Submission
   The authors are requested to submit their paper through the Easy Chair Login page: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nssm2012. The authors of selected papers should register for participation.  The registration fee includes seminar kit, lunch and tea on seminar days.  The papers of the authors registered before the deadline will only be published in the seminar proceedings. 

Important Dates
  •         Submission of full paper                     :  March 17, 2012 (Extended)
  •         Paper Acceptance Notification           :  March 19, 2012
  •         Registration closed on                        :  March 21, 2012
  •         Seminar Dates                                   :  March 21&22, 2012
Registration Fee
  •  Indian Delegates      :   Rs 500/-
  •  Foreign Delegates    :   US $ 100/-
  •  Research Scholar     :  Rs 300/-
  •  PG Students             :  Free
Accommodation
            Limited sharing accommodation will be provided in the University Guest House on first come first serve basis.  Hotel accommodation on participants choice shall be arranged on prior request.  Hotel tariff  ranges from  Rs 500-  Rs 3000/- per day in Kannur city.  Transport will be available from the hotel to the venue of the conference.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chief Patron
Prof. P.K Michael Tharakan, Vice – Chancellor, Kannur University, Kerala
General Chair
Dr. A.P Kuttykrishnan, Pro-Vice- Chancellor, Kannur University, Kerala
Co-Chairs 
Dr. K. Rajan, Associate Professor, NAS College , Kanhangad,Kerala  
Mr. A. Nisanth, Assistant Professor,Payyannur College ,Payyannur,Kerala
Organizing Secretary
Prof. N.K Narayanan, Head, Department Of Statistical Sciences, Kannur University, Kerala.
Seminar Secretariat
Ms. Bindu.T, Faculty, Department Of Statistical Sciences, Kannur University, Kerala.
Ms.Praseeda.P, Faculty, Department Of Statistical Sciences, Kannur Uuniversity, Kerala.
Ms. Surayya .M, Faculty, Department Of Statistical Sciences, Kannur University, Kerala.
Ms. Kavitha. N, Faculty, Department Of Statistical Sciences, Kannur University, Kerala.
Ms. Prasanna Kumari K.M, Faculty, Department Of Statistical Sciences, Kannur University, Kerala.
Advisory Committee
Dr. M. Manoharan, Professor, Department Of Statistics, University of Calicut
Dr. C. Chandran, Professor, Department Of Statistics, University of Calicut
Dr. K. Jayakumar, Professor, Department Of Statistics, University of Calicut
Dr.M.Kumaran, Former Course Director, Department Of Statistics, Kannur University
InvitedSpeakers (Anticipated)  
  Dr. B. Rajeev, Indian Statistical Institute , Bangalore.  
 Dr. Mohan Delampady, Indian Statistical Institute , Bangalore. 
 Dr. Parimal Kumar, Department of Statistics, Jammu University. 
 Dr. S. Raju, Department of Statistics, Mysore University.
 Dr. G. Arivarignan, School of Mathematical Sciences, MK   University ,Madurai.
 Dr. A Krishnamoorthy, Cochin University of Science &  Technology.
 Dr. B.Krishnakumar, Department of Mathematics, Anna University, Chennai 60002.
 Dr. V. Thangaraj, Director , Ramanujan Institute, Chennai 600005.
 Dr. M. Manoharan, Department of Statistics, University of Calicut. 
 Dr. K. Jayakumar, Department of Statistics, University of Calicut.
 Dr. C. Chandran, Department of Statistics, University of Calicut.
 Dr. P.G Sankaran, Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science & Technology.
 Dr. N. Balakrishna, Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science & Technology.
 Dr. Yageen Thomas, Department of Statistics, Kerala University.
 Dr. N.J Jacob, Department of Mathematics, NIT , Kozhikode.
 Dr. R. Ramanarayanan, Vel Tech. University, Avadi, Chennai.
 Dr. S. Udayabhasker, School of Mathematical Sciences,Vel Tech. University, Avadi,Chennai. 
 Dr. T.G Deepak, Department of Maths, IISD, Valimala, Thiruvananthapuram.
 Dr. K.K Jose, St. Thomas College, Palai, Kottayam 
 Dr. Thomas Mathew, M.D College, Pazhanji, Thrissoor. 
 Dr. N. Sreekumaran Nair, Department of Statistics, Manipal University.
Contact Numbers: (Seminar Secretariat)
09400803468, 08547416248, 09895043818, 08547657775,   09656525366
For further Details Visit http://www.kannuruniversity.ac.in


REGISTRATION FORM

NSSM’2012
National Seminar on Stochastic Modeling
March 21&22,2012
Participants Name        :………………………………
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(DD to be drawn in favour of “ Course Director, Department of Statistical Sciences, Kannur University Campus, Mangattuparamba”  payable at Kannur University Campus, Kannur).

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Signature

Students and Research Scholars must submit Bonafide Certificate with the registration fee.  The Registration Fee along with the Registration form should be send to

Prof. N.K Narayanan
Organizing Secretary, NSSM’2012
Head, Department of Statistical Sciences
Kannur University Campus (P.O)
Kerala 670567