19 - 22 August 2022

Skukuza Lodge, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Workshops on various topics in Statistics were presented by noteworthy delegates such as Prof Delia North (UKZN), Prof Inger Fabris-Rotelli (UP), Robert Schall (UFS), Renette Blignaut (UWC), Prof Ayse Bilgin (Maquarie University, Australia), Prof Ingrid van Keilegom (KU Leuven, Belgium), Steffen Betsch (KIT, Germany), Prof Christine Franklin (University of Georgia, USA) and Prof Dennis Lin (Purdue University, USA).

25 - 29 August 2023

Skukuza Lodge, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Following the five workshops held in Sevilla, Spain (in 2012), Athens, Greece (in 2015), Bad Herrenalb, Germany (in 2017), Trento, Italy (in 2019), and Rennes, France (in 2022), the 6th International Workshop on Goodness-Of-Fit (GOF) and Change-Point (CP) Problems took place in South Africa.

As a renowned international conference, many noteworthy speakers presented workshops, papers and sessions. Speakers included:

• Ayanendranath Basu (ISI-Kolkata)
• Giuseppe Cavaliere (University of Bologna)
• Valentina Corradi (University of Surrey)
• Aurore Delaigle (University of Melbourne)
• Miguel Delgado (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
• Bruno Ebner (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)
• John Einmahl (Tilburg University)
• Juan Carlos Escanciano (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
• Christian Francq (University of Lille)
• Lajos Horvath (University of Utah)
• María Dolores Jiménez-Gamero (Universidad de Sevilla)
• Estate Khmaladze (Victoria University of Wellington)
• Claudia Kirch (Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg)
• Wenceslao González Manteiga (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
• María Dolores Martínez-Miranda (University of Granada)
• Simos Meintanis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and North-West University)
• Bojana Milosevic (University of Belgrade) Joseph Ngatchou-Wandji (University of Lorraine)
• Juan Carlos Pardo-Fernández (University of Vigo)
• Valentin Patilea (ENSAI, France)
• Eduardo García Portugués (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
• Jeffrey Racine (McMaster University)
• Richard Samworth (University of Cambridge)
• Gilles Stupfler (University of Angers)
• Yves-Caoimhin (Yvik) Swan (Université libre de Bruxelles)
• Ingrid Van Keilegom (KU Leuven)
• Noël Veraverbeke (UHasselt)
• Yi Yu (University of Warwick)

31 August - 2 September 2023

Protea Breakwater Lodge, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa

Workshops and panel discussions on topics such as Extreme Value Theory and Biplots were presented by internationally recognised delegates such as Prof María Dolores Jiménez-Gamero (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain), Prof Simos Meintanis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), Prof Bojana Milosevic (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Prof Ingrid Van Keilegom (KU Leuven, Belgium), Dr Bruno Ebner (KIT, Germany), Prof John Einmahl (Tilburg University, Netherlands) and Prof Renette Blignaut (UWC).

25 - 29 August 2024

Skukuza Lodge, Kruger National Park, South Africa

The 53rd Annual Conference of the Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) is proudly hosted by the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the North-West University (NWU). Keynote speakers include Rohit K Upadhay (Founder and President, FinPlusTech Inc) and Prof Jan H van Vuuren (Head of the Stellenbosch Unit for Operations Research in Engineering (SUnORE), Department of Industrial Engineering at Stellenbosch University) and a panel discussion will be led by Prof Renette Blignaut (UWC). For more information and to register for this conference, follow the link below: