Call for discussions

Dear all,

Statistica Sinica is announcing a call for discussion on the following
paper:

"INTRINSIC SHAPE ANALYSIS: GEODESIC PCA FOR RIEMANNIAN
MANIFOLDS MODULO ISOMETRIC LIE GROUP ACTIONS" by
Stephan Huckemann, Thomas Hotz and Axel Munk

Anyone who is interested in contributing a discussion can access the
paper
from: http://www.stat.sinica.edu.tw/statistica/ (Please click on
"Upcoming
Discussion Paper"). Submissions must also be made on-line through the
same site. Please indicate in your cover letter that your submission
is related
to the discussion paper SS-07-173. An acceptable discussion must be
within
1000 words (excluding references). The DEADLINE for submissions is
Dec 31, 2008. There is no maximum quota on the number of discussions
finally
accepted, but priority will be given to those with unique
perspectives, and/or
mature insights. Accepted discussions are treated as regular
publications in
Statistica Sinica, and therefore are subject to all the copy-right and
style
requirements. All accepted discussions will be published with the
original
article and a rejoinder. Please email me if you have problems of
downloading
the paper or submitting your discussion.

Sincerely,
Karen Li, on behalf of the co-editors
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