Thursday, May 23,2024 – Friday, May 24, 2024

Hilton Hotel and Conference Center, Bluebonnet Ballrooms 1 & 2

Registration Deadline is Monday, May 13th


YOUNG INVESTIGATOR SESSION DETAILS BELOW


All reservations must be made by May 1, 2024

Organizers:

Bani Mallick, Chair, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University

Ciprian Crainiceanu, John Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health

Irina Gaynanova, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan

Mikyoung Jun, Department of Mathematics, University of Houston

Yehua Li, Department of Statistics, University if California Riverside

Jeffrey Morris, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania

Huiyan Sang, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University

Tentative Schedule:

Thursday, May 23, 2024

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony:
– Mark Zoran, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
– Brani Vidakovic, Head, Department of Statistics
– Bani Mallick, Distinguished Professor & Chair of the Organizing Committee

Session 1: Measurement Error
Chair: Irina Gaynanova, Associate Professor, Biostatistics

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Yanyuan Ma, Professor of Statistics
9:10 – 9:40 a.m. Len Stefanksi, Alumni Distinguished Professor
9:50 – 10:20 a.m. Anna Maria Staicu, Professor

Session 2: Genomics & Epidemiology
Chair: Ciprian Crainiceanu, Professor

10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Victor Kipnis, Chief Statistician, Program Officer
11:10 – 11:40 a.m. Xihong Lin, Professor of Biostatistics
11:50 – 12:20 p.m. Kathryn Roeder, Professor of Statistics and Life Sciences
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH (On-site in Ballroom)
1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Carroll Sharing, Jeff Morris, Professor
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Carroll Young Investigator Award Lecture, Alexander Ryan Luedtke
Carroll Young Investigator Award Chair: Samiran Sinha
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Young Investigator Presentations
Young Investigator Chair: Veera Baladandayuthapani
5:00 – 5:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. CONFERENCE DINNER, Bluebonnet Ballroom 3

Friday, May 24, 2024

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Continental Breakfast

Session 3: Regression
Chair: Yehua Li, Professor

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Hans-Georg Mueller, Distinguished Professor
9:10 – 9:40 a.m. Jane-Ling Wang, Distinguished Professor
9:50 – 10:20 a.m. Naisyin Wang, Professor of Statistics

Session 4: Robustness and Bayesian Methods
Chair: Huiyan Sang, Professor

10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Doug Simpson, Professor
11:10 – 11:40 a.m. Edward George, Professor
11:50 – 12:20 p.m. Alicia Carriquiry, Distinguished Professor, Holder of the President’s Chair-Statistics Center
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH (On-site in Ballroom)


Young Investigator Session Announcement

Presentations showing/presenting innovative and original research are solicited. In general, we are interested in presentations related to all areas of Statistics and Data Science that validate important research finds or showcase realistic applications that impact the Statistics and Data-Science community and community partners.


New researchers, students, and postdocs are encouraged to apply to the Young Investigator Presentations (limited spots available). Travel support available for selected individuals.

If you would like to make a presentation during the Young Investigators session, please select the appropriate option(s) during registration and follow the prompted instructions.


In general, we are interested in presentations related to all areas of Statistics and Data Science that validate important research finds or showcase realistic applications that impact the Statistics and Data-Science community and community partners.