Location, Dates & Schedule
Location: University of Rochester, Saunders Research Building
Dates: April 11-12, 2025
Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Alicia L. Carriquiry
Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University
Director of the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence
UPDATED SCHEDULE as of 4/7/25
Friday, 4/11
- Registration Table Opens 3pm
- Welcome 3:30-4:00 pm
- Tutorials and Short Courses (Parallel) from 4:00 - 7:00 pm
- Cocktail Hour + Optional Poster Session, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
(Posters displayed)
- Panel Discussion 8:00 - 9:30pm
Saturday, 4/12
- Welcome and Breakfast 9:00 - 9:30 am
- Parallel Talks from 9:30 am - 11:30 am
- Lunch opens at 11:30am & Poster Hour 12:00 - 1:00 pm
(Posters displayed and visible for judging)
- Keynote Talk 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- Keynote Reception 2:00 - 2:30pm
- Parallel Talks from 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- Data Competition Presentation, 3:30 - 4:00 pm
- Break & Assessment by judges from 4:00 - 4:30 pm
- Awards & Closing Remarks, 4:30 - 5:00 pm
Submit an abstract
Abstract Submissions
Submissions open: February 17, 2025
Early bird submissions close: March 21, 2025
Late bird submissions close: April 1, 2025
Acceptance notifications starting: Monday, March 23, 2025
Conference: Friday April 11, 2025 - Saturday April 12, 2025
Presenters are expected to register for the conference. Accepted student presenters will receive a discount code to register for FREE in their abstract acceptance notification.
Tutorials April 11 4-7pm
* Christopher Ryan: Introduction to REDCap for statisticians
* Dmitrii Korobeinikov: Hands-on Secure Federated Learning: a Testbed for Evaluation of Attack Mitigation Techniques
* Gregory Babbitt: Music Meets Biology
* Joaquin Carbonara: Practical Exploration of LLMs and AI
* Teresa Gibson: Causal Inference I Introduction
* Thomas J Weaver: Causal Inference II Mediation Analysis
* TJ Weaver and Teresa Gibson: Causal Inference III Advanced Causal Inference
* Ernest Fokoue: Pluto.jl: Interactive Explorations and Dynamic Narratives in Statistical Computing
Registration & Fees
- $60 non-member two-day ticket
- $40 ASA member two-day ticket
- $25 student, AP Stats Teacher and 2YC instructor two-day ticket
- Free student presenter ticket (submit an abstract before you register)
TWO-DAY TICKETS: Includes all events on both Friday and Saturday!
Registration on Zeffy
Location & Directions
From the NYS Thruway
Take Exit 46. Immediately after exiting, get on I-390 North and refer to directions below.
From I-390 (Northbound)
Take Exit 16A (NY-15). Continue straight until a traffic circle and take the first exit (like a right turn) onto Kendrick Road. Saunders Research Building will be at the intersection of Kendrick Road and Crittenden Boulevard.
Parking
The meeting is in the Saunders Building. There is a parking lot right in front of the building and a number of garages on East Dr.
Since we are on a hospital campus, parking is always paid parking. There is a neighborhood off of Crittenden and Mt Hope; the first few streets are No Parking but starting at Lattimore Rd there is on-street parking with alternating sides. Check the street signs.
There are entrances to Saunders Building on three sides, but on Saturday and late Friday night only the big glass doors into the atrium will be unlocked. The doors to Helen Wood Hall will not be open on Saturday.
Conference Committee
Organizing Committee
- Tanzy Love
- Ernest Fokoue
- Christopher Ryan
- Tony Wong
- Katherine Grzesik
- Trijya Singh
- Gregory Babbitt
Data Competition Committee
- Ernest Fokoue
- Gregory Babbitt
Financial Committee
Students Focus Committee
- TJ Weaver
- Meherab Hossain
Publicity and Outreach Committee (Onsite, Online)
History
Since its inception in 2012, the UPSTAT conference series has uninterruptedly gathered the most eager practicing statisticians and data scientists of our beautiful upstate New York region every single year. Thanks to the remarkable and commendable commitment of statistical practitioners and faculty members along with their dedicated students from Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Rochester, St John Fisher College, Canisius College, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo State, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Oswego, SUNY Albany, Niagara University, Syracuse University, St Bonaventure College, SUNY Brockport, City University of New York (CUNY) and Cornell University. The conference has occasionally welcomed participants from as far as Carnegie Mellon University. The UPSTAT conference series has become the annual gathering forum for all the statisticians and data scientists of upstate New York. With very little means, we have harnessed the talents of our volunteer organizing committee members to build the UPSTAT conference series into a very promising vehicle for cutting edge Statistical and Data Science education in our Upstate New York region.
The UPSTAT Conference series team is forever grateful to all the generous sponsors who have support the conference over the years. It would be impossible to properly run a high quality conference without the support of our sponsors.