UPSTAT 2025

UPSTAT 2025

The Societal Implications &
Human Impact of Statistical Reasoning

Join us April 11-12, 2025!


The UPSTAT Conference series, now in its 13th year, has become the flagship Statistics Conference of the Upstate New York Chapters of the ASA. This year, we are excited to invite all statisticians, mathematicians, computer scientists, software engineers, data scientists, data analysts, and artificial intelligence enthusiasts to join us at the University of Rochester!

The organizing committee for UPSTAT 2025 invites you to participate in our annual gathering of local statisticians, future statisticians, data analysts, and data fanatics in general!

Abstract submission and registration is now open!

We are now accepting submissions for Friday evening tutorials/short courses (1 hour in length) and Saturday parallel talks (15 minutes in length) and posters from professionals, faculty, postdocs and students of all levels.

Student (graduate AND undergraduate) talks and posters will be eligible for awards in each of the application, methodology, and education categories.

We are bringing back the Data Analysis Competition this year! Check back here for more information as we finalize details.

Questions? You may reach out to the chapter secretary at: rochesterASA{at}gmail.com

Location, Dates & Schedule

Location: University of Rochester, Saunders Research Building
Dates: April 11-12, 2025

Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Alicia L. CarriquiryAlicia Carriquiry

Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University
Director of the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence

 

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 + Musical Entertainment + Poster Session, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
    (Posters displayed to be assessed)
  • Panel Discussion 8:00 - 9:30pm

Saturday, 4/12

  • Welcome and Breakfast 8:30 - 9:00 am
  • Parallel Talks from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Lunch & Poster Hour 12:00 - 1:00 pm
    (Posters displayed and visible for assessment)
  • Keynote Talk 1:00 - 2:00 pm
  • Parallel Talks from 2:00 - 4:00 pm
  • Data Competition Presentation, 4:00 - 4:30 pm
  • Break & Assessment by judges from 4:30 - 5:00 pm
  • Awards & Closing Remarks, 5:00 - 5:30 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.  

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 (left turn) onto Kendrick Road. Saunders Research Building will be at the intersection of Kendrick Road and Crittenden Boulevard. 

Parking
Detailed parking information to come.

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
  • Tony Wong
Students Focus Committee
  • TJ Weaver
  • Meherab Hossain
Publicity and Outreach Committee (Onsite, Online)
  • Trijya Singh

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.

Sponsors

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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.