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Upcoming Webinar: 

• Sep 30, 2026, 1:00 to 2:30 pm Eastern Time, Dr. Tim Hesterberg (Instacart): "Covariate Adjustment, Intro to Resampling, and Surprises." Registration link.

Upcoming Webinar in Special Series AI for Practitioners: 

• Sep 24, 2026, at 2:30 pm ET, Dr. Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel (Duke University):  "Think first, let the code follow: an introduction to Posit Assistant." Registration link.

Upcoming Conference: 

• SLDS 2026 - Inference and Intelligence
  November 1–3, 2026 | Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, NY
  Submissions are now accepted for the Student, Post-doc, and Early Career Researcher Paper Awards.

          See more details here. 

Recent Announcements: 

• Winners of Leo Breiman Award announced here. 
• Winners of SLDS student paper competition announced here. 

Principal objectives are to

• serve as the Association's focal point for Statistical Learning and Data Science issues;
• build cooperative relationships on behalf of the Association with other organizations that have interests in these fields;
• encourage the use of Statistical Learning methods in Data Science applications;
• create forums for presentation and discussion of research in these fields.

The Section will perform functions that serve the goals and objectives listed. These include, but are not limited to,

• sponsorship, including joint sponsorship with other organizations, of meetings, seminars and courses in the fields of Statistical Learning and Data Science;
• planning, in cooperation with the Program committee of the Association, sessions on Statistical Learning and Data Science at the Annual and/or Regional meetings of the Association;
• promotion of non-journal publications on Statistical Learning and Data Science;
• service as a resource for public and private agencies seeking assistance in these fields of interest.