Statistics at a Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities in the Data Science Era
Second Webinar: October 2nd, 2018 1- 2 pm EDT
Speakers: Jianqing Fan (Princeton University), Michael Jordan (University of California, Berkeley), Cynthia Rudin (Duke University)
The workshop "Statistics at a Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities in the Data Science Era" will bring together leading researchers and educators to develop a 10-20 year vision for the field of Statistics taking advantage of the unprecedented opportunities and challenges in the era of data science. The workshop is funded by the National Science Foundation (DMS-1840278, University of Michigan).
Prior to the workshop, the steering committee is organizing interactive online meetings to engage the Statistics community. The second workshop will focus on
- Short presentations on foundational research in statistics in the new era
- Relationship between statistics and data science
- Community input on emerging research and educational opportunities
The ideas submitted via the online meeting will inform the discussions at a subsequent 3-day workshop. The steering committee consists of the following members:
James Berger (Duke University)
Xuming He (University of Michigan)
David Madigan (Columbia University)
Susan Murphy (Harvard University)
Bin Yu (University of California, Berkeley)
Jon Wellner (University of Washington).
We value your input and invite all of you to join the webinar. For login details to the webinar (available on the day of the webinar), as well as more information about the overall project, please go to
https://hub.ki/groups/statscrossroad
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Xuming He
Professor
University of Michigan
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