The 6th Workshop on Biostatistics and BioinformaticsEvent dates: May 4-6, 2018Event location: Georgia State University, AtlantaBiostatistics and Bioinformatics have been playing key and important roles in statistics and other scientific research fields in recent years. The goal of this workshop is to stimulate research and to foster the interaction of researchers in Biostatistics & Bioinformatics research areas. The workshop will provide the opportunity for faculty and graduate students to meet the top researchers, identify important directions for future research, facilitate research collaboration.The keynote speaker of our workshop is Dr. Hongyu Zhao, the Ira V. Hiscock Professor of Biostatistics and Professor of Statistics and Genetics at Yale University and the recipient of the Mortimer Spiegelman Award.There will be invited talks by distinguished researchers, and a poster session by young researchers and graduate students. For more information, please visit the website: math.gsu.edu/yichuan/2018Workshop for details.The registration is open now. Please register and submit the abstract on the website. In order to encourage graduate students and young researchers to conduct a cutting-edge research, we are currently organizing a poster session. The workshop will be providing partial travel awards to selected conference participants. Priority will be given to senior graduate students, post-graduate, recent Ph.D's, junior faculty, and under-represented groups.------------------------------
Yichuan Zhao
Georgia State University
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