Multivariate Statistics Workshop

Workshop on Structured Multivariate Data

January 14-16 at Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University

 

Organizers:

 

Sponsors:

The workshop is sponsored by the Department of Statistics and the Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (IAMCS) at Texas A&M University. We also acknowledge support from the Southeastern Texas Chapter of the American Statistical Association (SETCASA).

 

Registration (NOW CLOSED):

Please visit the registration link to register for the workshop. Registration will be open until January 4th, 2016. The number of participants is limited to 70.

If you are interested in presenting a poster, please email Anirban Bhattacharya. Partial support is available for PhD students and young researchers (obtained PhD within 6 years) for a poster presentation.

 

Program

 

All abstracts can be viewed here.

 

Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 (Blocker 169)

8:20 – 8:50    Registration/Breakfast

Tutorial on Statistical Analysis of Financial Data : David Matteson 

9:00 – 10:30    Lecture 1

10:30 – 11:00   Break

11:00 – 12:00   Lecture 2

12:00 –  2:00    Lunch

2:00 –   3:30     Lecture 3

3:30 –   4:00     Break

4:00 –   5:00     Lecture 4

 

Friday, Jan 15, 2016 (Blocker 169)

8:20 –   8:50      Registration/Breakfast

8:50 –   9:00      Welcome

9:00 – 10:00     Marc Hallin 

10:00 – 10:30    Xianyang Zhang 

10:30 – 11:00    Break

11:00 – 12:00    Hernando Ombao 

12:00 – 12:30    Suhasini Subba Rao 

12:30 –   2:00     Lunch

2:00 –   2:30      Mladen Kolar 

2:30 –   3:00     Raymond Carroll  – Memorial to Peter Hall

3:00 –   3:30      Break

3:30 –   4:30      Jeffrey S. Morris 

4:30 – 5:00       Lan Zhou 

5:30 –   7:30      Poster Session/Reception

 

 Saturday, Jan 16, 2016 (Blocker 169)

8:30 –   9:00    Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00    Noureddine El Karoui 

10:00 – 10:30   Irina Gaynanova 

10:30 – 11:00    Break

11:00 – 11:30     Tyler McCormick 

11:30 – 12:00    Anirban Bhattacharya 

12:00 –   1:30     Lunch

1:30 –   2:30      Debashis Paul 

2:30 –   3:00     Rina Foygel Barber 

3:00 –   3:30     Break

3:30 –   4:30      Panel discussion on Big data and Statistics (Moderator: Val Johnson Discussants: Yu Ding, Matthias Katzfuss, Bani Mallick  )

5:00  –   7:00     Reception

 

Local Information:

To get to College Station, you can fly College Station Easterwood Airport (CLL). Alternatively, you can fly to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) or Hobby Airport (HOU) in Houston, and drive to College Station with a rental car. There is also a shuttle service to and from the Houston airports.

A list of College Station hotels can be found here.  We have obtained a room block at a discounted rate at the Hilton College Station & Conference Center and the Home2 Suites by Hilton. Both hotels anticipate arrival days of Wednesday, January 13, 2016 and departure days of Saturday, January 16, 2016. Dates are somewhat flexible but speaking to a live person is recommended.

Any hotel rooms not booked will be released on December 18, 2015 by 5:00 pm. Early booking is recommended.

Hilton College Station & Conference Center
801 University Dr. East
College Station, TX 77840
1-800-HILTONS (1-800-445-8667)
1-979-693-7500
Group Code: SMD16
Deluxe King rooms | $119/night (2 of 5 remaining)
Deluxe Double rooms | $119/night (5 of 5 remaining)
Home2 Suites by Hilton
300 Texas Avenue South
College Station, TX 77840
979-703-8288
Group Code: Structured Multivariate Data Conference
King Studio rooms | $102/night (7 of 10 remaining)
Double Queen suites | $124/night (10 of 10 remaining)