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) |