19th IMS New Researchers Conference
Abstract
This proposal describes plans for the 19th IMS New Researchers Conference, an annual conference organized under the auspices of the" Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). The meeting is organized by and held for junior researchers working in the fields of St"atistics, Biostatistics, and Probability. The primary objective of the conference is to provide a much-needed platform for interacti""on among new researchers.The proposed conference will take place over three days, July 27-29, 2017, at Johns Hopkins University. T""heconference will be held immediately preceding the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), which will take place in downtown Baltimore." Conference facilities will be provided by Johns Hopkins and housing will be provided within a short walk of the meetings. Participants will be statisticians and biostatisticians who have received their Ph.D. within the past five years or areexpecting to receive their degree within the same year. The conference eagerly seeks out participation from underrepresented groups and has historically attracted a very high proportion of women (more than 50% of the participants were women last year). Each participant will present a" short spotlight talk and a more detailed poster. Topics will cover a variety of areas in statistics and probability, from theory an""d methods to applications. In particular, statistical methodology relevant to the health and environmental sciences are covered, suc""h as biomedical statistics, medical imaging, neuroscience, cancer data analysis, environmental statistics, epidemiology, computation""al statistics, bioinformatics, etc. Senior speakers will give plenary talks for inspiration and overview of various disciplines, and"" othersenior researchers will take part in panel discussions on (i) publishing, (ii) finding collaborators in the biologicalscienc""es, (iii) bio data science for new researchers, (iv) mentoring, and (v) funding. This conference series is explicitly aimed at train"ing the future leaders and workers of our profession. The participantswill be able to learn what other people at similar stages of their career are researching which is useful in broadening their views on the current trends in statistics and biostatistics. In he"lping to create networks of new researchers, it lays the groundwork for future collaboration and the informal exchange of ideas and"" knowledge. This conference has the advantage of being organized by junior researchers for junior researchers, so as to better addre""ss their own needs. As a byproduct, this also gives the members of the organizing committee experience in the many aspects of hostin"g a conference.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jun 09, 2017
- Source ID
- N000141712512
Entities
People
- Vince Lyzinski
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy