Friday, October 26 2018, 7:30am The Georgia Statistics Day Conference Series The purpose of this event is to promote interdisciplinary research within the flagship institutions of the state of Georgia. Our conference will enable junior researchers in the Southeast region of the United States, including graduate students, to present their work, to see state of the art developments in research on statistics and related scientific areas, and to interact with some of the key players in the area. Georgia Statistics Day puts emphasis on mentoring of junior researchers and on interaction between senior and junior researchers. Please register here (Due to an overwhelming response the registration is now closed. Please contact conference organizers if you would like to attend the conference) Please upload your abstracts here: (Abstract submission is now closed) Brochure GA Statistics Day Vision Policy Organizers Abhyuday Mandal, University of Georgia T.N. Sriram, University of Georgia Date and Location Friday 10/26/2018 The Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel 1197 South Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA 30602 Speakers Keynote Speaker David Dunson, Departments of Statistics and Health Research and Policy, Duke University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dunson Featured Speakers C. F. Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._F._Jeff_Wu Ping Ma, University of Georgia http://malab.uga.edu/ Tianwei Yu, Emory University http://web1.sph.emory.edu/users/tyu8/ Program Steering Committee C. F. Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Abhyuday Mandal, University of Georgia; Lance Waller, Emory University Local Organizing Committee Abhyuday Mandal, University of Georgia; Yao Xie, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lance Waller, Emory University Abstracts Presentations David Benkeser Linwei Hu Yuan Ke Chao Zhang Industry Session TBA Posters Kangni Alemdjrodo Jongik Chung Teng Fei Cheng Feng Xiaodong Jiang Honghe Jin Ali Jinnah Ziyi Li Joshua Lukemire Xin Ma Yonatan Mintz Nancy Murray Hongju Park JC Poythress Sohini Raha Hector Restrapo Richard Ross Arunava Samaddar Faysal Satter Stella Self Jae Eui Soh Namjoon Suh Yikai Wang Liyan Xie Ruizhi Zhang Wanrong Zhang Sponsors Participants Guest Parking Parking is available in the University’s South Campus Parking Deck, adjacent to the Georgia Center. The garage is open 24 hours a day. If you are staying at the Georgia Center you may unload your car at the front circle (Carlton Street). The Concierge desk has luggage carts and will be happy to assist you with your bags. Feel free to leave your car in the circle while you check in, but please move it to the parking deck thereafter so that others may make use of this easy access. Rates: Daily fees are $3 for the first hour, $5 for the first two hours, and $1 each additional hour $10 maximum for each 24-hour period Special Rates are in effect for UGA home football games and other special events Guests may have parking fees charged to their hotel room. Alert the front desk upon your arrival and they will give you a special parking voucher that will allow you in-and-out access for the duration of your visit. Please note that vans and vehicles over seven feet tall cannot fit in the parking deck, but arrangements can be made after arrival to secure parking in an outdoor lot. Likewise, motorcycles and scooters may not park inside the deck, but may utilize designated spaces near its entrance. There is a charging station located inside the South Campus Parking Deck for electric vehicles.
