Friday, October 28 2022, 7:30am The Georgia Center THE GEORGIA STATISTICS DAY CONFERENCE SERIES UGA Welcomed Academic Industry Partners for Georgia Statistics Day 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. 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: Brochure GA Statistics Day Vision Policy Organizers Abhyuday Mandal, University of Georgia T.N. Sriram, University of Georgia Date and Location Friday 10/28/2022 The Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel 1197 South Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA 30602 SPEAKERS Keynote Speaker Nilanjan Chatterjee, Biostatistics and Genetic Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Nilanjan Chatterjee - Wikipedia Featured Speakers Liang Liu, University of Georgia Speaker's Website Yao Xie, Georgia Institute of Technology Speaker's Website Benjamin Risk, Emory University Speaker's Website Invited Speakers Anwesha Bhattacharyya, Wells Fargo Parichoy Pal Choudhury, American Cancer Society Mandev Gill, University of Georgia Ryan Lekivetz, JMP Bin Luo, Duke University Simon Mak, Duke University Raphiel Murden, Emory University Razieh Nabi, Emory University Ashwin Pananjady, Georgia Tech Kamran Paynabar, Georgia Tech Rui Xie, University of Central Florida Yang Yang, University of Georgia Qiong Zhang, Clemson University Ruizhi Zhang, University of Georgia Program Final Program Poster Presentation Awards Undergraduate Students * Yiren Hou and Ella Wileman Graduate Students * First Place: Huimin Cheng * Second Place: Chaofan Huang * Third Place: Yi Liu and Wenjing Ma Honorable mentions: * Luxiao Chen * Yongkai Chen * Ali Jinnah * Difan Song * Jie Wang * Henry Shaowu Yuchi Registration Fees Due to an overwhelming response the registration is now closed. Please contact conference organizers if you would like to attend the conference. Reimbursement The early registration fees can be reimbursed, if required. Please see the registration webpage for details. Please note that the conference organizers will not be able to reimburse you if you do not attend the event. Also note that if your organization is a NISS affiliate, you may use your NISS Affiliate Award Funds (AAF) (subject to your organization's rules) to cover your Georgia Statistics Day 2022 expenses. Steering Committee Abhyuday Mandal, University of Georgia; Roshan Joseph and Xiaoming Huo, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Krafty, Emory University Local Organizing Committee Abhyuday Mandal, University of Georgia; Yao Xie, Georgia Institute of Technology; Steve Qin, Emory University Abstracts View Abstracts Presentations View Presentations Industry Session View Industry Session Posters View Posters Sponsors Parking 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.