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UP-STAT 2016 Conference

April 22, 2016 - April 23, 2016
Canisius College, Buffalo, NY

UP-STAT 2016

Data Science, Statistical Practice, and Education
with a keynote lecture from Professor Richard D. De Veaux
Canisius College, Buffalo, NY
April 22-23, 2016
The theme for this year's meeting is "Data Science, Statistical Practice, and Education."Since statistics is a major component of data science, UP-STAT is soliciting abstract submissions related to the statistical analysis of data. They are interested in contributions to statistical methodology as well as to statistical practice, consulting, and education. Moreover, they welcome submissions at the interface of statistics and other disciplines such as computer science, biology/medicine, social sciences, and business/finance. The conference will be an exciting venue for statisticians/data scientists to network and discuss topics relevant to their work and research interests.

Data Competition

To further encourage student participation, UP-STAT will hold a data analysis competition. A team of no more than 4 students may enter the competition by submitting their entry information on data competition page by Monday, March 15, 2016. The information should indicate the team name, school, and the names of the team members. The data set will be accessible from the conference website on February 15 to teams that have entered the competition. Teams will be required to submit their results and the code that they used to obtain their results by Friday, April 1, 2016. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams, all of whom will be asked to present their results at the conference. Further details concerning this competition are available on the data competition page

For more information visit: http://www.up-stat.org/conference/Index

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