Statistics At Its Best

This workshop will celebrate the outstanding contributions of Professor Nancy Reid to Statistical Sciences and honour her extraordinary leadership and dedication to the profession in the past 45 years. Professor Reid is an international leading figure in Statistical Sciences. Her influential contributions to research and exceptional services to the profession define her as an inspiring role model for young statisticians and scientific researchers. Throughout her entire career in Canada, Professor Reid has made seminal contributions to our discipline and has been instrumental to the flourishing of the Canadian statistical community through her leadership and dedication. This workshop also aligns with a series of celebration activities for the 50^th anniversary of the statistical community in Canada, organized by the Statistical Society of Canada.

Timing:

9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Ontario Power Building & Online

Venue:

Ontario Power Building | Maple and Cherry Rooms

Thursday, May 5, 2022
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM	EDT	Anthony Davison - EPFL	Space oddity? Statistics and satellite conjunction
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	EDT	Alessandra R. Brazzale - University of Padova	Statistical Classics and Beyond: A Personal Journey into Astro and Particle Physics
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM	EDT	Rob Kass - Carnegie Mellon University	Multivariate Phase Coupling in Oscillatory Neural Circuits
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	EDT	Alicia Carriquiry - Iowa State University	An Optimal Matching Rule for Forensic Decision-Making
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM	EDT	Jim Zidek - University of British Columbia	Dimensional Analysis, Statistical Modelling and the Unconscious Statistician
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM	EDT	Andrew McCormack - Duke University	Test of Linear Hypotheses using Indirect Information
2:40 PM - 3:20 PM	EDT	Mary E Thompson - University of Waterloo	Bayesian Inference for a Variance Component Model using Pairwise Composite Likelihood with Survey Data
3:40 PM - 4:20 PM	EDT	Christian Genest - McGill University	Penalized likelihood Estimation for Pearson's Family of Distributions, with an Application to Financial Market Risk
4:20 PM - 5:00 PM	EDT	Ed George - Wharton, University of Pennsylvania	Bayesian Mortality Rate Estimation: Calibration and Standardization for Public Reporting

Nancy Reid studied at the University of Waterloo (B.Math. 1974), the University of British Columbia (M.Sc. 1976), Stanford University (PhD 1979) and Imperial College, London (PDF 1980). She joined the University of Toronto in 1986 from the University of British Columbia. She has held several leadership roles in statistical science including Chair of the Department (1997--2002) and Scientific Director of the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (2015--2019). Nancy is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2015 she was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada.

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