Agenda

• International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) 2025 Conference

  
  

  Dates: June 12–15, 2025

  Location: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

  The next conference of the International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) will be held from June 12–15, 2025, at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (USA). This biennial gathering will bring together leading statisticians, data scientists, and researchers from around the world to discuss recent developments in theory, methods, and applications of statistics and data science.

  Conference Program Highlights

  
  

  The scientific program will feature:

  • 4 plenary talks by distinguished researchers
  • 10 special invited talks
  • 2 short courses (offered for an additional fee)
  • Over 60 invited sessions covering a wide range of topics
  • Numerous contributed sessions providing opportunities for researchers at all levels
  • A student paper and poster competition to highlight outstanding contributions from young researchers

  Plenary Speakers

  
  

  The plenary talks will feature distinguished statisticians and data scientists, including:

  • Sourav Chatterjee (Stanford University) – delivering the prestigious R. R. Bahadur Memorial Lecture
  • Debashis Ghosh (Colorado School of Public Health)
  • Ryan Tibshirani (University of California, Berkeley)
  • Linda J. Young (USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service)

  Special Invited Speakers

  
  

  The 10 special invited talks will be presented by eminent researchers in statistics and related disciplines:

  • Susmita Datta (University of Florida)
  • Tim Friede (University Medical Center Göttingen)
  • Aditya Guntuboyina (University of California, Berkeley)
  • Jan Hannig (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
  • Galin Jones (University of Minnesota)
  • Kengo Kato (Cornell University)
  • Bo Li (Washington University in St. Louis)
  • Jingyi Jessica Li (University of California, Los Angeles)
  • Dan Nettleton (Iowa State University)
  • Yongming Qu (Eli Lilly and Company)

  Short Courses

  
  

  Two short courses will be offered for an additional fee, subject to demand and resource availability:

  • 1. Multimodal Causal Inference for Data Science and Biomedical Research – Himel Mallick (Cornell University)
  • 2. Boosting R Code performance via C++ Integration within RStudio — Priyam Das (Virginia Commonwealth University)

  These workshops will provide attendees with hands-on training in cutting-edge statistical and data science methods.

  Invited and Contributed Sessions

  
  

  • Invited Sessions: Each invited session consists of three talks on a timely and impactful topic. Many sessions have been proposed by IISA members and supporters, with additional sessions organized by the Scientific Committee.
  • Contributed Sessions: These sessions offer faculty, researchers, and graduate students an opportunity to present their work and engage with an international audience.

  Student Paper and Poster Competition

  
  

  The student competition recognizes outstanding research contributions through both paper presentations and posters. Awards will be given in multiple categories, providing encouragement and visibility for young researchers from the US and abroad.

  Awards Ceremony and Banquet

  
  

  Midway through the conference, there will be an awards ceremony to honor notable contributions in statistics and data science. This will be followed by a conference banquet, offering an excellent opportunity for networking and collaboration.

  Scientific Committee

  
  

  The Scientific Committee, responsible for curating the conference program, includes:

  • Bodhi Sen (Chair, Columbia University)
  • Margaret Gamalo (Co-chair, Pfizer)
  • Po-Ling Loh (Co-chair, University of Cambridge)

  Other members of the Scientific Committee are:

  Marco Avella Medina (Columbia University), Sayantan Banerjee (IIM Indore), Piyali Basak (Merck), Abhishek Bhattacharjee (Pfizer), Anirban Bhattacharya (Texas A&M University), Bhaswar Bhattacharya (University of Pennsylvania), Arup Bose (ISI Calcutta), Hao Chen (University of California Davis), Tirthankar Dasgupta (Rutgers University), Abhirup Datta (Johns Hopkins University), Nabarun Deb (University of Chicago), Souvik Dhara (Purdue University), Peng Ding (University of California Berkeley), Karin Dorman (Iowa State University), Paromita Dubey (University of Southern California), Sarmistha Guha (Texas A&M University), Adityanand Guntuboyina (University of California Berkeley), Dong-yun Kim (NIH), Madan Kundu (Daiichi Sankyo), Jianchang Lin (Takeda), Ashwin Pananjady (Georgia Tech University), Debdeep Pati (University of Wisconsin Madison), Rohit Patra (LinkedIn), Himel Mallick (Cornell University), Neeraj Mishra (IIT Kanpur), Abhyuday Mondal (Georgia Tech University), Rajesh Nair (FDA), Garvesh Raskutti (University of Wisconsin Madison), Cindy Rush (Columbia University), Ksheera Sagar (Corteva), Purnamrita Sarkar (University of Texas at Austin), Rajen Shah (Cambridge University), Subhabrata Sen (Harvard University), Li Wang (Abbvie), Miaoyan Wang (University of Wisconsin Madison).

  Networking and Collaboration

  
  

  With over 300 expected attendees, the conference will provide ample opportunities for professional networking—whether catching up with long-time colleagues or meeting new collaborators from around the world.

  We look forward to an engaging and intellectually stimulating conference and hope you will join us in Lincoln, Nebraska, in June 2025!

  

  Bodhisattva Sen

  Professor of Statistics,

  Columbia University

  Chair, IISA2025 Scientific Program Committee