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| Welcome to the 33rd | New England Statistics Symposium | Statistical Data Science in Action
May 15-17, 2019 @ Hartford, CT
| Organizing Committee | (Haim Bar, HaiYing Wang, Jun Yan) | Department of Statistics | University of Connecticut
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A New Adventure

  • Themed "Statistical Data Science in Action" (grocery bag)

  • Restructured, 3-day event instead of 2-day, under the umbrella of the New England Statistical Society

  • Hartford instead of Storrs

    • Easy access
    • The Insurance Capital of the World
    • Top-rated tourist attractions (e.g., Mark Twain House & Museum, State Capital, Science Center, etc.)
    • Lesser known attractions
      • New England Air Museum
      • Connecticut river cruises
      • Iwo Jima Memorial
    • A city of long history
      • Yung Wing's grave at Ceder Hill Cemetery

Yung Wing and Hartford

Yung Wing's Tombstone in Cedar Hill Cemetery

Yung Wing Wiki Page

First Chinese student to graduate from an American university

Chinese Educational Mission and Hartford

Pioneering and frustrated Chinese Educational Mission (1872-1881), a STEM mission of that era

Expect Excitement

  • Successful short courses

  • Four plenary presentations (Inaugural Chernoff Lecturer's identity to be revealed)

  • Travelers Stat-a-thon final presentations (10 teams including one from a high school)

  • Non-technical sessions (career development; communication; ledership; teaching data science)

  • Showcase of data science in action

  • Special session honoring Prof. Rick Vitale

  • 48 Posters (most of which competing for Liberty Mutual Student Poster Award)

  • Closing award ceremony (Travelers Stat-a-thon, Liberty Mutual Student Poster; IBM Student Paper)

Logistics

  • All plenary events are in the Ballroom

    • Keynotes
    • Banquet talk
    • Chernoff Lecture
    • Closing student award ceremony

  • All food/drinks (breakfasts, lunches, tea breaks) are in the Ballroom

  • Breakout sessions' room assignment was challenging

    • Colt and Wadsworth are small
    • Saratoga A is on the 6th floor (guest room elevator): sessions we have faith in attracting people to take the steps

  • Wifi passcode: uconn2019

  • Apologies for anything that we missed during the organization: help us do better next time

Thanks

  • New England Statistical Society (NESS)

  • Committees and subcommittees of the organization

  • Sponsors

    • Munich Re Group - Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co.
    • Travelers Insurance; Liberty Murual Insurance
    • Pfizer; IBM; Taylor-Francis; ASA CT Chapter

  • Student volunteers (shake their hands at the registration and meeting rooms)

  • UConn, Hilton, and PSAV staff