Statistics and Optimization in Data Science Workshop

Statistics and Optimization in Data Science Workshop, May 26-27

The Quant Methods Area, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business and Krenicki Center for Business Analytics and Machine Learning, Purdue University are hosting a Statistics and Optimization in Data Science workshop on May 26-27, 2023. Add to Calendar!

Workshop Program

  • The program book is posted here.

  • The workshop begins at 8:15 am on May 26 and ends at 4:30 pm on May 27. Registration for the workshop has closed.

  • Breakfast starts at 7:30 am on both days. Lunch on May 26 is not provided. We encourage you to visit some local restaurants during lunch time. Banquet on the evening of May 26 requires separate registration (now closed). A lunch panel is on the afternoon of May 27.

  • The workshop features a poster competition at 6:00 pm, May 26. Cash prizes will be awarded to the best posters based on faculty’s voting results.

Poster Award - Congratulations!

  • First place winner with cash prize of $200:

    • Qiyu Han, Online Statistical Inference for Matrix Contextual Bandit,
      Daniels School of Business, Purdue University

  • Second place winner with cash prize of $150:

    • Subha Maity, Understanding New Tasks Through the Lens of Training Data via Exponential Tilting,
      Department of Statistics, University of Michigan,

    • Zhanyu Wang, Differentially Private Bootstrap: New Privacy Analysis and Inference Strategies,
      Department of Statistics, Purdue University.

  • Honorable mention:

    • Riddhiman Bhattacharya, General Framework for Threshold Estimation Using Bandits,
      Daniels School of Business, Purdue University,

    • Pangpang Liu, Contextual Dynamic Pricing with Strategic Buyers,
      Daniels School of Business, Purdue University

Invited Speakers

Tze Leung Lai
Stanford University

Zhiliang Ying
Columbia University

Stephen J. Wright
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Moulinath Banerjee
University of Michigan

Hamsa Bastani
University of Pennsylvania

Alexandre Belloni
Duke University

Yuxin Chen
University of Pennsylvania

Ilias Diakonikolas
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jelena Diakonikolas
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Peter Frazier
Cornell University

Mert Gürbüzbalaban
Rutgers University

George Lan
Georgia Institute of Technology

Jinchi Lv
University of Southern California

Michael Mahoney
University of California, Berkeley

Gesualdo Scutari
Purdue University

Hari Sundaram
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Huixia Judy Wang
George Washington University

Kaizheng Wang
Columbia University

Lan Wang
University of Miami

Wei Biao Wu
University of Chicago

Wenxin Zhou
University of California, San Diego

  • Schedule Update: Regrettably, we received the heartbreaking news that Professor Tze Leung Lai, an esteemed plenary speaker of our workshop from Stanford Statistics, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, May 21, 2023. Our deepest condolences go out to Lai's family during this difficult time. In light of this unfortunate incident, we are grateful to have Professor Zhiliang Ying from Columbia University to deliver a plenary talk during our workshop on May 26. Professor Ying's talk will serve as a heartfelt tribute to honor the memory of Professor Lai, allowing us to remember his remarkable contributions.

Venue

  • The workshop will be held at Rawls Hall, Daniels School of Business, 100 S Grant St, West Lafayette, IN 47907. The campus maps and directions of the venue can be found here.

  • Please visit the Visitor Information page for instructions on transportation to Purdue. The closest commercial airports are the Indianapolis International Airport (70 miles), and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (140 miles). There are routine shuttle services by Lafayette Limo and Reindeer Shuttle for both airports.

  • The Union Club Hotel at Purdue University, Autograph Collection is one block away from the workshop venue. Other lodging facilities (in closest proximity to campus) can be found here.

  • The Lafayette-West Lafayette area is a district full of opportunities. We are steps away from a full range of restaurants, antiques, boutique shopping, and local breweries. Visit Lafayette-West Lafayette website for more information.

Contact Us

For questions related to the workshop, please contact co-organizers Yichen Zhang (zhang@purdue.edu) and Philip Thompson (thompsp@purdue.edu). For questions related to the poster competition, please contact Poster Competition Committee, chaired by Professor Yanjun Li, via BusDataScience@purdue.edu. We acknowledge Kami Copas-Barrett, the Program Coordinator for the Business Information and Analytics Center, for administrative support and assistance.