Program

UP-STAT 2016 Program

Abstracts

UP-STAT 2016 Abstracts

Keynote Lecture

This year, we are extremely fortunate to have Professor Richard D. De Veaux, the C. Carlisle and Margaret Tippit Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Williams College, as our keynote speaker. Professor De Veaux is the author of 6 textbooks and has consulted with several major corporations. He is an entertaining and engaging speaker who has made important contributions to statistics education and has interests in data mining methodology and its application to problems in science and industry. The title of his talk, to be presented in Saturday, April 23, is "From the Classroom to the Boardroom - How Do We Get There?" Professor De Veaux will also give the Fr. Haus Memorial Mathematics Lecture, "Modeling the Effect of Age in Human Performance", from 3:15pm to 4:15pm on Friday, April 22. This will be followed by a panel discussion on "The multiple facets of data science" from 4:30pm to 5:55pm, with representatives from both academia and industry.

Cocktail Hour, Poster Session, & Banquet

To encourage more interaction among conference attendees, we will have a conference dinner on Friday, April 22, 2016. The poster presentations will be given during the cocktail hour (6:00pm to 7:00 pm) followed by dinner (7:00pm to 9:00 pm). Dinner registration is $40 for ASA members, $50 for nonmembers, and $15 for students and AP teachers (regardless of ASA membership). The conference dinner will be held in the Grupp Fireside Lounge and in the Regis Room on the second floor of the Student Center.

Venue Information

The Fifth Annual Joint Conference of the Upstate Chapters of the American Statistical Association will be hosted by Canisius College.

Address

Directions

Directions

Campus Map

• Friday's tutorials will take place either in the Science Hall building (Q) or the Horan O'Donnell Science building (G).
• The Fr. Haus Memorial Mathematics Lecture will take place in the Science Hall building (Q).
• Friday's cocktail hour, poster session, and dinner will take place in the Student Center (I).
• All of Saturday's events will take place in the Science Hall building (Q).

Parking

Conference participants will be able to park in the Science Hall parking ramp (adjacent to Science Hall) both on Friday and Saturday. See the below map:

Accommodations

The below link lists hotels in the Buffalo area that offer a special rate to Canisius College.

Discounted Accommodations

Additionally, Best Western on Delaware Avenue (510 Delaware Ave., 2.4 miles from campus) will offer $109/night. When making your reservation you will need to ask about the Canisius College rate to ensure receipt of the discounted rate.