Featured Speakers

All times are listed in Eastern Time.

Vivienne Ming, Socos Labs
ASA President’s Invited Address
Vivienne Ming, Socos Labs
Messy Human Problems
Monday, August 9, 3:30 p.m.
 
Ivan S.F Chan, AbbVie
Deming Lecture
Ivan S.F Chan, AbbVie
Deming Spirit in Action: Quality, Statistics, and Innovation in Vaccine Development
Tuesday, August 10, 3:30 p.m.
 
Robert Santos, Urban Institute
ASA President’s Address
Robert Santos, Urban Institute
Thoughts on the Role of ‘Self’ in a Statistics Career
Tuesday, August 10, 5:15 p.m.
 
Wing Hung Wong, Stanford University
COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship
Wing Hung Wong, Stanford University
Understanding Human Trait Variation from the Gene Regulatory Systems Perspective
Wednesday, August 11, 5:15 p.m.
 
Alicia Carriquiry, Iowa State University
Florence Nightingale David Award
Alicia Carriquiry, Iowa State University
Statistics in the Pursuit of Justice: A More Principled Strategy to Analyze Forensic Evidence
Thursday, August 12, 12:00 p.m.
 
Regina Liu, Rutgers University
IMS Presidential Address
Regina Liu, Rutgers University
Proactive and All-Encompassing Statistics
Monday, August 9, 5:15 p.m.

Lawrence D. Brown PhD Student Award Session
Wednesday, August 11, 10:00 a.m.

 Xin Bing, Cornell University
Xin Bing, Cornell University
Inference in Interpretable Latent Factor Regression Models
 
  Ilmun Kim, University of Cambridge
Ilmun Kim, University of Cambridge
Minimax Optimality of Permutation Tests
 
Yichen Zhang, New York University Stern School of Business
Yichen Zhang, New York University Stern School of Business
First-Order Newton-Type Estimator for Distributed Estimation and Inference
 
Jianqing Fan, Princeton University
Le Cam Lecture
Jianqing Fan, Princeton University
Understanding Spectral Embedding
Thursday, August 12, 10:00 a.m.
 
Philippe Rigollet, MIT
Medallion Lecture I
Philippe Rigollet, MIT
Statistical Optimal Transport
Monday, August 9, 1:30 p.m.
 
Robert Nowak, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Medallion Lecture II
Robert Nowak, University of Wisconsin-Madison
What Kinds of Functions Do Neural Networks Learn?
Tuesday, August 10, 1:30 p.m.
 
Nancy Zhang, University of Pennsylvania
Medallion Lecture III
Nancy Zhang, University of Pennsylvania
DNA Copy Number Profiling from Bulk Tissues to Single Cells
Thursday, August 12, 12:00 p.m.
 
Axel Munk, University of Göttingen
Medallion Lecture IV
Axel Munk, University of Göttingen
Empirical Optimal Transport: Inference, Algorithms, Applications
Wednesday, August 11, 1:30 p.m.
 
Jennifer Chayes, University of California, Berkeley
Wald Lectures I and II
Jennifer Chayes, University of California, Berkeley
Modeling and Estimating Large Sparse Networks
Tuesday, August 10, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 12, 4:00 p.m.

JSM Awards Book
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Introductory Overview Lectures

Julia for Statistics and Data Science
Sunday, August 8, 3:30 p.m.
Cecile Ane, University of Wisconsin; Claudia Solis-Lemus, University of Wisconsin; Douglas Bates, University of Wisconsin

Advances in the Statistical Understanding of Random Forests and Related Methods and Their Use in Inference
Monday, August 9, 10:00 a.m.
Giles J. Hooker, Cornell; Lucas Mentch, University of Pittsburgh

Fairness in Machine Learning
Tuesday, August 10, 10:00 a.m.
Sherri Rose, Stanford University

Spatial Models for Massive Data Sets
Wednesday, August 11, 10:00 a.m.
Sudipto Banerjee, University of California at Los Angeles


Late-Breaking Sessions

Human Trafficking Analytics in the Age of COVID-19
Tuesday, August 10, 1:30 p.m.
Miriam McGaugh, Oklahoma State University; William Taylor, SAS; Lauren Agrigento, SAS; David J. Corliss, Peace-Work; Sarah Warner, OSU Moritz College of Law, League of Women Voters of Ohio; Sree Vuthaluru, SAS; and Emma Collert, Oklahoma State University

Business Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Thursday, August 12, 10:00 a.m.
Sharon Stang, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Michael Dalton, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Sean McIllece; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Anthony Colavito, Bureau of Labor Statistics; and Kevin Cooksey, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Key Dates

    Attend
  • May 17, 2021 11:00 AM
    Registration open
  • June 15, 2021
    Early registration deadline
  • June 16, 2021 12:01 AM - July 15, 2021 11:59 PM
    Regular registration (increased fees apply)
  • July 16, 2021 - August 12, 2021
    Late Registration (increased fees apply)
  • August 8, 2021 - August 12, 2021
    2021 Joint Statistical Meetings
  • Program Participants
  • July 16, 2020 - September 8, 2020 11:59 PM
    Online submission of invited session proposals open
  • September 30, 2020
    Online submission of Continuing Education course proposals deadline
  • October 8, 2020 - October 28, 2020 11:59 PM
    Online submission of invited session abstracts open
  • November 12, 2020 12:01 AM - December 10, 2020 11:59 PM
    Online submission of topic-contributed session proposals
  • January 6, 2021 12:01 AM - February 2, 2021 11:59 PM
    Online submission of topic contributed, roundtable and invited poster abstracts
  • January 15, 2021
    Online submission of Computer Technology Workshop (CTW) proposals deadline
  • February 22, 2021 - April 30, 2021 11:59 PM
    Online submission of JSM Meeting & Event Requests
  • March 16, 2021 12:01 AM - April 29, 2021 11:59 PM
    Online submission of contributed abstracts
  • April 7, 2021
    Deadline to request registration extension for government agencies
  • June 15, 2021
    Speaker Registration Deadline
  • July 1, 2021
    Draft manuscript deadline