Introductory Overview Lectures

Introductory overview lectures provide relatively brief, high-quality introductions to important and timely statistical topics covered in a more specialized form than in other JSM sessions.

In some cases, IOLs present material from rapidly developing areas of methodology or applications. In others, they introduce important and challenging statistical topics that are relatively mature but may not be well known outside a specialist group. In all cases, IOL topics are selected because of their potential to enrich the future directions of statistical theory and practice through broader dissemination.

Daniell Toth, JSM 2026 program chair, accepts proposals via email from September 1 to November 19, 2025. They should include the following:

1. Session title
2. Session description, including a summary of its statistical and scientific content, an explanation of its timeliness, and comments about the specific audiences for which it will be of principal interest
3. Format of the session
4. Names of the session organizer; chair; and all speakers, panelists, and/or discussants (prospective session participants should have agreed to participate in the session before the session proposal is submitted)
5. Complete affiliation and contact information (mailing address, phone, email) for organizer, chair, and all participants
6. Title for each presentation