Past Events
Event Date:
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 12pm-1pm ET/9-10am PT
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Overview
Statistics and AI form a two-way street: AI can accelerate statistical discovery, and statistical guarantees make AI reliable in practice. This discussion asks where and how Statistics should lead and explore priorities, methodologies, and the most impactful opportunities for leadership.... more
Event Date:
Monday, October 20, 2025 to Friday, October 24, 2025
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
IMSI, Chicago, IL
United States
United States
Applications were due by August 25, 2025 and are now closed.
See Details on IMSI's website
Overview
IMSI and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) are organizing a workshop on Data Science at the Intersection of Public Health and the Environment. This event will bring... more
Event Date:
Friday, October 17, 2025 - 3:30pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Florida State University
United States
United States
FSU Announces Robert Tibshirani as the 2025 Myles Hollander Distinguished Lecturer
The Department of Statistics at Florida State University is pleased to announce that Robert Tibshirani, Professor of Statistics and Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University, is the 2025 Myles... more
Event Date:
Thursday, October 9, 2025 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
United States
United States
Overview:
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI) are pleased to present a collaborative webinar exploring the emerging field of Quantum Machine Learning (QML). This session will bring together physicists at the forefront of... more
Event Date:
Friday, October 3, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Abstract
Covariate Adjustment, Intro to Resampling, and Surprises
Covariate adjustment is a relatively simple way to improve A/B test accuracy and velocity, and to reduce bias. Huh? Aren't randomized experiments unbiased? Well, yes and no - yes by the usual statistical definition, but no by a more... more
Event Date:
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 12-1pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Overview
AI is reshaping statistics, health, and medicine. This COPSS–NISS Leadership Webinar features Dr. Xihong Lin and Dr. Hongtu Zhu on how statistical leadership drives AI-enabled precision health—from framing high-impact problems to integrating multimodal data and building scalable,... more
Event Date:
POSTPONED (Date TBD)
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Due to unforeseen circumstances, please note that this webinar will be postponed to a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience. The next webinar in the series will take place on October 3, 2025. See full schedule here: AI, Statistics & Data Science in Practice | National Institute of... more
Event Date:
Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 1-2pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Overview
Join us for the next installment of the NISS-CANSSI Collaborative Data Science series! This session brings together leading researchers working at the intersection of statistics, ecology, and data science to discuss cutting-edge methodologies and applications in ecological monitoring,... more
Event Date:
Friday, September 12, 2025 to Sunday, September 14, 2025
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Iowa State University, Iowa,
United States
United States
Conference on Statistics in AI at Iowa State University
Dates: September 12–14, 2025Location: Iowa State University, Ames, IowaHosted by: Iowa State University, Department of Statistics and NISS
The Conference on Statistics in AI at Iowa State University is a unique gathering of statisticians, data... more
Event Date:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Overview
The AI, Statistics & Data Science in Practice Series during Fall 2025 will focus on the critical role of experimentation in the development and refinement of artificial intelligence (AI) systems: "Incorporating principles of design of experiments and randomization ensures that AI... more