Upcoming Events
Event Date:
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 - 11:00am to 12:00pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Overview
The session looks at how long-running research programs in statistical theory and causal inference take shape: how problems get chosen, when to stick with a hard one and when to let it go, and how theory and applied collaboration feed each other. Panelists will describe how their own work... more
Event Date:
Friday, November 20, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the business landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities to accelerate growth, optimize operations, and unlock new forms of value. Yet as organizations race to adopt AI, many struggle to translate experimentation into measurable return... more
Event Date:
Thursday, November 26, 2026
Event Location:
United States
United States
2026 Federal Holiday Schedule
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Date Holiday
Thursday, January 01 New Year’s Day
Monday, January 19 Martin Luther King,... more
Event Date:
Friday, November 27, 2026
Event Location:
United States
United States
2026 Federal Holiday Schedule
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/#url=2026
Date Holiday
Thursday, January 01 New Year’s Day
Monday, January 19 Martin Luther King,... more
Event Date:
Date: FALL TBD 2026
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Instructor
Trent D. Buskirk, Ph.D., Professor and Provost Data Science Fellow, School of Data Science, Old Dominion University
Registration Coming Soon!
About the Instructor
Trent D. Buskirk, Ph.D. is a Professor and Provost Data Science Fellow, School of Data Science at Old Dominion University.... more
Event Date:
Thursday, December 10, 2026 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
Free Zoom Webinar
United States
United States
Abstract
Title: Knowledge-Augmented Causal Discovery: Integrating LLM-Based Knowledge Systems with Data-Driven Structure Learning
Abstract: Causal discovery from data is limited by the structure of available datasets (finite samples, measurement error, unmeasured confounding, incomplete variable... more
Event Date:
Tuesday, December 15, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Speaker
Yichi Zhang, Data Scientist at YouTube, Google
Moderator
Grace Deng, Research Data Scientist, Google
Abstract
Large language models are now routinely used to classify text at scale, producing variables that are then analyzed as though they had been observed directly. Because decoding is... more
Event Date:
Friday, December 25, 2026
Event Location:
United States
United States
2026 Federal Holiday Schedule
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/#url=2026
Date Holiday
Thursday, January 01 New Year’s Day
Monday, January 19 Martin Luther King,... more
Event Date:
Thursday, January 7, 2027 to Friday, January 8, 2027
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
United States
United States
Overview
AILA 2027: Leading Statistics and Data Science in the Age of AI
A two-day intensive program that equips academic and industry leaders with the vision, tools, and long-term community needed to drive sustainable AI innovation within their institutions.
The current AI landscape is shifting... more
Event Date:
Wednesday, February 3, 2027 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Free Zoom Webinar
United States
United States
Overview
(Coming Soon)
Register on Zoom
Speakers
Dean Li, Senior Director, Nonclinical Statistics, Pfizer
Thomas Jemielita, Merck
Wiebke Dammann/Jorg Rahnenfuhrer, TU Dortmund.
Moderator
Richard Baumgartner, Merck
About the Speakers
(Coming Soon)
About the Moderator
Dr. Richard Baumgartner is a... more
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