COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar - October 28, 2025

Overview

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Speakers

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Moderator

Bei Jiang, Assistant Professor, Mathematics & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta

About the Moderator

Bei Jiang, PhD, uses statistical analysis and statistical machine learning to decode complex health data, searching for better patient outcomes. Her work has involved analyzing brain imaging, which could help build effective treatment plans for people with psychiatric disorders. Her research also focuses on integrating Bayesian modelling with statistical machine learning methods, aiming to overcome some of the roadblocks of classical statistical inference. Jiang earned her MSc in Biostatistics at the University of Alberta in 2008 before completing her PhD at the University of Michigan. She returned to Edmonton in 2015 — first as an assistant professor and now an associate professor — at the U of A's Mathematical and Statistical Sciences faculty. In 2015, she was also named a research fellow with the U.S.-based Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute. Her areas of research includes: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistical machine learning, bayesian hierarchical modelling, functional and imaging data analysis, kernel machine regression, modelling of health outcome data, and biostatistics. See Profile

About the COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar Series

COPSS (Committee of the Presidents of Statistical Societies) and NISS have come together to organize and host a new webinar series focusing on leadership in statistics and data science. Plan to attend these webinars every month during the academic year! Visit the COPSS-NISS Leadership Series Page for previous webinars.

The COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar Series is co-organized by the Committee of the Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) Emerging Leaders in Statistics and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS). The purpose of the webinar series is to promote leadership skills for members of the statistical societies at any stage in their careers. The series features conversations with leaders throughout the discipline, including leaders from major academic and government institutions, and companies. Invited speakers share their leadership stories and answer questions about their experiences. Each webinar is moderated by a member of the COPSS Emerging Leaders in Statistics program.

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