Session Schedule

Schedule of Student Paper Sessions

Agenda of the 38th New England Statistics Symposium

  • Continental Breakfasts will be served every day, with coffee/tea, water, orange juice, sliced fresh fruit and a baked good.

Monday, June 2, 2025

  • 07:30 AM - 03:00 PM: Registration (need student volunteers)
  • 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM: Morning Refreshment
  • 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM: Parallel Session 1
  • 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM: Morning Coffee Break
  • 10:20 AM - 10:45 AM: Welcome Remarks
    • Speakers: Dr. Megan Ranney, Dean of Yale School of Public Health; Dr. Shuangge (Steven) Ma, NESS President-Elect
  • 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM: Plenary Session 1: John Lafferty, S&DS, Yale University
  • 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM: Lunch
  • 12:00PM – 01:30 PM: NESS Business meeting (invitation only)
  • 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM: Parallel Session 2 (6-8 small rooms)
  • 03:00 PM - 03:20 PM: Afternoon Coffee Break
  • 03:20 PM – 04:20 PM: Plenary Session 2: NESS Invited Panel: Women in Statistics
  • 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM: Parallel Session 3
  • 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM: Statathon
  • 06:30 PM - 09:00 PM: Symposium Banquet
  • 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM: Banquet Talk: Michael Lopez, NFL

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

  • 07:30 AM - 03:00 PM: Registration
  • 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM: Morning Refreshment
  • 08:30 AM – 09:30 AM: Plenary Session 3 (Big room): Heping Zhang, Biostat, Yale
  • 09:30 AM - 09:40 AM: Morning Coffee Break
  • 09:40 AM - 11:10 AM: Parallel Session 4
  • 11:20 AM – 12:20 PM: Plenary Session 4: Nancy Zhang, S&DS, Penn
  • Poster session: posters need to be set up in the morning (between 10A and 12P); to be viewed and evaluated during lunchtime
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM: Lunch
  • 01:20 PM - 02:50 PM: Parallel Session 5
  • 02:50 PM - 03:00 PM: Afternoon Coffee Break
  • 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM: Parallel Session 6
  • 04:40 PM - 06:00 PM: Awards Ceremony (Chernoff Award, Student Research Awards, Student Poster Awards; NextGen Scholarships)
  • 06:00 PM - 06:10 PM: Closing Remarks