Conference Proposal: The Third Erich L. Lehmann Symposium -- Statistical Optimality

第三届埃里希·莱曼专题讨论会为期四天的会议是一系列专题讨论会的第三届。研讨会的目的是研究最优性在现代统计学中可以发挥或应该发挥的作用。由于高吞吐量数据采集技术的出现以及分析这些数据的计算能力的并行发展，统计理论经常让位于原始计算能力。尽管大多数令人兴奋的新统计方法为在许多重要的科学问题上取得进展提供了工具，但现在很明显需要将这些知识普遍化和系统化。第三届研讨会将于5月16日至19日在莱斯大学举行，将汇集一组专家，讨论现代统计方法背景下的前沿研究最优性思想。据认为，尽管在数据可视化、数据挖掘和知识发现等领域取得了很大进展，但这些主题已经成熟，可以开发一种允许对方法进行客观比较的最优性范式。这种新的范式虽然还有待定义，但对于推动这些重要学科的研究前沿是必要的。会议将在有利于开发新人力资源的环境中展示主要研究人员的新发展。本提案将资助12名青年研究员和8名博士生参加会议的机票和日常费用。积极招募女性和少数民族青年研究员和博士生，并鼓励他们申请。辉瑞公司、莱斯大学、休斯顿德克萨斯大学健康科学中心和MD安德森癌症中心为会议的其他方面提供了资助。经过评审的论文将被发表和邀请，全体会议将被数字化记录，并通过莱斯大学的在线档案提供给科学界。可在http://www.stat.rice.edu/~jrojo/3rd-Lehmann找到专题讨论会的网页。

The Third Erich L. Lehmann SymposiumThe four-day conference is the third of a series of symposia. The goal of the symposia is to examine the role that optimality can play, or should play, in modern statistics. Due to the advent of high throughput data collection technology and the parallel development of computing power to analyze such data, it often happens that statistical theory gives way to raw computing power. Although most of the new exciting statistical methodologies have provided tools to make headway in many important scientific problems, a need to generalize and systematize this knowledge is now quite evident. The Third Symposium will take place at Rice University during May 16th - 19th and will bring together a group of experts to discuss cutting-edge research optimality ideas in the context of modern statistical methodologies. It is believed that, although much progress has taken place in areas such as data visualization and data mining and knowledge discovery among others, the subjects are ripe for the development of an optimality paradigm that allows for objective comparisons of methodologies. This new paradigm, although still to be defined, is necessary to push the research frontiers in these important disciplines. The conference will showcase new developments by leading researchers in an environment conducive to the development of new human resources.This proposal will fund airfare and per diem expenses support for twelve young investigators and eight Ph.D. students to attend the conference. Women and minority young investigators and Ph.D. students will be actively recruited and encouraged to apply. Pfizer, Rice University, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and MD Anderson Cancer Center have made contributions to fund other aspects of the conference. Refereed papers will be published and invited and plenary sessions will be digitally recorded and made available to the scientific community through Rice University's online archives. An evolving webpage for the Symposium may be found at http://www.stat.rice.edu/~jrojo/3rd-Lehmann.