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

第三个埃里希L。莱曼研讨会为期四天的会议是一系列研讨会的第三次。研讨会的目的是研究最优性在现代统计学中可以或应该发挥的作用。由于高吞吐量数据收集技术的出现以及分析此类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。虽然大多数新的令人兴奋的统计方法提供了在许多重要的科学问题上取得进展的工具，但现在很明显需要将这些知识加以推广和系统化。第三届研讨会将于5月16日至19日在莱斯大学举行，届时将汇集一批专家，讨论现代统计方法背景下的前沿研究最优思想。据认为，虽然在数据可视化和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，可以发展一种最佳范式，以便对各种方法进行客观比较。这种新的范式，虽然仍有待定义，是必要的，以推动这些重要学科的研究前沿。会议将展示领先的研究人员在有利于开发新的人力资源的环境中的新发展。该提案将为12名年轻研究人员和8名博士提供机票和每日津贴。学生参加会议。妇女和少数民族青年研究人员和博士并会积极招募及鼓励学生申请。辉瑞公司、莱斯大学、德克萨斯大学休斯顿健康科学中心和MD安德森癌症中心为会议的其他方面提供了资金。将出版和邀请参考论文，全体会议将进行数字记录，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上找到专题讨论会不断发展的网页。

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.