During July 7-9, 2023, the Second International Workshop on Statistical Theory and Related Fields (STARF 2023) was held at Nankai University. The conference was initiated by the editorial office of Statistical Theory and Related Fields (STARF) and co-sponsored by the Chinese Society of Applied Statistics, School of Statistics of East China Normal University and School of Statistics and Data Science of Nankai University.
The conference was broadcast online by Zoom, and was attended by over 200 experts and scholars in statistics from home and abroad, either online or offline.
The opening ceremony was hosted by Professor Minqian Liu, Deputy Dean of the School of Statistics and Data Science of Nankai University. Professor Zhiming Ma, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dean of the School of Statistics and Data Science of Nankai University, Professor Zhou Yu, Deputy Director of the Faculty of Economics and Management of East China Normal University and Professor Mingyao Ai, Deputy Director of the Chinese Society of Applied Statistics, delivered speeches.
The conference consists of both plenary talks and invited talks. In particular, member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Professor Min Xie of the City University of Hong Kong, Professor Hongtu Zhu of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor Zhengjun Zhang of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Yongdao Zhou of the School of Statistics and Data Science of Nankai University, Dr. Haoda Fu, Senior Research Consultant of Eli Lilly, and Professor Liping Zhu, Dean of the Institute of Statistics and Big Data of Renmin University of China, Professor Yukun Liu, School of Statistics, East China Normal University were invited as keynote speakers.
In addition, the conference also organized sessions for the bioinformatics data analysis, experimental design theory and application, big data artificial intelligence, mathematics and intelligent science, statistical methods for reliability and maintenance, industrial statistics and statistical journal development, with a total of over 60 talks delivered.
The International Workshop on Statistical Theory and Related Fields (started in 2021) is a biennial activity which aims to promote the international communication and exchanges among statistical researchers. The next conference will be held at Yunnan University in 2025.