4:00 AM
1:00 PM
2019 Rao Prize Conference
The Department of Statistics at Penn State will hold a one-day conference on Monday, May 6, 2019, to honor Professor Grace Wahba, the 2019 C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize Recipient, Professor Tailen Hsing, the 2019 C. G. Khatri Lecturer, and Professor Doug Nychka, the 2019 P. R. Krishnaiah Lecturer.
The C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize was established by C. R. and Bhargavi Rao to honor and recognize outstanding and influential innovations in the theory and practice of mathematical statistics, international leadership in directing statistical research, and pioneering contributions by a recognized leader in the field of statistics.
The C. G. Khatri Memorial Lectureship and P. R. Krishnaiah Memorial Lectureship, which began as two Visiting Scholars programs in 1992, honor the memory of C. G. Khatri and P. R. Krishnaiah by inviting outstanding researchers in statistics to deliver lectures at Penn State.
 |
Rao Prize Winner
Grace Wahba |
 |
Khatri Lecturer Tailen Hsing |
 |
Krishnaiah Lecturer Doug Nychka Colorado School of Mines "Non-stationary spatial data: think globally act locally" |
Speakers
Session 1
Rao Prize Winner: Grace Wahba
Ming Yuan, Columbia University
Bharath Sriperumbudur, Penn State University
Session 2
Khatri Lecturer: Tailen Hsing, University of Michigan
Alex Smola, Amazon Web Services
Session 3
Krishnaiah Lecturer: Doug Nychka, Colorado School of Mines
Hao Helen Zhang, University of Arizona
Location
The one-day (8:00 am - 5:00 pm) conference will be held on the University Park campus of Penn State University in 100 Life Sciences, Berg Auditorium. University Park campus map for more details.
Poster Session Information
All Rao Prize Conference registrants, in particular statistics Ph.D. students, are invited to participate in the poster session, third-floor bridge of the Life Sciences Building from 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm lunch included.
* We strongly encourage students in the Statistics Ph.D. program in particular.
Organizing Committee
Lorey Burghard, Jim Rosenberger, Dennis Lin, Qunhua Li, Glenn Johnson, and Lingzhou Xue.
Contact
For further information, please contact Lorey Burghard at lfb109@psu.edu