2024 SETCASA Poster Session

About

The annual poster session of SETCASA is a great opportunity for junior statisticians in the region to showcase their research and network with their peers. Both statisticians and applied scientists working on problems with a strong statistical component are invited to attend or present their research. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Eligibility

Everyone is welcome to attend the event, but to participate in the competition, you need to be an undergraduate, graduate student, or you obtained the most recent Ph.D. degree after Jan 2020. We expect that cash prizes will be awarded to the top 3 posters.

Session information

Location: Room 453 (Fisher Bowl) of the Blocker Building (155 Ireland St., College Station, TX 77840).

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm.

Lunch: Food will be served to all attendees and presenters for free during the event around noon.

Poster size: We will provide poster boards of size 30'' x 40''.

This event is organized by SETCASA, with funds provided by the ASA and the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M University. Please consider becoming a member of SETCASA.

Registration

There is no registration fee, and we expect that free lunch will be provided to all attendees.

• For a poster presentation, please register by April 15th here: https://forms.gle/M9GsL4mQW6uTAZWZ7

• If you are planning to attend the event without a poster presentation, please RSVP by April 24th here: https://forms.gle/Uo1hsypyTjEHHFYY6
  
  

Program

We are excited to have 17 submissions from undergraduate, graduate students and postdocs. Please find the book of abstracts below.

Results

Winners of SETCASA Poster Competition (graduate students and postdocs)

• Gold: Saptarshi Roy

• Silver:  Niladri Kal

• Bronze: Valeriya Rogovchenko

• Honorable mentions: Gözde Sert, Isaac Ray, Anamitra Chaudhuri

Winner of Undergraduate Poster Competition

• Gold: Sophia Lazcano

Pictures

Here are some shots from the event. All pictures taken by Judith Moreno and Ana Ferreira.

Acknowledgments

We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to:

• Judith Moreno, Ana Ferreira, student workers (AJ, Jackson, Ethan & Enrique), and all staff at the Department of Statistics (Athena Robinson, Elaine James, et al.) for helping us organize the poster competition,

• Huiyan Sang and Courtney Shuttlesworth for organizing the undergraduate poster competition of TAMU Statistics (jointly held with the SETCASA poster competition),

• all the poster judges (SETCASA officers, Quan Zhou, Abhishek Chakrabortty, Trevor Harris, Toryn Schafer, Nilanjana Laha),

• Brani Vidakovic, all the faculty at the Department of Statistics, and all previous SETCASA officers for their support.

This event was supported by SETCASA (Southeast Texas Chapter of American Statistical Association) and the Department of Statistics of Texas A&M University. The 2024 SETCASA officers are Jesús Arroyo (President), Scott Bruce (Vice President), Sharmistha Guha (Secretary), and Runmin Wang (Treasurer).