The conference, held on July 13-14, 2023 at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, is a celebration of Professor Dipak Kumar Dey's 70th birthday. The event brings together Dr. Dey's former students, collaborators, friends, and mentors to recognize his significant contributions to the field of Statistics. The conference program covers a broad range of topics, from cutting-edge statistical modeling and inference to innovative data science techniques in various applications.

Prof. Dipak K. Dey is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Connecticut. He is a renowned statistician known for his pioneering work in Bayesian analysis, decision science, and model selection. Prof. Dey earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute and a Ph.D. in Statistics from Purdue University, under the supervision of Prof. Jim Berger. With over 260 research articles published in reputable national and international journals, and over 10 books and edited volumes to his name, he has made a significant impact on the field of statistics and data science. Before joining the University of Connecticut in 1985, Prof. Dey held academic positions at Stanford University, the University of Kentucky, and Texas Tech University, and has also held visiting appointments at several universities and institutions worldwide. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the International Society for Bayesian Analysis, and the International Statistical Institute, and has received numerous awards and honors for his work.

Prof. Dey's research has been applied in a wide range of interdisciplinary and applied fields, including biometry, bioinformatics, genetics, econometrics, environmental science, and social science. He has supervised over 40 Ph.D. students and has given over 200 professional talks at colloquia, seminars, and conferences worldwide. He has served as an associate editor for several statistical journals, including the Journal of the American Statistical Association (1997-1999), the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (2001-2003), and is currently the editor in chief of Sankhya since 2016.