Time (EDT)
Session
Room
5:30-7
Networking Mixer
Data and Decision Sciences Building Atrium
DDS Atrium
Time (EDT)
Session
Room
4:45-5:10
REGISTRATION
NCB
5:10-5:20
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
Sierra Merkes, Assistant Collegiate Professor, Virginia Tech Dept. of Statistics
Tom Woteki, Director, Virginia Tech Academy of Data Science
NCB 220
5:20 - 6:05
OPENING KEYNOTE
Alison Motsinger-Reif, Chief, Biostatistics & Computational Biology Branch and Principal Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
NCB 220
6:05 - 7:00
POSTER SESSION
Refreshments will be provided and networking during this time is encouraged.
NCB 220
7:00-7:10
BREAK
7:10 - 8:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: Getting Recognition for Excellence in Data Science
Moderators
Adeline Guthrie, PhD Student, Virginia Tech Dept. of Statistics
Alicia Arneson, PhD Student, Virginia Tech Dept. of Biology
Panelists
Rebecca Medlin, Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses
Gina Maria Pomann, Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University
Sarah Ratcliffe, Professor & Director, Division of Biostatistics, Dept. Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia
McKenna Magoffin, Data Scientist, Socially Determined
NCB 220
8:00 - 8:30
CLOSING KEYNOTE
Rebecca Nugent Department Head, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
NCB 220
8:30-8:45
CLOSING REMARKS
NCB 220