R. Clifton Bailey Seminar Series
The Department of Statistics hosts weekly seminars featuring leading researchers and practitioners who share their latest research in statistical methodology development, applications of statistical tools in different fields, data science, and AI.
These seminars provide a dynamic forum for discussing innovative approaches, emerging challenges, and interdisciplinary applications. Students gain valuable exposure to new trends and techniques – an essential part of their learning – sharpening research skills and broadening perspectives.
Faculty, students, and guests are all welcome to join the exchange of ideas and build connections across the statistical community.
Statistician R.Clifton Bailey of McLean, Virginia, who has several decades of experience working on high-profile statistical studies for the government, sponsors the weekly seminars.
New Fall 2026 Speakers/Dates:
- 9/11/2026 | Stefano Castruccio | Notre Dame
- 9/18/2026 | Ying Lu | Stanford
- 9/25/2026 | Lulu Kang |University of Mass Amherst
- 10/2/2026 |NO SEMINAR (Faculty Retreat)
- 10/9/2026 |Martin Lindquist | Johns Hopkins
- 10/16/2026 | Ejaz Ahmad | Brock University
- 10/23/2026 | Arun Kumar Kuchibhotla | Carnegie Mellon
- 10/30/2026 | NO SEMINAR (ASA VA Chapter Meeting) | George Mason University
- 11/6/2026 | NO SEMINAR (School of Computing PhD Research Symposium)| George Mason University
- 11/13/2026 | Piotr Kokoszka | Colorado State
- 11/20/2026 | Jungeum Kim | North Carolina State University
- 11/27/2026 | NO SEMINAR (Thanksgiving Break)
- 12/4/2026 | Robert Mnatsakanov | West Virginia University
Spring 2026 Seminar Dates
Seminars will be held from 11 a.m. - noon in the Jajodia Auditorium. Located in the Nguyen Engineering Building, room 1101.
- January 23 | Jaewoo Park, assistant professor, department of applied statistics, Yonsei University
- January 30 | Robert Mnatsakanov, professor, department of mathematics, West Virginia University
- February 6 | Lei Li, AI and Statistical Consultant LunarAI LLC
- February 13 | Lizhen Lin, professor and STAT program director, department of mathematics, University of Maryland-College Park
- February 20 | Bo Li, Stanley A. Sawyer Professor, department of statistics and data science, Washington University in St. Louis
- February 27 | Yang Feng, professor and PhD program director, department of biostatistics, New York University
- March 6 | Daniel Nevo, professor, department of statistics and operations research, Tel Aviv University
- March 20 | Xiaoke Zhang, associate professor, department of statistics, George Washington University
- April 3 | Zhengwu Zhang, associate professor and director of admissions, MS program department of statistics and operations research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- April 10 | Alexander Aue, professor, department of statistics, University of California-Davis
- April 17 | R. Todd Ogden, professor and vice chair, department of biostatistics, Columbia University
- April 24 | Stef Baas, research associate, MRC biostatistics unit, University of Cambridge
- May 1 | Runze Li, Emberly Family Chair, professor and chair of graduate studies, department of statistics, the Pennsylvania State University