08:40–10:20 | Parallel Session 20a1 - Machine Learning / AI
Chair: Hua Tang
Speakers: Hongyu Zhao, Hsuan-Yu Chen, Nilah Monnier Ioannidis, Marc Coram
08:40–10:20 | Parallel Session 20a2 - Recent Advancements in Design of Experiments
Chair: John Stufken
Speakers: Jing-Wen Huang, Ming-Hung (Jason) Kao, Wei Zheng, Cheng-Yu Sun
08:40–10:20 | Parallel Session 20a3 - Causal Inference
Chair: Yen-Tsung Huang
Speakers: Gary Chan, Caleb Miles, Yi Zhao, Kwangho Kim
08:40–10:20 | Parallel Session 20a5 - Recent Advances in Network and Tensor Data Analysis
Chair: Biao Cai
Speakers: Dong Xia, Wanjie Wang, Yichen Zhang, Emma Jingfei Zhang
08:40–10:20 | Parallel Session 20a6 - Advances in Statistical Modeling and Inference for High-dimensional and Functional Data
Chair: Li-Shan Huang
Speakers: Xin Tong, Jin-Ting Zhang, Tianming Zhu
08:40–10:20 | Parallel Session 20a7 - Recent Advances in Clinical Trials
Chair: Naitee Ting
Speakers: Jingjing Ye, Guangyu Tong, Feng-Chang Lin, Jingzhen (Ginger) Yang, Tom Jensen
08:40–10:20 | Parallel Session 20a8 - New Advances in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Chair: Shuangge Ma / Hao Mei
Speakers: Bao-Zhu Yang, Chien-wei Chuang, Hao Mei
08:40–10:20 | Parallel Session 20a9 - Innovations in Statistical Methodology for Complex Data: Spatial Omics, Stochastic Optimization, Network Integration, and Microscopy Image Analysis
Chair: Yuchao Jiang
Speakers: Qiwei Li, Jesus Arroyo, Abhishek Roy, Chongzhi Zang
08:40–10:20 | Parallel Session 20a10 - Statistical and Algorithmic Foundations of Diffusion Models
Chair: Yan-Bin Chen
Speakers: Yihong Wu, Changxiao Cai, Yuejie Chi
10:40–12:20 | Parallel Session 20b1 - Modern Functional Data Methods with Applications to Environmental Studies
Chair: Shih-Hao Huang
Speakers: Toshinari Morimoto, Ruey S. Tsay, Yen-Shiu Chin
10:40–12:20 | Parallel Session 20b2 - Subsampling
Chair: Ming-Hung (Jason) Kao
Speakers: Min Yang, Lin Wang, HaiYing Wang, John Stufken
10:40–12:20 | Parallel Session 20b3 - Recent Advances in Time Series Analysis
Chair: George Michailidis
Speakers: Cathy Chen, Ying Chao Hung, Sumanta Basu
10:40–12:20 | Parallel Session 20b5 - Recent Developments in Survival Analysis and Deep Learning
Chair: Kin Yat Liu
Speakers: Kin Yau Wong, Kin Yat Liu, Qiushi Bu
10:40–12:20 | Parallel Session 20b7 - Applied Probability
Chair: Yi-Ching Yao
Speakers: Mei-Hui Guo, May-Ru Chen, Shoou-Ren Hsiau
10:40–12:20 | Parallel Session 20b8 - Regulatory Advances in Clinical Trials
Chair: Guei-Feng (Cindy) Tsai
Speakers: Takumi Aoki, Tzu-Chuan Lin, Frank Bretz, Qian Helen Li
13:20–15:00 | Parallel Session 20c1 - New fronts on Machine learning
Chair: Jane-Ling Wang
Speakers: George Chen, Jonas Mueller, Xiaoli Meng
13:20–15:00 | Parallel Session 20c2 - Modern Advances in Learning, Robust Modeling, and Structure for High-Dimensional Data
Chair: Shao-Hsuan Wang
Speakers: Hung Hung, Kazuyoshi Yata, Raed Al Kontar, Elio Zhang
13:20–15:00 | Parallel Session 20c3 - Advances in Financial Econometrics and Network Modeling
Chair: Cathy Chen
Speakers: Chor-yiu Sin, Mike K.P. So, Boris Choy
13:20–15:00 | Parallel Session 20c4 - Recent Advances in Data Science
Chair: Hsuan-Yu Chen
Speakers: Ting Li
13:20–15:00 | Parallel Session 20c5 - Lead Science and Clinical Research — Career Panel Discussion
Chair: Haoda Fu
Speakers: Dacheng Liu, Jingyuan Yang, Thomas Liu, Xun Chen, Lei Wang
13:20–15:00 | Parallel Session 20c6 - Flexible Inference: Nonparametrics, Causality, and Large Language Models
Chair: Fang Liu
Speakers: Jun Shao, Xiaowu Dai, Yuhua Zhu
13:20–15:00 | Parallel Session 20c7 - Recent Advances in Network Data Analysis
Chair: Feng Liang
Speakers: Joshua Agterberg, Hao Chen, Srijan Sengupta
13:20–15:00 | Parallel Session 20c8 - Complex Data Analysis in Environmental and Health Studies
Chair: Zeny Feng
Speakers: Jiahua Chen, Elif Acar, William Wong, Zeny Feng
13:20–15:00 | Parallel Session 20c9 - Statistical Analyses Methods for Integrating Multi-Omics Data with Application to Personalized Medication
Chair: Maiying Kong
Speakers: Qi Zheng, Shih-Ting Huang
13:20–15:00 | Parallel Session 20c10 - Causal Inference for Complex Designs
Chair: Yen-Tsun Huang
Speakers: Fan Li, Ruoqi Yu, Xinran Li
15:20–17:00 | Parallel Session 20d1 - Causal Inference: Episode II
Chair: Fang Liu
Speakers: Fan Li, Yen-Tsun Huang, Shu-Chin Lin, Changbo Zhu
15:20–17:00 | Parallel Session 20d2 - Frontiers in Knowledge Creation and Discovery
Chair: Chen-Hsiang Yeang
Speakers: Masato S. Abe, Naoki Yoshimaru, Arthur Chihhsin Tsai, Tso-Jung Yen
15:20–17:00 | Parallel Session 20d3 - Advances in Stratified and Error-Prone Data Analysis
Chair: Ting Li
Speakers: Yichuan Zhao, Li-Pang Chen, Hua Shen
15:20–17:00 | Parallel Session 20d5 - Recent Advances in Statistical Learning for Complex Data Structures
Chair: Hsueh-Han Huang
Speakers: Mingxuan Cai, Yi Chen, Saifei Sun, Biao Cai
15:20–17:00 | Parallel Session 20d6 - New Advances in Machine Learning and AI
Chair: Yan-Bin Chen
Speakers: Shuangge Ma, Bin Nan
15:20–17:00 | Parallel Session 20d7 - Innovations in Machine Learning for Financial Data Analysis
Chair: Nuttanan Wichitaksorn
Speakers: Wilson Ye Chen, Chao Wang, Nuttanan Wichitaksorn, Sanghyeok Lee
15:20–17:00 | Parallel Session 20d8 - Understanding the Biological Heterogeneity of Complex Traits through Omics Data
Chair: Hua Tang
Speakers: Yun Li, Xiang Zhou, Wei Pan, Zhu Xiaofeng
15:20–17:00 | Parallel Session 20d9 - Innovations in Survival Analysis and Clinical Trials for Biomedical Research
Chair: Cheng-Shiun Leu
Speakers: Chia-Hui Huang, Yu Gu, Cheng-Shiun Leu
