Revisiting the Foundations of Statistics in the Era of Big Data: Scaling Up to Meet the Challenge

10 a.m.–noon Computational Challenges in Genomic Medicine Jill Mesirov, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Broad Institute Selection, Significance, and Signification: Issues in High Energy Physics Kent Staley, Philosophy, Saint Louis University 1:30–5:30 p.m. Multi-Resolution Inference: An Engineering (Engineered?) Foundation of Statistical Inference Xiao-Li Meng, Statistics, Harvard University Is the Philosophy of Probabilism an Obstacle to Statistical Fraud Busting? Deborah Mayo, Philosophy, Virginia Tech Targeted Learning from Big Data Mark van der Laan, Biostatistics and Statistics, UC Berkeley Panel Discussion **Cosponsored by the BU Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

When 10:00 am to 5:30 pm on Friday, February 21, 2014
Building Photonics Center
Room 9th Floor Colloquium Room (906)
Contact Name Erin Seeba
Phone 3-2406
Contact Email cphs@bu.edu
Contact Organization Center for Philosophy and History of Science
Fees Free
Speakers Jill Mesirov, Kent Staley, Xiao-Li Meng, Deborah Mayo, Mark van der Laan