Award Abstract # 2006304
The 8th Workshop on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

NSF Org: DMS
Division Of Mathematical Sciences
Recipient: GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
Initial Amendment Date: January 28, 2020
Latest Amendment Date: March 2, 2023
Award Number: 2006304
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: Yong Zeng
yzeng@nsf.gov
 (703)292-7299
DMS
 Division Of Mathematical Sciences
MPS
 Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
Start Date: May 1, 2020
End Date: April 30, 2024 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $8,000.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $8,000.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2020 = $8,000.00
History of Investigator:
  • Yichuan Zhao (Principal Investigator)
    yichuan@gsu.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
58 EDGEWOOD AVE NE
ATLANTA
GA  US  30303-2921
(404)413-3570
Sponsor Congressional District: 05
Primary Place of Performance: Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4038
Atlanta
GA  US  30302-3965
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
05
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): MNS7B9CVKDN7
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s): STATISTICS
Primary Program Source: 01002021DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s): 7556
Program Element Code(s): 126900
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.049

ABSTRACT

The 8th Workshop on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics will be held on the campus of Georgia State University, Atlanta, May 8-10, 2020. The goal of the workshop is to reflect recent advances in biostatistics and bioinformatics and the new challenges in these research areas. The invited speakers include renowned experts and promising young researchers. Graduate students and postdocs will gain valuable research experience by making poster presentations. Four to five Best Student Poster Awards of the ASA Georgia Chapter will be selected and announced during the award ceremony of the workshop. In addition, a short course "Learning and Implementing Bayesian Adaptive Designs" will be provided during the workshop. The workshop will encourage graduate students and junior researchers as poster speakers or participants. In particular, the conference organizers will invite a large number of early-career and underrepresented researchers to participate in the workshop.

The workshop will focus on frontiers of high-dimensional and big data analyses, recent advances in causal inference, new developments in functional data analysis, new frontiers in fMRI data analysis, and generate opportunities for collaboration, discussion and dissemination of new ideas. The workshop will establish an excellent platform for close collaboration between different universities in the research of biostatistics and bioinformatics. The conference organizers will contact appropriate departments of historically black universities in the Metro Atlanta area, invite underrepresented members to participate in the workshop, and encourage them to apply for financial support through this award. The travel supports provided by this grant are particularly for junior researchers and graduate students. More information about the workshop can be found at https://math.gsu.edu/yichuan/2020Workshop/index.html.

This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

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