Statistics and Data Science at the University of Central Florida is delighted to host the 2025 Annual ASA Florida Chapter Meeting on February 7th and 8th, 2025. We look forward to warmly welcoming you in Orlando!
Date: February 7th and February 8th, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816
Agenda: Meeting Schedule
Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success!
Registration
Student Registration: $25
Abstract Submission
Deadline for abstract submission is February 1st, 2025.
All abstracts have to be submitted online.
Important: If you submitted your abstract but did not receive a confirmation email from no-reply@qualtrics-research.com (or ucfstatdatascience@gmail.com), please contact us at ucfstatdatascience@gmail.com.
Student Paper/Poster Competition
Student Paper/Poster Competition/Travel Award for ASA FL Chapter 2025
The ASA Florida Chapter is pleased to announce a student paper/poster competition for research in statistical methodology, theory, and applications. Winners of the competition will receive partial support to attend the ASA FL Chapter 2025 meeting in Orlando, Florida.
Eligibility:
- Full-time students (undergraduate, master’s, or Ph.D.) enrolled at a university in Florida on or after September 1, 2024, are eligible.
- Recipients must travel to the ASA FL Chapter 2025 meeting and present their work in a contributed talk or poster session to receive the travel award.
Application Deadline:
- February 1, 2025, by 5 PM EST
Prizes:
- Multiple travel awards will be granted to student winners.
- Winners will also present their work in contributed talk or poster sessions at ASA FL Chapter 2025.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jianqing Fan
Frederick L. Moore ’18 Professor of Finance
Professor of Statistics and Machine Learning
Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Jianqing Fan, is a statistician, financial econometrician, and data scientist. He is Frederick L. Moore ’18 Professor of Finance, Professor of Statistics, and Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at the Princeton University, where he chaired the department from 2012 to 2015. He is the winner of The 2000 COPSS Presidents’ Award, Morningside Gold Medal for Applied Mathematics (2007), Guggenheim Fellow (2009), Pao-Lu Hsu Prize (2013), Guy Medal in Silver (2014), Noether Distinguished Scholar (2018), Le Cam Award and Lectures (2021). He got elected to Academician from Academia Sinica (中央研究院院士) in 2012 and Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium (比利时皇家科学院院士) in 2023.
More information about Dr. Jianqing Fan
Plenary Speaker
Dr. Ji-Hyun Lee
Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Florida
Associate Director for Cancer Quantitative Sciences at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center
President of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
Dr. Ji-Hyun Lee is a Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Florida and Associate Director for the Cancer Quantitative Sciences at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center (UFHCC). Her role at the UFHCC involves providing strategic leadership and direction, fostering rigorous and integrated research among Cancer Center scientists. Dr. Lee earned her master’s and doctorate in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on the design and conduct of clinical trials, cluster/group randomized trials, methods for repeated measurements, and best statistical practices. She also serves on the scientific review and monitoring committee for UFHCC’s therapeutic clinical trials.
More information about Dr. Ji-Hyun Lee
HotelS Information
Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East/UCF Area
- Location: 1959 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32826
- Group Rate: $159 plus tax per night for February 6-8, 2025
- Rate Expiration Date: February 2, 2025
- Complimentary breakfast and parking
- Booking: Each individual guest must make their own reservation either by using the booking link or by calling 1-866-311-6110 and identifying themselves as a member of the group before the designated rate expiration date.
La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Orlando UCF
- Location: 11805 Research Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32826
- Group Rate: $129 plus tax per night for February 6-8, 2025
- Rate Expiration Date: February 5, 2025
- Complimentary breakfast and parking
- Booking: Each individual guest must make their own reservation either by using the booking link or by calling 1-407-737-6075 and identifying themselves as a member of the group before the designated rate expiration date.
Parking Information
- Virtual daily parking permits for visitors can be purchased at the UCF Parking Portal: https://secure.parking.ucf.edu/parkingportal/DayPermits/DayPermitDefault.aspx.
- Daily permits are valid in all of the “D” parking lots and garages. “D” parking areas are denoted with GREEN signs. For a complete listing of parking areas, visit: https://parking.ucf.edu/maps/. Parking permit is not required on weekends.
Student Competition Award Winners
Congratulations to our Student Competition Award winners Kang Li, Yi Liu, Berkin Uluutku.
Kang Li
Yi Liu
Berkin Uluutku
Joshua White
Please contact ucfstatdatascience@gmail.com with any questions.
ASA Florida Chapter Meeting Organizing Committee: Dr. Hsin-Hsiung “Bill” Huang and Dr. Suyeon Kang.