2024 Hollander Distinguished Lecture: Reasoning from Data in Science
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On Friday, Oct. 4, the FSU Department of Statistics will host a leader in the application of statistics and neuroscience to present the 2024 Hollander Distinguished Lecture. This event is free to the public, and registration is required.
Robert E. Kass, the Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Computational Neuroscience in the Department of Statistics and Data Science, the Machine Learning Department, and the Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, will present “Reasoning from Data in Science” at 11 a.m. in Duxbury Hall Room 214. The live talk will also be accessible via Zoom.
"In statistical research and teaching, we rightly focus on technical methods but, in my view, especially in teaching, the underlying attitudes and principles are often given too little attention," Kass said. Kass will discuss three general themes that explain many advances in reasoning from data: rigor, faith and pragmatism.
The Myles Hollander Distinguished Lectureship was established by Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor and statistics professor emeritus at Florida State University Myles Hollander, in appreciation of the university, its statistics department, and the statistics profession. The annual lectureship recognizes an internationally renowned leader and pioneering researcher in statistics who has made a sustained impact on the field, and the lectures will feature topics spanning the breadth of statistics.
The Myles Hollander Distinguished Lectureship is sponsored by the National Institute of Statistical Sciences, the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
To learn more about Robert Kass, Myles Hollander, and this year's lecture, visit fla.st/6X1IG5SR. To register for this year’s event, visit fla.st/EHH9KSR9.