International Day Of Women in Statistics and Data Science: Full Schedule

Registration opens August 15th at www.idwsds.org.

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07:00 UTC

S204 - Creating Global Connections Through Early Statistical Leadership in Rare Disease Trials

Tuesday October 6, 2026 07:00 - 07:30 UTC

In complex clinical research, collaboration begins well before database lock or final analysis. It begins when statisticians are involved early enough in protocol development to shape what is measurable, sustainable, and meaningful for patients. This presentation uses a rare pediatric dermatology trial as a case study to show how early statistical input can prevent avoidable missing data before the first participant is enrolled.

The original design was scientifically ambitious but operationally burdensome, with frequent in-clinic visits, narrow assessment windows, and substantial caregiver burden. Statistically, this created a foreseeable risk of informative missingness, loss to follow-up, and reduced interpretability in a small and vulnerable population. Early statistical leadership helped reframe the design around feasibility as well as rigor.

The talk will illustrate how collaboration among statisticians, clinicians, programmers, operations teams, and digital partners can reduce this risk. Examples include identifying burden-sensitive endpoints, anticipating missing-data pathways, and considering remote ePRO, image capture, or AI-supported skin assessment to replace selected in-person visits without compromising data quality.

The broader message is that statistics is not only an analysis discipline; it is also a design and connecting discipline.

Speakers

Shrutimita Pokhariyal

PHASTAR

Shrutimita Pokhariyal is an experienced biostatistics professional with over 14 years in clinical research, with expertise spanning multiple phases of clinical trials. Her work includes statistical strategy, study design, protocol and SAP development, and collaboration across cross-functional... Read More →

Chairs/Hosts

Shrutimita Pokhariyal

PHASTAR

Organizers

Shrutimita Pokhariyal

PHASTAR

Tuesday October 6, 2026 07:00 - 07:30 UTC
Zoom Room #2

Plenary Talk, Career or Professional Development Session

Country India
Session ID 204

08:00 UTC

S304 - Education and Leadership 1

Tuesday October 6, 2026 08:00 - 09:00 UTC

Zoom Room #3

A Bayesian satellite turbidity calibration algorithm framework with a focus on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia | A Statistical Framework for Educational Analytics Using Learning Management System Data: A Data-Driven Approach to Improving Student Learning | Implementing the ADAPT Model: Measuring Fidelity and Translating Research into Instructor Support | Implementation of Machine Learning Techniques for analyzing Autism Spectrum Disorder children through Art Emotion Extraction

Speakers

Nasim Sadra

PhD Candidate, Massey University

I am a PhD candidate in New Zealand with a background in Civil Engineering. I later moved into remote sensing and data science, developing an interest in using these tools to better understand environmental processes. My current research focuses on satellite remote sensing and statistical... Read More →

Abinaya Nagamuthu

Senior Lecturer

I am a Senior Lecturer in Statistics at IBSUniversity in Papua New Guinea and an Adjunct Lecturer at Southern Cross University with a strong academic background in statistics, business analytics, and econometrics. I hold an M.Phil. in Statistics and have completed a professional certification... Read More →

Laura Short

North Carolina State University

Laurie Short is a third-year PhD student in the Department of STEM Education at North Carolina State University. Her research focuses on college-level mathematics education, with a specific interest in the preparation of mathematics graduate teaching assistants. She has also researched... Read More →

Vijayalakshmi C

Professor, Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics,Central University of Tamil Nadu,Thiruvarur

Professor & Head in the Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, Central University of Tamil Nadu. The teaching milestone records 25 years and 2 years industry. Published 136 research articles in journals with high IF and 79 papers in conference proceedings. The Google scholar... Read More →

Organizers

IDWSDS Program Committee

IDWSDS

S303 Abstracts pdf

Tuesday October 6, 2026 08:00 - 09:00 UTC
Zoom Room #3

Contributed Session, Technical Statistical Session, Other

Country United States, Papua New Guinea, India
Session ID 303

10:00 UTC

S402 - Selected Topics in Statistical Methods and Applications

Tuesday October 6, 2026 10:00 - 12:00 UTC

Zoom Room #4

Beyond the Average: Random Slope Models for Revealing Territorial and Gender Inequalities | Randomization Inference on Policy Assignments | Becker’s models for mixture experiments: An A-optimal approach | Inference for GMANOVA model for Volatile Data

Speakers

Naomi Diz Rosales

PhD Student in Statistics, Universidade da Coruña

I hold a PhD in Statistics from the Universidade da Coruña (UDC), where my research focused on the development of mixed models with random slopes for Small Area Estimation. My work combines statistical methodology with applications to socioeconomic and public health challenges, including... Read More →

EunYi Chung

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

She is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, specializing in econometric theory. Her research focuses on developing improved methods of statistical inference for evaluating the causal effects of policy interventions using both experimental... Read More →

Bushra Husain

ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH, U.P., INDIA

Bushra Husain, Professor is the Chairperson of Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., India and has been working as Faculty of Statistics at Women's College since 2003. She has obtained B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Statistics... Read More →

Sudeepta Pal

PhD Scholar at IIT Hyderabad

I am currently pursuing my PhD in Statistics at IIT Hyderabad, where I also work as a Teaching Assistant. My research mainly focuses on statistical theory, multivariate analysis, and computational statistics. I cleared two of India's toughest competitive exams with high ranks, securing... Read More →

Organizers

IDWSDS Program Committee

IDWSDS

S402 Abstracts pdf

Tuesday October 6, 2026 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Zoom Room #4

Contributed Session, Technical Statistical Session

Country Spain, United States, India
Session ID 402

11:00 UTC

Tuesday October 6, 2026 11:00 - 12:00 UTC

Zoom Room #1

Speakers

Dootika Vats

Department of Statistics and Data Science, IIT Kanpur

Organizers

IDWSDS Program Committee

IDWSDS

Tuesday October 6, 2026 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
Zoom Room #1

Keynote Session

Country India
Session ID K3

13:00 UTC

S211 - Statistical applications across various domains from India

Tuesday October 6, 2026 13:00 - 14:00 UTC

Zoom Room #2

Statistical applications and data analytics drive critical advancements across major global sectors. By leveraging historical data and predictive modeling, these methodologies improve efficiency, reduce risks, and optimize resource allocation worldwide. This session will focus on how statistical tools and methodologies enable data-driven decision making aacross different domains such as banking, business analytics, agriculture and healthcare in India. We have speakers from academia, government and different industries providing us with an inside journey of their work.

Speakers

Sumaiya Sande

Wells Fargo

Dr. Sumaiya Sande is a Data Scientist and Credit Risk modelling professional with a PhD in
Statistics and Applied Probability from the National University of Singapore. She specializes in
machine learning, deep learning, statistical modeling, and credit risk analytics, with exp... Read More →

Swastika Mohapatro

Google

Swastika Mohapatra is a Research Data Scientist on the Analytics, Insights, and Measurement team within Google Ads. Over the past two years, her work has focused on building models to accurately measure digital ad campaign performance, sitting at the intersection of predictive modeling... Read More →

Yogita Gharde

ICAR–Directorate of Weed Research (ICAR-DWR), Jabalpur, India.

Dr. Yogita Gharde is currently serving as Senior Scientist (Agricultural Statistics) at the
ICAR–Directorate of Weed Research (ICAR-DWR), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. She
earned her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Agricultural Statistics from the ICAR–Indian Agricultural
Statistics... Read More →

Sharvari Shukla

Symbiosis Statistical Institute, Symbiosis International University

Sharvari Shukla is a Professor and Director at Symbiosis Statistical
Institute, India. Sharvari is a thought leader and well regarded
influencer working at the intersection of Medical Statistics and Data
Science. In a prior assignment she was leading clinical research and
cli... Read More →

Chairs/Hosts

Sayantee Jana

Organizers

Sayantee Jana

S211 Abstracts pdf

Tuesday October 6, 2026 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Zoom Room #2

Invited Session, Technical Statistical Session

Country India
Session ID 211

17:00 UTC

S119 - Statistical Methods and Applications 3

Tuesday October 6, 2026 17:00 - 18:00 UTC

Zoom Room #5

Adaptive Functioning in Angelman Syndrome: Insights from Statistical Modeling | Novel Influence Diagnostics in Multistate Models for Breast Cancer | Goodness-of-fit test for the Dirichlet distribution | A Bayesian Exploration of Bimodal Fertility Patterns Using Lifetime Densities.

Speakers

Julia Zhang

Statistician, RTI International

Julia Ann Zhang graduated from North Carolina State University with a Masters Degree in Statistics and a Concentration in Biostatistics. Currently, she is a statistician at Research Triangle Institute (RTI), where she provides data processing, statistical programming, and data analysis... Read More →

Valeria Leiva

Publicado Health Department, Universidad de los Andes, Chile

I am a Statistician with B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. training in Statistics from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. I am currently affiliated with the Department of Public Health at Universidad de los Andes, Chile. My research focuses on joint modeling of longitudinal and survival... Read More →

Sucharitha Dodamgodage

Clarkson University

Sucharitha (Suchi) Dodamgodage is a Biostatistician and Statistics PhD Candidate at Clarkson University who loves turning complex mathematical theory into clean, reliable data pipelines for the life sciences. She solved a major statistical conjecture left open since 1989 regarding... Read More →

Shambhavi Singh

Assistant Professor, Statistics, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

I am working as an Assistant Professor (Statistics), Applied Sciences Cluster at the School of Advanced Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Uttarakhand, India. I have obtained my Ph.D. in Statistics (2025) from Banaras Hindu University under the supervision of... Read More →

Organizers

IDWSDS Program Committee

IDWSDS

S505 Abstracts pdf

Tuesday October 6, 2026 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
Zoom Room #5

Contributed Session, Technical Statistical Session

Country United States, Chile, India
Session ID 505

07:00 UTC

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10:00 UTC

11:00 UTC

13:00 UTC

17:00 UTC

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