Marco Saerens (avec la collaboration de Flore Vancompernolle Vromman, Sylvain Courtain, Pierre Leleux, Constantin de Schaetzen, Eve Beghein et Alexia Kneip, UCLouvain) will give a presentation on Le problème de la réduction des discriminations dans les prédictions de modèles de classification supervisée: une formulation maximum entropique de la régression logistique avec contraintes de "parité

Vincent Lorant -  Institute of Health and Society (IRSS) UCLouvain will give a presentation on Separation in Networks Network separation measures the likelihood of connections within groups compared to those between groups, operating at both the network and node levels.

Christian Hirsch, Aarhus University will give a presentation on Statistical foundations of topological data analysis Dates : Wednesday December 13, 2023, 10h45-12h45 and 14h-16h ISBA, Room c115 Thursday December 14, 2023, 10h45-12h45 and 14h-16h ISBA, Room c115 -------------------------------------------------------------------   Extended abstract: Topological data analysis (TDA)

Christian Hirsch, Aarhus University will give a presentation on Statistical foundations of topological data analysis Dates : Wednesday December 13, 2023, 10h45-12h45 and 14h-16h ISBA, Room c115 Thursday December 14, 2023, 10h45-12h45 and 14h-16h ISBA, Room c115 -------------------------------------------------------------------   Extended abstract: Topological data analysis (TDA)

Laura Trotta (Vice President of Research, CluePoints - Belgium) will give a presentation on Identifying risk in clinical trials: central statistical monitoring and beyond   Abstract: Clinical trials are used to assess the safety and efficacy of drugs and medical devices. In large clinical trials, hundreds of sites enroll thousands of patients across multiple countries.

Lara Lewis (Statistician at Caprisa - Center for the Aids Programme of Research in SouthAfrica) will give a presentation on Statistical analyses of clinical trials in the HIV field in Africa Abstract: The Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research – “CAPRISA” – is a research organisation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, conducting high-impact globally relevant and locally responsive research on

Rahul Parhi (Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne - EPFL) will give a presentation on Deep Learning Meets Sparse Regularization   Abstract: Deep learning has been wildly successful in practice and most state-of-the-art artificial intelligence systems are based on neural networks.

Joni VIRTA, University of Turku, Finland Will give a presentation on Spatial depth for object data   Abstract: In the first part of the talk we give a brief introduction to the concepts of statistical depth and object data.

Fabian Bocart, Director of Global Coordination Center will give a presentation on Monetizing Data and Statistics: Strategies for Success Summary: Through case studies, we will explore strategies for data and statistics monetization. First, we will delve into the strategy of consulting on other people's data, allowing you to leverage your modeling expertise for valuable insights. Second, we w

Christian Ritter, UCLouvain will give a presentation on Using Internet Data Sources Summary: In this talk, I shall visit a collection of internet sources to find data about important subjects in health, wealth, environment, and life in general. This will include the Gapminder, Eurostat, Statistics Belgium, Healthdata.Org, IRCELINE and Sciensano.