On November 9, 2024, the School of Statistics and Management at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics successfully held the 10th National Young Statisticians Forum and the 2024 Shanghai Universities Young Scholars Forum. This forum was jointly organized by the School of Statistics and Management and the Institute of Data Science and Statistics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Many renowned scholars from across the country were invited to attend and participate in discussions. The opening ceremony of the forum was hosted by Professor Huang Mian from the School of Statistics and Management. At the opening ceremony, Yang Hui, Secretary of the School of Statistics and Management, delivered a welcome speech, warmly welcoming and sincerely thanking all the guests for their presence, and took a group photo with the experts and scholars in attendance.
After the opening ceremony, the forum moved into the exciting academic presentation session. Professor Guanyong Tao first delivered a wonderful keynote speech titled "Point Process Models and Methods for Modeling High-Resolution Human Activity Data." He provided a detailed introduction to three human activity datasets, applying specific processing methods to different data characteristics based on the commonality of high-resolution data. For the stock dataset, he innovatively proposed a new method of principal component analysis to extract information features, and for the social media data, he introduced a group network model. At the end of the presentation, he expressed that the exploration of this topic is ongoing, and he hopes for more communication and collaboration with everyone in the future.
This forum also invited 14 outstanding young statisticians from around the country to present academic reports and share their latest research findings. The academic atmosphere on-site was strong, with each report leading to in-depth discussions after its conclusion.
The forum provides valuable learning and exchange opportunities for young statistical scholars nationwide, actively promoting the development of statistics, data science, and related disciplines. From 2015 to 2024, the National Forum for Young Statisticians has been held for ten consecutive sessions and has become a highly influential and high-quality academic exchange platform in the domestic statistics field. The forum not only facilitates interdisciplinary academic interaction but also offers convenient communication channels for universities looking to attract talent.
