Statistical Days 2024

Information about the conference

The next Statistical Days will be held on Monday 3 June 2024 at Aalto University in Espoo. The keynote speaker is Professor Ryan Martin (Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University).

The Statistical Society offers coffee during Statistical Days. Participants pay for their own lunch.

Time and places

Monday 3 June 2024

Conference venue: Aalto-yliopisto, Kandidaattikeskus, Otakaari 1, C-sali (2-kerros)

Conference dinner: Restaurant Dylan Marmoripiha.

Registration and participation fees

Register for Statistical Days by filling out the registration form. In the registration form, you can pay the participation fee with a Debit/Credit card or using PayPal. Please note that registration is only confirmed after you have paid the participation fee! If Debit/Credit or PayPal payment is not suitable for some reason, send a message to the secretary of the Statistical Society ()

Early registration 19.2.2024 - 31.3.2024

The members of the Statistical Society (conference dinner included) €80
Non-members (conference dinner included) €130
The speakers of the Statistical Days (conference dinner included) €25
Students without dinner €10
Student members of the Statistical Society with dinner €80
Students without a Student Membership of the Statistical Society with dinner €90

Normal registration 1.4.2024 - 12.5.2024

The members of the Statistical Society (conference dinner included) €100
Non-members (conference dinner included) €150
The speakers of the Statistical Days (conference dinner included) €25
Students without dinner €10
Student members of the Statistical Society with dinner €90
Students without a Student Membership of the Statistical Society with dinner €100

Late registration (No conference dinner) 13.5.2024 - 26.5.2024

The members of the Statistical Society €100
Non-members €150
The speakers of the Statistical Days €25
Students €10

Registration for Statistical Days with the registration form (link). Note the next item about canceling registration!

Cancellation of registration

Send a message about canceling your registration by e-mail to the secretary of the Statistical Society ()

  • Cancellation of registration between 19 February 2024 and 12 May 2024: The entire participation fee will be refunded
  • Cancellation of registration on or after 13 May 2024: The participation fee will not be refunded

Poster competition

A poster competition is organized in connection with the Statistical Days. Sign up for the poster competition upon registration. Send the information about the title of the poster and the authors by e-mail to the secretary of the Statistical Society () . The size of the poster stand is 79 cm (width) x 119 cm (height), so it can hold an A0-sized poster.

Research showcase

Statistical Days has a new event "Research Showcase". It consists of three presentations (20 min. + discussion 10 min.). The Statistical Society awards the presenters with an honorary certificate. Presentations must deal with high-level Finnish research recently published or accepted for publication in a way that must be understood by statisticians other than those specializing in the field.

Program

Registration (lobby)
09.00-10.00 Registration (in the lobby near Hall C)
  
Opening of statistical days (hall C)
10:00-10:15 Chairman of the Finnish Statistical Society Pekka Pere (Aalto University)
  
Session 1 (Hall C)
10:15-11:00 Professor Ryan Martin (North Carolina State University) : Imprecise probability in statistical inference: why it's needed, where it comes from, and how it's beneficial
11:00-11:30 Professor Pauliina Ilmonen (Aalto University) : On modeling rare phenomena
  
11:30-13:00 Lunch break and poster exhibition
  
Session 2 (Hall C): Research Showcase
13:00-13:30 Matti Pajari (Berakon): Definition-based quantile estimation
13:30-14:00 Mari Myllymäki (Natural Resources Institute Finland):
14:00-14:30 Joni Virta (University of Turku): Poisson PCA for matrix count data
  
14:30-15:30 Afternoon coffee and poster exhibition
  
Parallel session 3 (hall C): Tilastoalan uudet tuulet
15:30-16:00 Ylijohtaja Ville Vertanen (Tilastokeskus): Tietotuotannon tulevaisuus - tietovarannot yhteiskunnan käyttöön
16:00-16:30 Kaupunkitietopalveluiden päällikkö Heikki Pursiainen (Helsingin kaupunki): Kaupunkien tietotarpeet vs. uudet tietolähteet – case datahuonepilotti
16:30-17:00 Johtava asiantuntija Timo Ståhl (THL): Yritysten ja järjestöjen data julkisen sektorin käyttöön - haasteet ja mahdollisuudet: case THL:n PUHTI-hanke
  
Announcement of the winners of the competitions (hall C)
17:15-17:45 Announcing the winner of the poster competition and the winner of the Leo Törnqvist award
  
Closing speech by the chairman of the Finnish Statistical Society (hall C)
17:45-18:00 Chairman of the Finnish Statistical Society Pekka Pere (Aalto University)
  
Conference dinner (for those who have paid)
20:00-23:00 Dinner is served in restaurant Dylan Marmoripiha

Sponsors

We thank the following organizations for their support: Aalto University, Aalto Science Institute, SAS Institute Oy, Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, the Mathematics Fund of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.

Contact information

Secretary of the Statistical Society, Roope Rihtamo ()