The Statistical Days 2024 was held on Monday 3 June 2024 at Aalto University in Espoo. The keynote speaker was Professor Ryan Martin (Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University).
Monday 3 June 2024
Conference venue: Aalto University, Undergraduate Centre, Otakaari 1, Hall M1 (2nd floor)
Conference dinner: Restaurant Dylan Marmoripiha.
Statistical Days 2024 had a new event "Research Showcase". It consisted of three presentations (20 min. + discussion 10 min.). Presentations had to 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.
| Registration (lobby) | |
| 09.00-10.00 | Registration (in the lobby near Hall M1) |
| Opening of statistical days | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Chairman of the Finnish Statistical Society Pekka Pere (Aalto University) |
| Session 1 | |
| 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: 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: 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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.
