Overview: Survey sampling is one of the traditional methods in statistics for obtaining information about a population. Nowadays, new technologies have made it increasingly possible to obtain huge amounts of information that, sometimes, there is too much information than one can normally handle. This is the so-called Big Data problem. Can traditional survey statistics handle the challenge of Big Data? if not, how do we incorporate with the challenges of Big Data from surveys? Can survey methodology help to tackle Big Data problems? The Workshop provides an international forum to address such challenging issues as these. Speakers of the Workshop include world-renowned statisticians working on survey statistics and Big Data problems as well as dynamic younger researchers in the fields. The Workshop is sponsored by Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics.

Date: June 20 – 22, 2018

Venue: School of Statistics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics (JUFE), Nanchang, China (http://stat.jxufe.cn/html/english/index.html)

Invited Speakers (in alphabetical order of last names):

Dr. Yang Cheng, United State Census Bureau, USA

Prof. Malay Ghosh, University of Florida, USA

Prof. Partha Lahiri, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Prof. Xiaohui Liu, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China

Prof. Thuan Nguyen, Oregon Health & Science University, USA

Prof. Valentin Patilea, ENSAI, France

Prof. J. N. K. Rao, Carleton University, Canada

Prof. Jun Shao, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA and East China Normal

                             University, China

Prof. Rebecca Steorts, Duke University, USA

Prof. Mahmoud Torabi, University of Manitoba, Canada

Prof. Can Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Organizing Committee: Members: Jiming Jiang (Chair), Jing Li (local in-charge person), Xiaohui Liu; Assistants: Yuting Chen, Yuanyuan Li

Accommodation: JUFE Guest House:
 http://hotel.elong.net/90093759/

Travel: Nanchang is a little over an hour flight from Shanghai. The airport to land in Nanchang is Nanchang Changbei International Airport (KHN). An alternative way to travel to Nanchang is via the high-speed train (e.g., from Shanghai). The JUFE Guest House is located on the campus of JUFE. See the link provided in Accommodation.

Tentative Program:

Wednesday, June 20

9:00 – 11:00 Welcome Session & Invited Session #1:

     9:00 – 9:10 Welcome address from a University Official;

     9:10 – 9:20 Remarks from Prof. Liangqing Luo, Dean of School of Statistics

     9:20 – 10:10 J. N. K. Rao (Carleton University, Canada);

     10:10 – 11:00 Rebecca Steorts (Duke University, USA)

11:00 – 11:20 Coffee/Tea Break

11:20 – 12:10 Invited Session #2:

     11:20 – 12:10 Jun Shao (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA and East China Normal University, China)

12:10 – 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:10 Invited Session #3:

     14:30 – 15:20 Malay Ghosh (University of Florida, USA);

     15:20 – 16:10 Mahmoud Torabi (University of Manitoba, Canada)

16:10 – 16:30 Coffee/Tea Break

16:30 – 18:10 Invited Session #4:

     16:30 – 17:20 Yang Cheng (United States Census Bureau);

     17:20 – 18:10 Xiaohui Liu (Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China)

18:30 – 20:30 Dinner

Thursday, June 21

9:00 – 10:40 Invited Session #5:

    9:00 – 9:50 Partha Lahiri (University of Maryland, College Park, USA);

    9:50 – 10:40 Thuan Nguyen (Oregon Health & Science University, USA)

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 – 12:40 Invited Session #6:

   11:00 – 11:50 Valentin Patilea (ENSAI, France);

   11:50 – 12:40 Can Yang (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong)