2017-2018 Special Focus Conference Series on Statistical Methods for Psychological and Educational Measurement of the Department of Statistics at Columbia University

You are invited to participate in the 2017-2018 Special Focus Conference Series on Statistical Methods for Psychological and Educational Measurement of the Department of Statistics at Columbia University on Augest 5, 2017, in the Department of Statistics at Columbia University.

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Date: August 5, 2017

Venue: School of Social Work 903, Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027 (map, located at the top right corner)

Speakers:

  • Edward I. George, University of Pennsylvania

  • Nicholas P. Jewell, University of California, Berkeley

  • Regina Liu, Rutgers University

  • Per Mykland, University of Chicago

  • Douglas G. Simpson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Xiaotong Shen, University of Minnesota

  • Lee-Jen Wei, Harvard University

Organizers:

  • Zhiliang Ying, Columbia University

  • Jingchen Liu, Columbia University

  • Brian Ling, Columbia University

Schedule:

8:30am Breakfast
Morning Session
9:00 am - 9:45 am Lee-Jen Wei
9:45 am - 10:30 am Nicholas P. Jewell
10:30 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 11:45 am Xiaotong Shen
11:45 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
Afternoon Session
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Regina Liu
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Edward I. George
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Per Mykland
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm Douglas G. Simpson
6:00 pm Dinner


Direction to Columbia University:

Columbia University is located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at West 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues.

From airport:

  • LaGuardia Airport is the closest airport to the campus (8 miles).

Take the M60 bus directly to the campus, every half hour, for $2.75.

Taxi for about $30, including the tip.

Super Shuttle van for about $17.

  • JFK Airport is 17.6 miles away from the campus.

AirTrain JFK and subway. Will cost $7.75 in total ($5 for AirTrain, $2.75 for Subway).

Taxi for about $60, including the toll and tip.

Super Shuttle van for about $17.

  • Newark Airport is 26.4 miles away from the campus.

AirTrain Newark, NJ transit, and subway. Will cost $15.75 in total ($13 for NJ transit and $2.75 for Subway).

Taxi for about $85, including the toll and tip.

For more traveling information, click here.

Contact:

For more information, please contact Jingchen Liu (jcliu@stat.columbia.edu) or check periodically for new announcements and program details at this website.