Nonparametric Statistics
Workshop Brings Nonparametric
Statisticians Together, Highlights
Young Researchers
T
he workshop “Nonparametric
Statistics: Refined, Redefined,
and Renewed” was held April
16–17 at The University of Texas at
Arlington. It featured more than 50 par-
ticipants from the United States,
Canada, Mexico, and several countries
in Europe.
Almost 30 presentations were given,
covering a spectrum of topics in nonpara-
metrics, including multivariate depth,
quantiles, and ranks; nonparametric
Graduate student award recipients stand with Madan Puri during the workshop. From left:
inference for univariate and multivariate
Soutir Bandopadhyay, Satyaki Mazumder, Frank Konietschke, Wei Dou, Kimihiro Noguchi,
data, high-dimensional data, repeated
Nader Gemayel, and Zibonele Valdez-Jasso.
measures, and clustered and longitudinal
data; multiple comparison procedures
and simultaneous confidence intervals;
inference for scale and independence,
spatial and functional data, and outlier
detection; and nonparametric regression,
kernel estimators, empirical likelihood,
tail-classification of distributions, miss-
ing data, and ranked set sampling.
The small-scale, high-impact work-
shop provided an opportunity for both
young and senior colleagues doing relat-
Organizers of the workshop include (from left) Robert Serfling,
ed research to establish new connections
Madan Puri, and Edgar Brunner.
and strengthen existing ties. All partici-
pants were able to acquire broader views at Dallas, Kimihiro Noguchi of the The conference was organized by
and open to new directions. A common University of Waterloo, and Zibonele Edgar Brunner, Puri, and Bob Serfling
theme was that graduate students and Valdez-Jasso of The University of Texas and cosponsored by The University of
young researchers in nonparametric at Dallas. Texas at Dallas, Nonparametrics Section
statistics are the future, as they keep the In a thought-provoking ban- of the American Statistical Association,
field renewed. Emphasis was placed on quet address, Madan Puri reiterated and Taylor & Francis. The organizers
providing a forum for their work. the importance of supporting young unabashedly claimed they never held
Seven graduate students gave talks researchers and graduate students. His a meeting together, that no one was in
and were presented awards acknowl- speech was personal, but never senti- charge, and that the organizing principle
edging their contributions. In alpha- mental, touching on the big issues of was simply to say “yes” whenever one of
betical order, those students are academic integrity and what it means the organizers brought forth a suggestion.
Soutir Bandopadhyay of Texas A&M to be successful. Puri’s contemplative As Denise Larocque put it in the introduc-
University, Wei Dou of Yale University, remarks closed with the ancient wisdom tion to his talk, “If that is true, then this
Nader Gemayel of The Ohio State that character and integrity are defined was the best-ever workshop put together
University, Frank Konietschke of not by what you do when others are in such an ‘unorganized’ fashion.” ■
the University of Göttingen, Satyaki watching, but by what you do when you
Mazumder of The University of Texas think nobody is watching.
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