[Forum SIS] High Dimensional Small Data workshop, 19-20 October, 2018.

[Irene Poli]

Dear All 

I am pleased to announce the workshop:

 

                              High Dimensional Small Data

 

which will be held in Venice on 19-20 October, 2018, at the Ca’ Foscari University Palace.

 

Workshop description

Most contemporary large-scale problems in fields such as biology and economics involve a huge number of features that may affect properties and dynamics of the system under study. In order to understand and evaluate the role played by these features in the system’s processes, very large data sets are generally collected, analyzed and modelled. Sometimes, however, obtaining data is very costly from an economic, ethical or environmental point of view, and the discovery and analysis of relevant explanatory features must be conducted on small sets of data, indeed the smallest possible. In such situations, fewer experiments mean less resources required, less possible harmful manipulation of living organisms, less polluting effects. The challenge in such cases is how to study high dimensional problems, achieving reliable interpretations and accurate predictions, with a relatively small set of experiments or observations.  The goal of this workshop is to explore different research perspectives and identify modelling opportunities to obtain meaningful information from high dimensional small data (the world of p>>n).

Invited speakers include: Philip J. Brown ( University of Kent, UK); Guido Consonni (University Cattolica, Milano, IT); Darren Green (GlaxoSmithKline, UK); Jim Griffin (University of Kent); Martin S. Ridout (University of Kent); Aki Vehtari (Aalto University, FI).

Main Topics: High Dimensional Modelling; Model selection; Variable selection; Classification methods; Clustering methods; Sampling and data selection; Principal Component Analysis; Network Analysis; Sparse Models; Penalized Regressions; Optimization, Big Data Experimental Design.

A poster section will be also organized. The call for abstracts will close on September 20, 2018. The abstract (about 300 words) should be sent to  hdsd.workshop at gmail.com

The cost for workshop attendance will be 100 Euro, which includes coffee breaks, lunches and workshop material. 

 Website information will be available soon.

 

Best regards


Irene Poli


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