8th International Conference on Statistics: Theory and Applications (ICSTA 2026)

Dr. Noelle Samia

Northwestern University, USA
Conference Chair

Noelle I. Samia. B.S. (Valedictorian) in Mathematics, Notre Dame University, Lebanon; M.S. in Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, USA; Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Iowa, USA. Dr. Noelle I. Samia is an associate professor in the Department of Statistics at Northwestern University, USA. Her research work focuses on introducing and developing new statistical linear and nonlinear (threshold) models for count time-series and spatial data. Her work is both, theoretical and applied in nature. Through crossdisciplinary collaborations, these advanced and often new statistical methodologies are tailored to each specific application with the aim of explaining the dynamics of complex biological systems, particularly in the areas of infectious diseases and epidemiology, statistical ecology, and biomedical research. Her fields of research include nonlinear (e.g., threshold) spatio-temporal modeling, count time-series data, statistical inference for infectious diseases, statistical ecology, and statistical applications to biomedical research.

Dr. Dirk Husmeier

The University of Glasgow, UK
Conference Co-Chair

Dirk Husmeier received the bachelor’s degree in physics from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany, in 1991, and the master’s degree in neural computation and the Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from the King’s College London, London, U.K., in 1994 and 1997, respectively.,He was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the Imperial College London, London, from 1997 to 1999, and a Research Scientist with Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Dundee, U.K., and BioSS at Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K., from 1999 to 2011. He was appointed as the Chair of statistics with the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K., in 2011. He has made contributions to a wide range of scientific disciplines, including statistical physics (University of Bochum), neural computation (King’s College London), machine learning (Imperial College London), bioinformatics and systems biology (Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland), statistical methodology, ecology, and cardiovascular disease modeling (University of Glasgow). This is evidenced by over 180 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and conference proceedings, and the publication of two books (on neural computation and bioinformatics).,Dr. Husmeier holds past appointments to serve on 16 international program committees and six editorial boards.(Based on document published on 19 December 2023).