Statistical methods play a crucial role in understanding complex systems and driving data-informed decisions across a wide range of disciplines. This special session aims to showcase innovative applications of statistics in real-world contexts, including but not limited to, science, engineering, economics, healthcare, environmental studies, and social sciences. We invite contributions that demonstrate how statistical thinking and methodology can address practical challenges, uncover patterns in data, and support decision-making under uncertainty. Both methodological advancements motivated by applications and case studies highlighting impactful use of statistical tools are welcome.
Organized by:
Barbora Kessel (Sweden)Invited Speakers:
- Eva Fišerová (Czech Republic)
Beyond average speed: Functional data analysis of traffic calming effects - Viktor Witkovský (Slovakia)
Computing with characteristic functions: From numerical inversion to multivariate logistic goodness-of-fit
Contributed Speakers:
- Julianna Holmberg (Sweden)
Quadratically constrained likelihood estimation for exponential regression under censoring - Vivien Kardos (Hungary)
Examining law students’ intention to use GenAI systems for professional purposes using PLS modelling - Peter Kovacs (Hungary)
Algorithmic support for judicial sentencing? Evidence from human smuggling cases - Patryk Kołbyko (Poland)
Linear-Gaussian Laubach–Williams State-Space estimation and decomposition of the natural rate of interest – r*: Evidence from Poland - Agnieszka Kwita (Poland)
Statistical comparison of wavelet and Fourier series approximation quality for audio signals - Lynn Roy LaMotte (USA)
ANOVA: is 100 years enough? - Alicja Lerczak (Poland)
Canonical variate analysis for two-way classification applied to a fertilization experiment with winter triticale - Im Chiew Ng (United Kingdom)
The resilience of random intercepts and slopes models to violations of the linearity assumption in the treatment group