The first PKU Alumni Forum in Statistics was successfully held on the morning of July 23, 2022 Beijing time. The forum was held by Center for Statistical Sciences at PKU, School of Mathematical Sciences and Guanghua School of Management in order to strengthen the academic exchange and communication between the alumni of Peking University and their Alma mater, and to promote the academic exchange of statistics. The theme of the forum is "Statistics, Data Science and Beyond ".

Nearly two hundred participants attended the forum, in addition to the Peking University alumni, teachers and students, it also attracted the attention of scholars from other universities and industries.

Affected by the epidemic, the forum was held through the online platform. Prof. Jun Liu from Harvard University, Prof. Jianfeng Feng from Fudan University and Prof. Samuel Kou from Harvard University gave lectures, and had a roundtable discussion with the guests.

Online Group Photo

Professor Dayue Chen Delivered Speech

Professor Fang Yao Delivered Speech

Lecture 1:《Statistics Meet Neural Networks: Bootstrap, Cross-Validations, and Beyond》

Lecturer：Prof. Jun Liu, Harvard University

Lecture2：《From Brain Data to Brain Simulations》

Lecturer：Prof. Jianfeng Feng, Fudan University

Lecture3：《Statistical Inference of Dynamic Systems via Manifold-constrained Gaussian Processes》

Lecturer：Prof. Samuel Kou, Harvard University

Online Group Photo at Roundtable Discussion Part

Through this forum, statistics alumni of Peking University and other statistics colleagues have further strengthened the contact and communication, and we hope that there will be more extensive and in-depth discussions and exchanges in statistics and data science, especially in the cross-development of statistics and other disciplines.