ICSA Symposium Awards

2026 ICSA Awards

Congratulations to all award recipients of the 2026 ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium!

Statistics in Biosciences Paper Awards

Chi-Kuang Yeh and Peijun Sang

“Variable Selection in Multivariate Functional Linear Regression”

Ce Zhang, Haiwu Huang, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Riyadh Rustam Al-Mosawi, and Xuewen Lu

“Sieve Estimation of the Additive Hazards Model with Bivariate Current Status Data”

Zhichao Xu, Jaihee Choi, and Ryan Sun

“Set-Based Tests for Genetic Association Studies with Interval-Censored Competing Risks Outcomes”

Kan Chen, Qishuo Yin, and Qi Long

“Covariate-Balancing-Aware Interpretable Deep Learning Models for Treatment Effect Estimation”

Student Paper Awards

ICSA Student Paper Award – Winners

Xin Wen

New York University

“Policy-Aware Design of Large-Scale Factorial Experiments”

Yicheng Shen

Johns Hopkins University

“MV-PEAL: A Federated Learning Framework for Multivariate Longitudinal EHR Data”

Tian Bai

Stanford University

“Conformal Selective Prediction with General Risk Control”

Qingkai Dong

University of Connecticut

“Preserving Rare Features in Big Data Regression: Balanced Subsampling”

Guanhao Zhou

University of Notre Dame

“Covariate-Adjusted Deep Causal Learning for Heterogeneous Panel Data Models”

Jiann-Ping Hsu Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Sciences Student Paper Award – Winner

Dr. Jiann-Ping Hsu (1947–2004), a longtime member of ICSA, was a leading biopharmaceutical researcher and consultant who mentored and trained more than sixty biostatisticians in industry, government, and academia. This award was established in 2004 through the Jiann-Ping Hsu Memorial Fund, endowed by Dr. Karl Peace, to encourage innovative student research in pharmaceutical and regulatory sciences.

Yuhan Qian

University of Washington

“Robust and Data-Adaptive Integration of Nonconcurrent Data in Platform Trials via Gaussian Processes”

ICSA Student Paper Award – Honorable Mentions

Yang Long

George Mason University

“Distributed Synthetic Surrogate Functional Regression (D-SSFR): A Scalable and Robust Framework for Estimating Spatially Varying Covariate Effects in AI-Augmented Neuroimaging”

Yunhan Mou

Yale University

“Integrating Prioritized and Non-Prioritized Structures in Win Statistics”

Dingyi Wang

Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Connecticut

“Maximum-Variance-Reduction Stratification for Improved Subsampling”

Jianan Zhu

New York University

“Randomization-Based Inference for Average Treatment Effects in Inexactly Matched Observational Studies”

Best Poster Awards

Best Poster Award – First Prize

1st Prize

Yumiao Hui

University of Virginia

“Measuring Geographic Heterogeneities in Group Effect Using Semi-Parametric Spatial Effect Models under Complex Survey Sampling Designs”

Best Poster Award – Second Prize

2nd Prize

Han Su

George Washington University

“Regularized Ensemble Forecasting for Learning Weights from Historical and Current Forecasts”

2nd Prize

Ziji Qin

George Washington University

“To Adaptively Randomize or to Rerandomize: A Comparison of Covariate-Adaptive Randomization and Rerandomization”

Best Poster Award – Third Prize

3rd Prize

Tian Jiang

University of Utah

“A Distributionally Robust Framework for Safe and Generalizable Utilization of Surrogates”

3rd Prize

Haoyu Yang

Harvard University

“Synthetic Phenotype Assisted Linear Mixed Models Improve Proteome-Wide Genetic Discovery in Incomplete Biobank Data”

3rd Prize

Zeyu Yang

George Washington University

“Feature Selection in Penalized Generalized Estimating Equations with False Discovery Rate Control”

Award Committees

Student Paper Competition Committee

Chairs
Guoqing Diao George Washington University
John Stufken George Mason University
Members
  • Pramita Bagchi, George Washington University
  • Xiaoxuan Cai, The Ohio State University
  • Yiqun T. Chen, Johns Hopkins University
  • Richard Guo, University of Michigan
  • Kevin (Zhi) He, University of Michigan
  • Shi Huang, Vanderbilt University
  • Yuan Huang, Yale University
  • Yuan Jiang, Oregon State University
  • Fang Jin, George Washington University
  • Jin Jin, University of Pennsylvania
  • Chenlu Ke, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Didong Li, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Moming Li, AbbVie
  • Vivian (Wei) Li, University of California, Riverside
  • Xinyi Li, Clemson University
  • Yan Li, University of Maryland
  • Wodan Ling, Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Linxi Liu, University of Pittsburgh
  • Meimei Liu, Virginia Tech
  • Rongjie Liu, University of Georgia
  • Hao Mei, Renmin University of China
  • Yinghao Pan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • Jingming Wang, University of Virginia
  • Sidi Wang, Merck
  • Wenbo Wu, Johns Hopkins University
  • Shanghong Xie, University of South Carolina
  • Weixin Yao, University of California, Riverside
  • Ao Yuan, Georgetown University
  • Panpan Zhang, Vanderbilt University
  • Yuxi Zhao, Pfizer
  • Tianjian Zhou, Colorado State University
  • Daisy Zhu, Johns Hopkins University
  • Hongxiao Zhu, Virginia Tech

Poster Award Committee

Committee Chair
Xiaoke Zhang George Washington University
Members and Judges
  • Ray Bai, George Mason University
  • Matteo Bonvini, Rutgers University
  • Shanshan Ding, University of Delaware
  • Didong Li, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Mingrui Liu, George Mason University
  • Rui Miao, University of Texas at Dallas
  • Peijun Sang, University of Waterloo
  • Carmen Tekwe, Indiana University
  • Raymond Wong, Texas A&M University
  • Yanxun Xu, Johns Hopkins University
  • Wen Zhang, Amgen
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The 2026 ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium is supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation under DMS-2603665.

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