Bridging Methodology and Medicine: Translational Statistics and Machine Learning
Bridging Methodology and Medicine: Translational Statistics and Machine Learning
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, ShanghaiTech University, China
July 18-July 20, 2026
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, ShanghaiTech University, China
July 18-July 20, 2026
The ShanghaiTech University invites you to attend the Bridging Methodology and Medicine: Translational Statistics and Machine Learning, to be held at the ShanghaiTech University from July 18-July 20, 2026. This conference brings together statisticians, machine learning researchers, clinicians, and industry practitioners to advance data-driven medicine from theory to real-world impact. The event highlights methodological innovations that are reliable, interpretable, and clinically actionable—spanning clinical trial design and analysis, causal inference and real-world evidence, multi-omics and medical imaging, individualized risk prediction and treatment decision support, as well as robustness, fairness, privacy, and regulatory considerations. Participants will exchange ideas and build collaborations that accelerate the translation of statistical and ML advances into better biomedical research and patient care.
Fang Bai, ShanghaiTech University, China.
Giorgos Bakoyannis, Indiana University, USA.
Haifeng Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Jie Chen, Taimei Technology, China.
Xiaowu Dai, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Ruitian Gao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China.
Xiang (Tony) Guo, Beigene, China.
Solomon Harrar, University of Kentucky, USA.
Kevin He, University of Michigan, USA.
Hong Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
Jian Kang, University of Michigan, USA.
Dacheng Liu, Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany.
Weining Shen, University of California Irvine, USA.
Baros Wassilios, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Austria.
Zhenke Wu, University of Michigan, USA.
Longhao Xu, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany.
Xin Yuan, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China.
Han Zhang, ShanghaiTech University, China.
Min Zhang, Tsinghua University, China.
| Day 1 (Saturday - 7/18/2026 ) | Day 2 (Sunday - 7/19/2026) | Day 3 (Monday - 7/20/2026) | ||||||
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Opening remarks | 9:00-10:00 | Keynote | Veera Baladandayuthapani | 9:00-10:30 | Session | Min Zhang | |
| 9:15-10:15 | Keynote | Tim Friede | Giorgos Bakoyannis | |||||
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee Break | 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break | Zhenke Wu | ||||
| 10:30-12:00 | Session | Dacheng Liu | 10:30-11:30 | Keynote | Ji Zhu | 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| Xiang (Tony) Guo | 10:30-12:00 | Session | Xin Yuan | |||||
| Jie Chen | 11:30-13:00 | Lunch | Ruitian Gao | |||||
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | 13:00-14:00 | Keynote | Bingyi Jing | 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:30-14:30 | Keynote | Arne C.Bathke | 14:00-14:15 | Coffee Break | 13:30-15:00 | Session | Xiaowu Dai | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee Break | 14:15-15:15 | Session | Jian Kang | Baros Wassilios | |||
| 15:00-16:30 | Session | Longhao Xu | Kevin He | Guangyu Zhu | ||||
| Weining Shen | 15:15-15:30 | Coffee Break | 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break | ||||
| Han Zhang | 15:30-16:30 | Session | Hong Li | 15:30-16:30 | Session | Solomon Harrar | ||
| Haifeng Chen | Fang Bai | |||||||
Mingliang Cai, ShanghaiTech University, CHN
Shijia Wang, ShanghaiTech University, CHN
Shufei Ge, ShanghaiTech University, CHN
Pengcheng Zeng, ShanghaiTech University, CHN
Yijie Lu, ShanghaiTech University, CHN
Jiajia Chen, ShanghaiTech University, CHN
Min Cheng, ShanghaiTech University, CHN
Yijie Lu (luyj2@shanghaitech.edu.cn)
