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



About the event

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.


Scientific Committee

Keynote Speakers

Invited Speakers

Programme

Day 1 (Saturday - 7/18/2026 )Day 2 (Sunday - 7/19/2026)Day 3 (Monday - 7/20/2026)
9:00 - 9:15Opening remarks
9:00-10:00KeynoteVeera Baladandayuthapani9:00-10:30SessionMin Zhang
9:15-10:15KeynoteTim Friede

Giorgos Bakoyannis
10:15-10:30Coffee Break
10:00-10:30Coffee Break


Zhenke Wu
10:30-12:00SessionDacheng Liu10:30-11:30KeynoteJi Zhu10:30-11:00Coffee Break


Xiang (Tony) Guo10:30-12:00SessionXin Yuan


Jie Chen11:30-13:00Lunch


Ruitian Gao
12:00-13:30Lunch
13:00-14:00KeynoteBingyi Jing12:00-13:30Lunch
13:30-14:30KeynoteArne C.Bathke14:00-14:15Coffee Break
13:30-15:00SessionXiaowu Dai
14:30-15:00Coffee Break
14:15-15:15SessionJian Kang

Baros Wassilios
15:00-16:30SessionLonghao Xu

Kevin He

Guangyu Zhu


Weining Shen15:15-15:30Coffee Break
15:00-15:30Coffee Break


Han Zhang15:30-16:30SessionHong Li15:30-16:30SessionSolomon Harrar





Haifeng Chen

Fang Bai


Local Organizing Committee

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

Contact us

Conference Venue: 

Multi-function Hall of the Conference Center, ShanghaiTech University, No.393 Middle Huaxia Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China. 


Email Us: 

Shijia Wang (wangshj1@shanghaitech.edu.cn)

Yijie Lu (luyj2@shanghaitech.edu.cn)