SSC 2023, Ottawa

• Workshop: High Performance Computing with R
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Derek Bingham (Simon Fraser University), Fast Emulation and Modular Calibration for Simulators with Functional Response
• Invited Session: Recent Advances in mixture-model based classification
• Invited Session: Statistics in Transportation
• Invited Session: Recent Developments in High-Dimensional Inference

SSC 2022, Virtual

• Workshop: Kubernetes, containers and the cloud: an overview of the tools and challenges to put models in production
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Jeff Wu (Georgia Institute of Technology), My Five Years in Canada: How it Impacted my Work and the Field of Experimental Design
• Invited Session: The Business of Sports Analytics
• Invited Session: Challenges and Examples in Data Science Consultation
• Invited Session: Fairness in Data-driven Research

SSC 2021, Virtual

• Workshop: Variational Bayes and Beyond: Bayesian inference for Big Data
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Daniela Witten (University of Washington), Selective Inference on Trees
• Invited Session: Advances in mixture-model based classification
• Invited Session: Perspectives on Environmetrics Research: Challenges and Experiences
• Invited Session: Applications of computer experiments and uncertainty quantification

SSC 2020, Virtual

• Workshop: Interactive exploratory data visualization
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Paul McNicholas (McMaster University), Thoughts on Some Problems in Clustering* (*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Isobel Loutit address was delivered in 2021.)
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SSC 2019, Calgary

• Workshop: Functional Data Analysis for Big Data
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Max D. Morris (Iowa State University), A Brief History of Statistical Computer Experiments
• Invited Session: Implementation, Advances and Precision in Mixture Model-Based Classification
• Invited Session: Designed experiments for complex engineered systems
• Invited Session: Analytics in Sports

SSC 2018, Montreal

• Workshop: Deep Learning
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Karen Kafadar (University of Virginia), The Critical Role of Statistics in Evaluating Forensic Evidence
• Invited Session: CJS Issue on Big Data
• Invited Session: Randomized Control Trials and Evidence-based Decision-making in Government
• Invited Session: Making Connections with Industry: Resources and Advice

SSC 2017, Winnipeg

• Workshop: An Introduction to Data Science: Graph Databases and Entity Analytics
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address:  Shirley Mills (Carleton University), Predictive Analytics in Business
• Invited Session: Statistical Consulting: Bridging Innovation and Practice
• Invited Session: Business Problems, Data Science Solutions
• Invited Session: University of Manitoba Department of Statistics: 50th Anniversary Showcase

SSC 2016, St. Catharines

• Workshop: Uncertainty Quantification and Optimization for Complex Models with Gaussian Processes
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Christine Anderson-Cook (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Realistic Optimal Designs in a Resource-Constrained World
• Invited Session: Analysis of Big Data
• Invited Session: On Some Applications of James-Stein Shrinkage Estimation
• Invited Session: Inference and Prediction from Distributed Data

SSC 2015, Halifax

• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Paolo Giudici (University of Pavia), Twitter Data Analysis in Financial Risk Management
• Invited Session: Business and Industrial Applications
• Invited Session: Uncertainty Quantification in Ocean and Environmental Models
• Invited Session: Statistical Approaches for Big Data

SSC 2014, Toronto

• Workshop: Statistical Learning Methods in Data Mining
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Bradley Jones (JMP), What You Learn Depends on Where You Look
• Invited Session: Semi and Unsupervised Learning
• Invited Session: Business Analytics: Where does the Statistician Fit?
• Invited Session: Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy

SSC 2013, Edmonton

• Workshop: Mathematical Models for Counterparty Credit Risk
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address:Yehuda Koren (Google Research), Challenges in Recommender Systems: Science, Art and Pragmatics
• Invited Session: Statistics in Business and Finance
• Invited Session: Recommender Sytems
• Invited Session: Resources of Energy and Environmental Issues

SSC 2012, Guelph

• Workshop:Introduction to Bayesian Statistics and the Use of WinBUGS
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address:Roger Hoerl (GE Global Research), The Next Frontier in Business and Industrial Statistics: Attacking Complex, Unstructured Problems
• Invited Session: Uncertainty Quantification in Analysis of Computer Models
• Invited Session: On Assessing Liking and Intensity in Sensory Science
• Invited Session: Design and Analysis of Experiments in Modern Agriculture

SSC 2011, Wolfville

• Workshop on Developing Reliable and Usable Software in R
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Dennis Lin (Penn State): “BIG Statistics”
• Invited Session: Statistical Consulting: Communication, Interpersonal, Project Management Skills Required
• Invited Session: Statistical Problems Arising in the Lumber Industry
• Invited Session:Recent Advances in Multivariate Control Charts

SSC 2010, Quebec

• Workshop - Copulas: Quest and Conquest
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address
  C. F. Jeff Wu (Georgia Tech), Quality Technology in the High-tech Age
• Invited Session: Large (Industrial-scale) Computer Experiments for Business and Industry
• Invited Session: Quality Improvement
• Invited Session: Dependence Modelling in Risk Theory

SSC 2009, Vancouver

• Workshop on Monte Carlo methods for integration and optimization
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address:Bill Woodall (Virginia Tech): “The State of Statistical Process Control: An Update”
• Invited Session: Quality Improvement in Healthcare
• Invited Session: Statistics/Mathematics Finance 1
• Invited Session: Statistics/Mathematics Finance 2

SSC 2008, Ottawa

• Workshop on functional data analysis
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Vijay Nair (University of Michigan), Industrial Statistics: The Gap between Research and Practice
• Invited Session: Predicting Modeling Applications in Customer Acquisition and Retention
• Invited Session: Statistical Process Control Methods in Health Care
• Invited Session: Design and Analysis of Industrial Experiments

SSC 2007, St. John’s

• Workshop on R programming
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address
  Bovas Abraham (University of Waterloo), Statistics in Business and Industry: A Historical Perspective and Ideas for Implementation
• Invited Session: Design and Analysis of Experiments for Complex Physical Systems
• Invited Session: Reliability Models and Their Applications
• Invited Session: Statistical Graphics and Image Analysis

SSC 2006, London

• Workshop on design for six sigma
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address:Geoff Vining (Virginia Tech) "The challenges of statistical leadership "
• Invited Session: Statistical Applications in Marketing.
• Invited Session: Recent Advances in SPC and Data Driven Statistics.
• Invited Session: Industrial Experimental Design.
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SSC 2005, Saskatoon

• Workshop on artificial intelligence
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Jerry Lawless (University of Waterloo) "Statistics and Technology"
• Invited Session: Quality improvement
• Invited Session: Design of Experiments.
• Invited Session: Computer Network Modeling.

SSC 2004, Montréal

• Workshop:Data Mining Tools for Business Applications
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Daryl Pregibon (Google) "Graph Mining"
• Invited session: Application of Statistical Methods to Actuarial Problems
• Invited Session: Statistics and the Physical Sciences

SSC 2003, Halifax

• Workshop: Response Surface Methodology: Process and Product Optimization Using Designed Experiments
• Isobel Loutit Invited Address: Douglas Montgomery (Arizona State University) "The modern practice of statistics in business and industry"
• Invited session: Process Monitoring
• Invited session: Business and Economic Statistics

SSC 2002, Hamilton

• Workshop: "Design and analysis of computer experiments for engineering", Jerome Sacks and William J. Welch
• BISS Special Invited Address: John MacGregor, McMaster University "The changing nature of data and its implications for applied statistics"

SSC 2001, Burnaby

• Workshop on Data Mining
• Special Invited Address: Bill Meeker (Iowa State University) "Accelerated Testing: A Method for Obtaining Reliability Information Quickly"