The 2026 Meeting of the International Society for Data Science and Analytics

July 28-31, 2026
Beijing, China

Sponsored by

• Hawjeng Chiou, Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan Normal University
• Han Du, Associate Professor, UCLA
• Yuqin Hu, Professor, Beijing Normal University
• Haiyan Liu, Assistant Professor, University of California, Merced
• Hongyun Liu, Professor, Beijing Normal University
• Hairong Song, Associate Professor, The University of Oklahoma
• Jiashan Tang, Professor, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
• Xin Tong (Chair), Associate Professor, University of Virginia
• Manshu Yang, Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island

The 2026 Meeting had more than 150 attendees, with 65 presentations and 4 workshops. The researchers were from different academic disciplines and industries from multiple countries. They presented applications and methods in the areas of education, environmental research, medical research, political science, psychology, and so on.

Full program can be downloaded here: List of presentations

• July 28, 7-10PM, Beijing Time | July 28, 7-10AM, US ET – Conducting Meta-Analysis in R: From Standard Synthesis to Advanced Bias Detection by Prof. Zijun Ke at the Sun Yat-sen University
• July 30, 8-11PM, Beijing Time | July 30, 8-11AM, US ET – EEG data analysis using R by Prof. Zhiyong Zhang at the University of Notre Dame.
• July 31, 8-11AM, Beijing Time | July 30, 8-11PM, US ET – Trustworthy AI: Foundations, Methods, and Emerging Challenges by Prof. Sheng Li at the University of Virginia
• July 31, 9-11:59PM, Beijing Time | July 31, 9-11:59AM, US ET – Introduction to Dynamic Network Analysis by Prof. Sy-Miin Chow at The Pennsylvania State University, Pro. Jonathan Park at University of California, Davis and Dr. Jek Pesigan at The Pennsylvania State University

• Regular Talk Track: Dingjing Shi, Georgia Institute of Technology, Dexin Shi and Amanda Fairchild, University of Southern Carolina
• Speed Talk Track:
  • Yue Xiao, East China Normal University and Hongyun Liu, Beijing Normal University
  • Sam Sichkaruk, Lisa Lix, Richard Kruk, and Sunmee Kim, University of Manitoba
• Online Recorded Presentation Track:
  • Lindley Slipetz and Teague Henry, University of Virginia
  • Xiao Liu; University of Texas, Austin