29 September 2023 to 1 October 2023
School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, University of Osijek, Croatia
Europe/Zagreb timezone

Scientific Programme

Programme of the 27th Young Statisticians Meeting


Friday, September 29, 2023

18:00 – 19:30 Registration at School of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Osijek


Saturday, September 30, 2023

8:00 – 8:30 Registration at School of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Osijek


8:30 – 9:00 Opening of the Conference


9:00 – 10:30 Session 1: Statistics in Finance and Energy Markets
Chair: Ksenija Dumičić

  • Ivana Cunjak Mataković (Croatia):
    Selected statistical methods for outliers’ detection for discovering financial manipulations with crypto–assets
  • Dominik Mihalčić (Croatia): Models for natural gas consumption
  • Anja Žavbi Kunaver (Slovenia): The challenge of multiple testing: Case of emission coupons trading

10:30-11:00 Coffee break


11:00 – 12:30 Session 2: Statistics in Social Sciences

Chair: David Simon and Luka Kronegger

  • Vili Smolič (Slovenia):
    Linguistic analysis of suicide related questions in the online counselling service This is me
  • Michaela Bersia (Italy): A Bayesian framework assessing temporal trends of suicidality among hospitalized adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Bendeguz Zaboretzky (Hungary): Depression in times of a pandemic – the impact of COVID-19 on the lay discourses of e-mental health communities

12:30-13:30 Lunch break


13:30-14:30 Session 3: Mathematical Statistics

Chair: Peter Filzmoser

  • Daniel Strenger (Austria): Measuring dependence between a scalar response and a functional covariate
  • Patrick Benjamin Langthaler (Austria): Quantifying and estimating dependence via sensitivity of conditional distributions

14:30-15:00 Coffee break


15:00-16:00 Session 4: Mathematical Statistics

Chair: Nenad Šuvak

  • Andrea Vlahek Štrok (Croatia): Asymptotic behavior of an approximate maximum likelihood estimator of drift parameters in a multidimensional diffusion model
  • Michael Suja (Hungary): Asymptotic theorems for contaminated runs of heads in the coin tossing experiment

18:00-20:00 Guided city tour (start from the School of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science)


20:00 Conference dinner (Hotel Osijek, Šamačka 3, 31000 Osijek)


Sunday, October 1, 2023

10:00 – 11:30 Session 5: Statistical Methodology and Medical Statistics

Chair: Paola Berchialla

  • Maria Vittoria Chiaruttini (Italy): Sample size calculation algorithm in two-stage three-arm sequential non-inferiority clinical trials: A simulation study
  • Piercesare Grimaldi (Italy): Study of Risk Factors for Pulmonary Exacerbations in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis and the Effects of New CFTR Modulator Therapy on Chronic Bronchial Infection and Pulmonary Exacerbations in a Real-Life Study
  • Stefan Embacher (Austria): Modelling antibody kinetics – When and how often to measure?

11:30 Refreshment and closing of the conference