The Sixth Akaike Memorial Lecture
- 【Date and Time】
- 10:00～12:00, Monday, September 7, 2026
- 【Place】
- Yokohama City University, Kanazawa-Hakkei Campus
22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0027 JAPAN - 【Moderator】
- Professor Makoto Aoshima (Director General, Japanese Federation of Statistical Science Associations)
- 【Chair】
- Professor Satoshi Yamashita (Director-General, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics)
- 【Organizer】
- Professor Kengo Kamatani (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics)
- 【Overview】
- The Akaike Memorial Lecture Award was established as a collaboration between the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) and Japanese Statistical Society in May 2016. The purpose of this award is to commemorate the achievements of the late Dr. Akaike, who introduced a novel paradigm for evaluating the predictive accuracy of statistical modeling. Since October 2023, the award has been jointly administered by ISM and Japanese Federation of Statistical Science Associations. The Sixth Akaike Memorial Lecture Award is presented to Professor Christian P. Robert, Professor at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL and part-time Professor at the University of Warwick. The Sixth Akaike Memorial Lecture will be held during the plenary session of the Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting 2026 at Yokohama City University, Kanazawa-Hakkei Campus, Kanagawa, Japan.
Program
| 10:00～10:05 | The Award Ceremony and Commemorative Photo Session |
|---|---|
| 10:05～10:08 | Chair’s Welcome Address Satoshi Yamashita (Director-General, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics) |
| 10:08～10:15 | Explanation of the Akaike Memorial Lecture Award Professor Kengo Kamatani (Director of the International Affairs Office, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics) |
| 10:15～11:15 | Akaike Memorial Lecture
“Bayesian Adversarial Privacy”
Professor Christian P. Robert (Université Paris Dauphine-PSL and the University of Warwick) |
| 11:15～11:35 | Discussion by two discussants Associate Professor Keisuke Yano (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics) Professor Shonosuke Sugasawa (Keio University) |
| 11:35～11:50 | Rejoinder by Professor Robert |
| 11:50～12:00 | Floor Discussion |
*The entire session will be presented in English.
*This event will be held in a hybrid format with online and in-person participation options. Professor Robert will speak on-site.
*The fee should be paid to join the plenary session of the Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting 2026.
