<div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="m_2998784852136153138gmail-docs-internal-guid-9b8a53e9-7fff-e840-7f4c-efdaba97a94e"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear all,</span></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(posting on behalf of the AISTATS 2021 organizing team)</span></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are happy to announce that AISTATS 2021 (April 13-15) is hosting mentorship sessions during the conference dates and welcome your participation as a mentor or mentee.  </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are going to use a web system Mementor (<a href="https://mementor.net/" target="_blank">https://mementor.net/</a>), which supports mentors and mentees to have an online mentorship session.  For the details of how it works, please check </span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1grcT1s118n1Mhbj3ezpUeIc5aFIZWjsZpll4NcgxTKs/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1grcT1s118n1Mhbj3ezpUeIc5aFIZWjsZpll4NcgxTKs/edit?usp=sharing</span></a></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The mentorship sessions are scheduled in the following time slots (Pacific Daylight Time). </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Day 1. April 13 (Tue) 12:30-14:00</span><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210413T193000&p1=256&p2=64&p3=179&p4=136&p5=37&p6=166&p7=176&p8=248" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(other time zones)</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Day 1. April 13 (Tue) 20:30-22:00</span><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210414T033000&p1=256&p2=64&p3=179&p4=136&p5=37&p6=166&p7=176&p8=248" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(time zones</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">),</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Day 2. April 14 (Wed) 04:00-06:00</span><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210414T110000&p1=256&p2=64&p3=179&p4=136&p5=37&p6=166&p7=176&p8=248" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(time zones)</span></a></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Day 2. April 14 (Wed)15:00-16:00 (</span><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210414T220000&p1=256&p2=64&p3=179&p4=136&p5=37&p6=166&p7=176&p8=248" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">time zones</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Day 2. April 14 (Wed)17:30-19:00 (</span><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210415T003000&p1=256&p2=64&p3=179&p4=136&p5=37&p6=166&p7=176&p8=248" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">time zones</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Day 3. April 15 (Thu) 04:00-06:00 (</span><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210415T110000&p1=256&p2=64&p3=179&p4=136&p5=37&p6=166&p7=176&p8=248" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">time zones</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Day 3. April 15 (Thu) 09:45-11:45 (</span><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210415T164500&p1=256&p2=64&p3=179&p4=136&p5=37&p6=166&p7=176&p8=248" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">time zones</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The latest version of the whole program can be found at </span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KTYjJ05Ief5vud-8n5rsyzd2qWwluVNxCpW6YO-jZD4/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KTYjJ05Ief5vud-8n5rsyzd2qWwluVNxCpW6YO-jZD4/edit?usp=sharing</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AISTATS 20201 is a fully virtual conference and is welcoming registration now. Please visit </span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://aistats.org/aistats2021/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://aistats.org/aistats2021/</span></a></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Features of AISTAST 2021:</span></span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Three invited talks, 48 oral presentations, and 455 accepted papers in the poster sessions.  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Invited speakers:</span></span></font></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Professor Bin Yu (University of California, Berkeley)</span></span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Professor Emmanuel Candès (Stanford University) </span></span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Professor Kyle Cranmer (New York University)</span></span></font></p></li></ul><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Each accepted paper will have a pre-recorded talk and live poster session.  In addition, oral presentations, including the invited talks, will have live Q&A. </span></span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Social events including mentoring sessions will be scheduled. </span></span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Interactions with other participants on Gather.town.</span></span></font></p></li></ul><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:2pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Accepted Papers: <a href="https://aistats.org/aistats2021/accepted.html" target="_blank">https://aistats.org/aistats2021/accepted.html</a> </span></span></font></h4><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font><div><br></div><div>Please contact us at <a href="mailto:aistats2021pc@gmail.com" target="_blank">aistats2021pc@gmail.com</a> if you have questions or comments.<br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="2">Thank you,</font><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The AISTATS 2021 organizing team</span></span></font></div></div>