Design and Analysis of Experiments (2026)

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UPDATE AS OF 5/14/26 - Registration is now CLOSED. 

Registration fees:
Regular - (as long as slots are available) $250 (students) and $450 (non students)

Deadline for cancellation:
If you need to cancel, please advise by April 30th to receive a refund on your fees. 

* Registration fee includes:
(i) breakfast and lunch on May 19 and May 20
(ii) breakfast on May 21
(iii) reception on May 19 evening and banquet dinner on May 20 evening
(iv) boxed lunch on May 21

Click below to view the Call for Posters:

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PLEASE NOTE: We are still accepting submissions!

• John Stufken (George Mason University)
• Dennis Lin (Purdue University)
• Hongquan Xu (University of California, Los Angeles)
• Chenlu Shi (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
• Lin Wang (Purdue University)
• Iavor Bojinov (Harvard Business School)
• Xinran Li (University of Chicago)
• Zach Branson (Carnegie Melon University)
• Anqi Zhao (Duke University)
• Nicole Pashley (Rutgers University)
• Waverly Wei (University of Southern California)
• Robert Mee (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
• Samuel Onyambu (University of California, Los Angeles)
• Xinwei Deng (Virginia Tech)
• Qiang Zhao (Northeast Normal University)
• Oksana Chkrebtii (Ohio State University)
• Simon Mak (Duke University)
• Qiong Zhang (Clemson University)
• Lulu Kang (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
• Timothy O’Brien (Loyola University, Chicago)
• Ryan Lekivetz (JMP)
• Stan Altan (JNJ)
• Peili Wang (Pfizer)
• Sam Gardner (Eli Lilly)
• Evan Rosenman (Claremont McKenna College)
• Harrison Li (Harvey Mudd College)
• Emily Chao-Hui Huang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
• Nicholas A. Rios (George Mason University)
• Frederick Kin Hin Phoa (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
• Jing-Wen Huan (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
• Alexandra Stadler (JKU, Austria)
• Danny Ying (University of California, Los Angeles)
• Difan Song (Georgia Tech)
• Yi Zhang (Rutgers University)
• Jose Toledo Luna (University of California, Los Angeles)
• Xinrui Ruan (University of California, Berkeley)
• Ahnaf Rafi (University of Virginia)
• Wei Zheng (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

• Current topics in Design of Experiments
• Recent Advances in the Design of Computer Experiments
• Optimal designs for AI/ML via hyperparameter optimization and explainability
• Advancing Causal Inference and Experimental Design in the era of AI
• Uncertainty Quantification
• Design and Analysis of Order-of-Addition Experiments
• Experimental Designs in Nonclinical Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Classical designs: new perspectives
• Design-based causal inference from randomized experiments
• Adaptive experimental designs: the Neymanian allocation and beyond

AGENDA FOR DAE 2026

Tuesday, May 19

Wednesday, May 20

Thursday, May 21

Busch Student Center, Busch Campus
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
604 Bartholomew Rd, Piscataway, NJ, 08854

Directions via Google Maps

Conference Venue:

Busch Student Center, Busch Campus

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Featured Hotels

We have blocks with the following hotels reserved at a discounted rate. There is limited availability for these rooms, please use the links to book! We encourage attendees to reserve from the room blocks first. 

Hyatt Regency New Brunswick Two Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 732 873 1234

Rutgers University Inn 178 Ryders Ln, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 732 932 9144

To and fro shuttle services between the recommended hotels (Hyatt Regency and Rutgers University Inn) and the Conference venue will be provided on all three days of the conference.

Please see the below hotels for the Rutgers rate!

Heldrich Hotel - New Brunswick
Follow the link to book at the Rutgers rate! Link

Fly: If you are flying, the closest airport to Rutgers University is Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).  Once you arrive at Newark Airport, Rutgers is about 30-40 minutes away by taxi/Uber.  There is also a train from the airport to the New Brunswick Train Station.

Train: If you are traveling by train, you will get off at the New Brunswick Train Station.  The Busch Student Center is about a 10 minute taxi/Uber ride from the New Brunswick train station.

Guests may park in Lots 51, 59, 60B & 67 using the link below. Attendees will click “Visitor” then enter their email and vehicle information to complete registration. Once completed they will receive an email and or text confirmation.

https://parkingbase.com/c/rutgers/d/3676664?eventId=a217bc29-c46f-4d37-8241-375d276430fd

Rutgers affiliated Faculty, Staff and Students must have a Rutgers parking permit (Semester, Daily, or Event) and park accordingly. Faculty, Staff, and Students parking without a parking permit or outside their parking permit assignment will be subjected to ticketing and/or towing.

Committee & Contact Information

Organizers:

Tirthankar Dasgupta (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Ying Hung (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Conference Coordinators:

Amanda Velcheck (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Eileen Sharkey (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)