Highlights from the Winter Conference in Statistics 2026 on Modern Statistics and Data Science Education

We will report from the Winter Conference in Statistics 2026 for which year the theme was "Modern Statistics and Data Science Education". There were very inspiring and thought provoking lectures by Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Jo Røislien and Katharina Schüller. In particular the lectures discussed aspects of the influence of AI on teaching, and how to accommodate AI in teaching, the notion of data litteracy, and discussion the understanding of what challenges and possibilities AI may pose in education. We would like to share the highlights from the conference.

The seminar may be of interest to a general math audience at the centre, and perhaps not only those directly involved in education in statistcis.