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Center for Quantitative Sciences

2026 Summer Institute

Register by July 20 for courses beginning on July 27. (Registration is now closed for the courses beginning on July 20.)

Course index

  • Headshot of Tiger Sheng, PhD

    Monday, July 27 - Friday, July 31, 2026

    9 am - noon Central Time 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203

    Terra-Based Cloud Computing

    Taught by Dr. Quanhu “Tiger” Sheng, associate professor of biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

    Teaching assistant: Dr. Hua-Chang Chen, data scientist assistant II, Vanderbilt Health

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  • Headshot of Andrew Spieker, PhD

    Monday, July 27 - Friday, July 31, 2026

    1 - 4 pm Central Time 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203

    Introduction to Causal Inference

    Taught by Dr. Andrew Spieker, associate professor of biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Register for either or both of these courses by July 20

Courses beginning July 20 (registration is now closed)

  • Headshot of Qi Liu, PhD

    Monday, July 20 - Friday, July 24, 2026

    9 am - noon Central Time 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203

    Genomic Data Analysis: From Sequencing to Biological Insights

    Taught by Dr. Qi Liu, professor of biostatistics and biomedical informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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  • Headshot of Chris Fonnesbeck, PhD

    Monday, July 20 - Friday, July 24, 2026

    1 - 4 pm Central Time 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203

    Introduction to PyMC and Bayesian Modeling

    Taught by Dr. Chris Fonnesbeck, principal data scientist at PyMC Labs

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