2025 U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics

Every other summer, CAUSE organizes the U. S. Conference on Teaching Statistics, which brings together teachers of statistics and data science to exchange ideas about improving their teaching. The 2025 USCOTS will be held at Iowa State University in Ames, IA from July 17th-19th, with pre-conference events starting on July 15th. The 2025 theme is "Useful Models."

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Welcome/Information Message from Organizing Committee

Conference Check-In Schedule and Location

The times and locations for the conference check-in desk are:
Tuesday, July 15, 12:00 - 4:30pm: Gerdin Business Building, south entrance, near room 1101
Wednesday, July 16 - Friday, July 18, 7:30am - 6:30pm: Memorial Union Building, Great Hall
Saturday, July 19, 7:30am - 12:30pm: Memorial Union Building, Great Hall

Parking / Shuttle Information

Parking: You have three parking options. You can park in the parking garage attached to the Memorial Union, which is $20 per day (https://www.mu.iastate.edu/parking). Alternatively, you can apply for a permit in advance for $5 per day in an outdoor parking lot (https://www.parking.iastate.edu/visitor). Finally, you can park for free in one of the neighborhoods surrounding campus (make sure to look at posted parking signs for rules).
Hotel Shuttle: If you are staying in a hotel associated with the conference, we will provide a shuttle to campus. If you are staying at the Hampton Inn, the shuttle will pick you up on 16th street by the hotel. If you are staying at Comfort Inn & Suites or Courtyard by Marriott, the shuttle will pick you up outside the hotel. The shuttles will run loops at specific dates and times listed at the bottom of this page: https://www.causeweb.org/cause/uscots/uscots25/registration.