J.N.K. Rao is a Distinguished Research Professor at Carleton University, Ottawa. He is a leading authority in survey sampling theory and methods and empirical likelihood methods for survey data. In recent years, his research focused on small area estimation (SAE), a topic of great practical interest due to growing demand for

Dr. Thema Monroe-White is an Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Policy in the Schar School of Policy and Government and Department of Computer Science (joint) at George Mason University. Her broad interests include bias mitigation in artificial intelligence (AI), critical quantitative and computational methods, and racial equity in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E).