JSM 2015 in Pictures
1 October 2015
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Saturday and Sunday, August 8–9
ASA Executive Director Ron Wasserstein, ASA President David Morganstein, and ASA 2016 President Jessica Utts attend the ASA Board meeting.
Anna Nevius, David van Dyk, and Ming-Yen Chung attend the ASA Board meeting.
David Ruppert of Cornell University teaches the Continuing Education course "Statistical Analysis of Financial Data with R."
Garrett Fitzmaurice of the Harvard School of Public Health talks during the Continuing Education course "Applied Longitudinal Analysis."
Fang Chen of SAS Institute teaches during the Continuing Education course "Practical Bayesian Computation."
Brendan Kitts of Adap.tv gives the talk "Trends in Computational Television Advertising."
ASA President David Morganstein and ASA Executive Director Ron Wasserstein with winners of the Award for Outstanding Chapter Service: Doris (Yu) Shu, Daniel Hayes, Joel Reynolds, Byron Gajewski, and Bill Pikounis
ASA President David Morganstein with Educational Ambassador Shafiq Rahman of the Institute of Statistical Research and Training in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Attendees enjoy free food and drink at the Opening Mixer, which took place in the exhibit hall.
Yong Chen, Hilary Parker, and Gabriel Chandler attend the Opening Mixer.
ASA President David Morganstein presents the Award of Outstanding Statistical Application to Wensheng Guo of the University of Pennsylvania and Ziyue Liu of Indiana University.
ASA President David Morganstein with the winners of the Jackie Dietz Best Journal of Statistics Education Paper Award: Phyllis Curtiss of Grand Valley State University, Christopher John Malone of Winona State University, and John Gabrosek of Grand Valley State University
Freelance math and science writer Julie Rehmeyer receives the Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award from ASA President David Morganstein.
ASA Past President Nathaniel Schenker prepares to hand out awards.
Johanna Hardin of Pomona College speaks during a session titled Undergraduate Curriculum: The Pathway to Sustainable Growth in Our Discipline: The Undergraduate Curriculum of the Future.
Daniela Witten of the University of Washington speaks during the session titled Statistical Learning Using Convex Optimization: Fused Lasso Additive Model.
Monday, August 10
Jasmit Shah, Kelly-Ann Dixon Hamil, and Sammy Chebon get together at the Student Mixer.
Morteza Marzjarani (organizer), Lucas Hitt of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Donald Berry of MD Anderson Cancer Center, Regina Nuzzo of Gallaudet University, and Michael D. Levi of the Bureau of Labor Statistics participate in a session titled Exploiting the Media's Obsession with Controversy to Promote Good Science.
Bei Wang of Arizona State University speaks during the speed session Topics in Imaging Biostatistics, Computing, and Modeling: GMM Versus GQL Logistic Regression Models for Multi-Level Correlated Data.
Carlos Natividad-Licon of The University of Texas at San Antonio speaks during the speed session Topics in Imaging Biostatistics, Computing, and Modeling: Classification of Greek Wines According to Geographic Region.
Conference attendees chat at the SAS booth in the JSM 2015 EXPO.
Christine H. Fox of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory gives the President's Invited Address.
ASA President David Morganstein introduces the 2015 President's Invited Address speaker, Christine H. Fox.
From left: Katherine Wallman, Cynthia Long, Jeri Mulrow, Mary Kwasny, Christine Fox, David Morganstein, Anna Nevius, Wendy Lou, and Junshan Qiu attend the reception for the President's Invited Address.
Rebecca Andridge of The Ohio State University discusses her speed session poster, titled "Imputing Estrogen Receptor Status in a Population-Based Cancer Registry: A Sensitivity Analysis."
Karen Kazor of the Colorado School of Mines discusses her poster, titled "Comparison of Linear and Nonlinear Dimension Reduction Techniques for Automated Process Monitoring of a Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Facility."
Yujin Wen of Texas University explains his poster, "A Review of Split-Plot Design and Its Deviations."
Christopher Bieganski of Nielsen presents his speed session poster, "Response Rate Improvements Through Operational Efficiency."
Jason Bernstein discusses his poster, "Analysis of Single Particle Diffusion with Transient Binding Using Particle Filtering."
Ross Prentice of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Layla Parast of RAND Corporation (organizer), Jeremy Taylor of the University of Michigan, and Peter B. Gilbert of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center participate in the invited session titled Challenges in the Identification and Validation of Surrogate Markers.
Alan Hopkins, June Morita, and Jeff Meeker attend the Longtime Member Reception.
Nancy Flournoy and J. Lynne Palmer at the Longtime Member Reception
Ingram Olkin, Ted Anderson, and Stu Hunter attend the Longtime Member Reception.
Kathryn Crane of John F. Kennedy Catholic High School discusses the history of censored books during the late-breaking session titled The VA Secretary Bans a Statistics Book.
Karen Kafadar of the University of Virginia and Dongseok Choi of Oregon Health and Science University
David Ruppert, JASA editor and session organizer, speaks during the JASA (Theory and Methods) invited paper and discussions session.
Hadley Wickham of RStudio gives a talk titled "Ggvis: Moving Toward a Grammar of Interactive Graphics."
The Ohio State University's Chris Hans presents during his talk titled "Interdisciplinary Education: Ohio State University's New Undergraduate Major in Data Analytics."
Tuesday, August 11
ASA President David Morganstein addresses Meeting Within a Meeting participants with ASA Executive Director Ron Wasserstein and ASA President-elect Jessica Utts.
High-school teachers participate in the Meeting Within a Meeting workshop.
ASA President David Morganstein addresses Meeting Within a Meeting participants.
ASA 2016 President Jessica Utts addresses participants during Meeting Within a Meeting.
High-school teachers participate in the Meeting Within a Meeting workshop.
Jennifer Bryan of The University of British Columbia gives a talk titled "The Statistics Identity Crisis: Are We Really Data Scientists? Teach Data Science and They Will Come."
A rapt audience listens to Jennifer Bryan of The University of British Columbia give a talk titled "The Statistics Identity Crisis: Are We Really Data Scientists? Teach Data Science and They Will Come."
From left: ASA Past President Sally Morton, ASA President David Morganstein, and ASA Past President Sastry Pantula participate in the Mentoring Workshop for New and Seasoned Mentors and Mentees.
Hongtu Zhu of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill gives an introductory overview lecture titled "Statistical Issues in Computational Neuroscience: Big Data Integration in Biomedical Studies."
ASA President David Morganstein and ASA Past President Nathaniel Schenker relax before the ASA President's Address.
ASA President David Morganstein (far left) and ASA Executive Director Ron Wasserstein (far right) with 2015 Founders Award recipients David Banks (left), Sally Morton, and James Albert
The ASA inducts 62 new Fellows from 24 U.S. states, DC, and six countries.
ASA Fellow Abdus Wahed and former ASA President Sally Morton attend the Fellows reception.
Wenqing He, Grace Yi, and Jawa Chen attend the Fellows reception.
Karan Singh and Dipak Dey attend the Fellows reception.
ASA Preisdent David Morganstein presents William Meeker with the Deming Lecture plaque.
Deming Lecture chair Nancy Gordon speaks.
The Imposteriors---Jennifer Hill, Mark Glickman, and Don Hedeker---perform during the Dance Party.
JSM attendees dance the night away at the Dance Party.
JSM attendees dance the night away at the Dance Party.
Attendees twirl and bop at the Dance Party.
Former ASA President Marie Davidian and partner ballroom dance to The Imposteriors.
The Imposteriors---Jennifer Hill, Mark Glickman, and Don Hedeker---perform during the Dance Party.
JSM 2015 attendees shimmy at the Dance Party.
Yonggang Yao of SAS Institute teaches the Continuing Education course Quantile Regression in Practice.
Wednesday, August 12
Jessica Utts of the University of California, Irvine, teaches during the Beyond AP Statistics workshop.