This year’s recipient, Christine Anderson-Cook, is an innovator, technical leader, and influencer in many areas of industrial statistics.

The 37th annual Quality and Productivity Research Conference will be hosted by Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, July 26–29, and focus on the latest ideas and cutting-edge modern methodologies in all aspects of big data analysis and their applications.

The Q&P section will take primary sponsorship for the Fall Technical Conference.

The Quality and Productivity Section executive committee discussed areas going well for the section, possible areas of growth, and areas needing attention.

The Quality and Productivity Section had their business meeting during the Joint Statistical Meetings in August and inducted two officers.

The Quality and Productivity Research Conference is the main annual meeting for the ASA Quality and Productivity Section.

These three sections will throw a popular mixer at this year’s JSM in Denver, Colorado.

The Quality and Productivity Section will host two contributed sessions at JSM 2019.

The Quality and Productivity Section will jointly host an invited paper session at JSM 2019 with the Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences and Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science.

The ASA Quality and Productivity Section will sponsor a continuing education course at JSM in Denver titled Big Data, Data Science, and Deep Learning for Statisticians.