The podcast, hosted by ASA executive director, Ron Wasserstein, and director of strategic initiatives and outreach, Donna LaLonde, will feature a lineup of ASA members who will share their passions, professional initiatives, and aspirations.
Michael Thomas noticed at a young age he excelled in his math courses. He remembers while in high school picking from sheets with example exam questions the one with equations on it, because it seemed the shortest. This year, he helped plan and host StatFest 2020. He has been involved in mentorship, tutoring, and career-development conferences for students since he was an undergraduate and is currently pursuing a PhD in computational science and engineering focused on civil and environmental engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
A special issue of the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education addresses Nolan and Temple Lang’s paper, “Computing in the Statistics Curriculum,” which was published ten years ago in The American Statistician.
Born in Cameroon, West Africa, Abie Ekangaki moved to London, England, in the early 1970s with his family, where he spent his childhood shuttling between the continents. His interest in statistics spurs from a personal work experience, when he was exposed to the concept of converting data into information. Since then, he has worked across the globe for the World Health Organization and in academia and the pharmaceutical industry.
The Journal of Statistical Research is inviting manuscripts for a special issue on the occasion of its 50th year of publication and the 100-year anniversary of the University of Dhaka.
