The ASA’s Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security (SDNS) will sponsor the sixth annual Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis Workshop (DATAWorks) April 12–14 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland.

The workshop seeks to build a community that understands the value rigorous statistical approaches bring to solving complex problems related to aerospace, defense, and national security. The SDNS, Institute for Defense Analyses, NASA, and Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation in the Office of the Secretary of Defense organize the workshop.

The three-day workshop will showcase a combination of applied problems, unique methodological approaches, and tutorials from leading academics. Attendees will have the option of selecting a one-day tutorial on April 12. The next two days will consist of leadership keynotes, shorter tutorials, invited and contributed talks, and a poster session.

Analysts from across the Department of Defense and NASA will meet with leading academics, share best practices, and gain new ideas.

To accommodate safety and travel restrictions due to COVID-19, both an in-person workshop and a back-up virtual event are being planned.

While COVID-19 necessitated the cancellation of the DATAWorks 2020 in-person workshop this past spring, the organizers of the program were successfully able to pull together a series of webinars run on a virtual platform over the course of several weeks. More than 100 people attended each session, and all the recorded DATAWorks 2020 sessions and other materials are available for free.

Registration for DATAWorks 2021 is set to open in December. Those interested in attending should consider submitting a talk or poster abstract.