Jianjun Shi, the Carolyn J. Stewart Chair and professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, will deliver the Deming Lecture, “From Statistical Process Control to In-Process Quality Improvement,” at 4 p.m. August 5 during the Joint Statistical Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee.
The lecture is delivered each year at the Joint Statistical Meetings to honor the statistical and leadership contributions of W. Edwards Deming (1900–1993) and to renew attention to his stated goals:
I aim to engage only in work that offers opportunity to create new statistical methods, or to use existing methods to help … improve … research; or to acquire new knowledge through planned research …; or to improve efficiency, uniformity, quality service, and performance of product; or to achieve smoother operation and more effective administration and management in industry and government.
Looking forward to next year, nominations for the 2026 ASA Deming Lectureship Award are due November 1. Learn about the nomination requirements and selection criteria. In keeping with Deming’s goals quoted above, the Deming Lectureship Committee encourages nominations of colleagues who have made lively, thoughtful, and high-impact contributions to a wide range of statistical methodology, application, and leadership areas.
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