Ji-Hyun Lee reflects on the ASA’s updated process for issuing public statements, emphasizing the challenge of balancing neutrality and advocacy in a polarized climate while reaffirming the commitment to transparency and protecting the integrity of statistics.
Apertus: An LLM Designed for Data for Good
Apertus is an open-source large language model created to advance transparency and accessibility while supporting research, education, and projects that benefit society.
UCLA’s Latino Data Hub Brings Data, Analytics to Under-Served Community
The website provides accessible, high-quality data and analytics to support research, policymaking, and community advocacy for Latino communities across the United States.
Winners of SRMS Poster Competition Announced
The Survey Research Methods Section named Anne Cohen and Yilan Huang as winners of the 2025 SRMS poster competition for their innovative research in Bayesian methods and dental care utilization.
AI Workshop NYC 2025: An Inaugural Gathering
The inaugural AI Workshop NYC 2025 brought together over 100 researchers, technologists, and students for plenary talks, panels, demonstrations, and a hackathon showcasing innovative AI applications in digital health.
Frauke Kreuter Wins Waksberg Award
Kreuter received the award for her pioneering contributions to survey methodology and training the next generation of data-savvy survey researchers
Rob Tibshirani Named Myles Hollander Distinguished Lecturer
Tibshirani, a leading statistician from Stanford University, will deliver the lecture at Florida State University on innovative methods in sparse regression.
Ruishan Lin Wins Statistical Significance Poster Competition
Ruishan Lin won for her work on detecting brain activity changes, with an honorable mention awarded to Kimberly Greco for her research on rare disease phenotyping.
Duka and Zhang Honored with Ellis Ott Scholarships
Zoga Duka and Zihan Zhang received 2025 scholarships for their research in machine learning, analytics, and high-dimensional data modeling.
Obituary: Jayalakshmi Natarajan
ASA member Jayalakshmi “Jaya” Natarajan passed away on June 1 at the age of 77.