Yong Zeng of the University of Missouri-Kansas City became a permanent program director and Jun Zhu of the University of Wisconsin-Madison became a rotator program director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences in the National Science Foundation Directorate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences this fall.
New Grants Available to Fund Faculty Research
The American Mathematical Society and Simons Foundation recently created a program to foster and support research by mathematicians at primarily undergraduate institutions.
ASA Forensic Science Committee Celebrates 10 Years
Last fall marked 10 years since the ASA Board of Directors created an ad hoc committee on forensic science. The Advisory Committee on Forensic Science’s creation recognized and formalized the ongoing critical work of ASA members to ensure a strong statistical perspective in the forensic science reform effort.
People News for January 2023
Read about what ASA members have been up to lately in January 2023’s people news.
Meet Alex Piquero, Head of the Bureau of Justice Statistics
Alex R. Piquero was appointed by President Joe Biden in June of 2022 to serve as director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics and sworn in August 15, 2022.
JEDI Corner: From Visualization to ‘Sensification’
Data visualization and exploratory data analysis have been recognized in recent decades as important parts of statistics, but visualization excludes people with visual impairments, an increasingly important issue as the population gets older. How can statisticians and analysts provide some of the benefits of the dataviz revolution?
My ASA Story: Mike Jadoo, Bureau of Labor Statistics Economist
Mike Jadoo, an economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Office of Productivity and Technology, first learned about the American Statistical Association from a coworker who was going to the Joint Statistical Meetings.
Back to Where It Began
This year, we decided to go back to where it began and hold ASA Giving Day in conjunction with the fall board of directors meeting. By the end of Giving Day, 146 donors gave nearly $56,000.
A Statistician’s View: New Year Hopes for Andreas Georgiou as Court Decisions Loom
Interviewed recently for The Amherst Student, Georgiou said his legal troubles are “always a little bit tiring to the heart to think about.” But 2023 brings with it hope that justice, long denied, is still in reach.
Mission Impossible
“I believe in the mission of the ASA, which is promoting the practice and profession of statistics. Thus, 2023 will be a mission-driven year informed by ideas shared by our community,” says ASA President Dionne Price in her first President’s Corner.