Per the rules set forth by the ASA’s constitution and bylaws, the board seeks comments from ASA members on proposed changes to voting and fellows eligibility.
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This Month in Statistics History: September
These ASA Fellows were all born in September: Edith Abbott, Harold Hotelling, and Mary Gibbons Natrella. Discover more in This Month in Statistics History.
Professional Opportunities
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Missouri University and the University of Singapore are hiring.
Shared Goals and Contrasting Objectives: Understanding DataFest Through Dual Perspectives
An NSF-funded research project allowed the authors to examine six DataFest sites over two years, surveying and interviewing both organizers and participants to understand their motivations, goals, and challenges.
Who Is DataFest For?
Surveys and interviews at six DataFest sites revealed what drives students to participate in the event–it was whether the students felt the event was “for me.”
Spending the Weekend with Data: The Appeal of DataFest for Students
What draws students to DataFest, where they tackle messy, real-world data sets during an intense, collaborative weekend?
DATA: The Engine That Drives DataFest
Rob Gould and Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel share their decade-plus journey of sourcing, cleaning, and crafting the real-world data challenges that make DataFest such a unique experience.
Mutual Benefits of Data Sharing: Insights from CourseKata and Savills
Who provides the data that fuels student projects—and what do they gain in return? Here, representatives from CourseKata and Savills Workplace Studio share why they chose to donate their data and how the experience shaped both their work and their perspective.
DataFest for Two-Year Colleges
In 2022, Rebecca Wong and Rachel Saidi created a virtual DataFest exclusively for two-year colleges so students from across the country can participate in a collaborative, weekend-long data challenge.
Judging DataFest: Insights from the Other Side of the Table
We caught up with Michael Sarkis, a data science manager at 2nd Order Solutions and returning DataFest judge, to hear what keeps him coming back year after year.