The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies presents awards annually to honor statisticians who have made outstanding contributions to the profession.
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JSM Is on Its Way to DC: Check Out Conference Highlights and Start Planning
The statistical event of the summer—The Joint Statistical Meetings—is in Washington, DC, this year. Join us August 6–11 to meet new people, talk to old friends, and explore the nation’s capital.
Nancy Reid to Deliver 2022 COPSS Distinguished Lecture
Nancy Reid, a professor in the department of statistical sciences at the University of Toronto who has contributed fundamental and path-breaking work in a wide range of statistical problems, will give her lecture at the 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC. Her talk is titled “Likelihood and Its Discontents.”
Elizabeth L. Scott Award Goes to Madhu Mazumdar
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Elizabeth L. Scott Award committee recently honored Madhu Mazumdar of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with the 2022 award. Mazumdar was selected for serving as an outstanding role model of leadership and creating new leadership opportunities for statisticians, fostering opportunities in statistics and promoting statistical careers for diverse trainees, training and mentoring the next generation of statistical leaders, and excelling in team science research.
Meet the JSM 2022 Featured Speakers
Catch all of these featured speakers at JSM 2022 in Washington, DC.
CSP 2022: The Art and Science of Statistical Practice
The 11th CSP, held February 1–3, continued its tradition of presenting the state of the art in statistical practices and in-depth discussions about many of the challenges faced by practitioners today.
ICHPS Organizers Share Hopes, Plans for 2023 Conference in Arizona
Planning is ongoing for the 2023 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS), a forum for discussing research needs and solutions to the challenges of health policy research.
JSM 2022 Late-Breaking Session Proposals Due April 15
A late-breaking session addresses one or more technical, scientific, or policy-related topics that have arisen in the one-year period prior to JSM.
Beyond Big Data: Supporting Students and Early-Career Professionals
SDSS 2022 will be held this June in Pittsburgh, PA. Registration opens online February 15, and the lightning abstract submission deadline is March 10.
JSM 2022 Call for Contributed Abstracts, Chairs
The theme for JSM 2022 is “Statistics: A Foundation for Innovation,” which emphasizes the essential role of statistics in the era of big data and data science.