The Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government Award annually recognizes outstanding partnerships among academe, industry, and government organizations and aims to promote new cross-sector collaborations. This distinct ASA award emphasizes recognition of outstanding collaborations between organizations, while also recognizing key individual contributors and important advances.
Meetings
Daniela Witten Wins COPSS Presidents’ Award
Daniela Witten is a professor of statistics and biostatistics at the University of Washington and the Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair in Mathematical Statistics. She develops statistical machine learning methods for high-dimensional data.
Many Honored at Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony
A special feature of the Joint Statistical Meetings is the ASA President’s Address and Awards, during which the Founders Award winners are announced and the new ASA Fellows are inducted.
JSM 2022: Together Again
JSM 2022 was held in person in Washington, DC, August 6–11, and was perhaps our first big in-person, post-COVID-19 meeting as a community.
Planning Underway for SDSS 2023
Inspired by the parallels between a data science project workflow and the twists and turns that mark one’s career, the theme of the 2023 Symposium on Data Science and Statistics is “Beyond Big Data: Inquire, Investigate, Implement, Innovate.” It represents the curiosity, creativity, and ingenuity that distinguish and are encouraged by our community to progress this ever-evolving field.
Symposium Focuses on Opportunities for Massachusetts Community Colleges
The NSF-funded Data Science Corps Wrangle-Analyze-Visualize project organized a symposium of academic leaders, faculty, and other stakeholders to foster the development of flexible and inclusive data science pathways in Massachusetts. The symposium was hosted by Smith College on June 13.
Apply for WSDS 2022 Travel Awards
Applications for aid from students and early-career professionals must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on August 22.
Symposium on AI in Clinical Drug Development Provides Forum to Discuss Policy
The symposium brought together participants from the FDA, pharmaceutical industry, and major academic institutions to discuss policy implications of implementing artificial intelligence in clinical drug development.
SDSS 2022: Connecting and Influencing Our Society
SDSS 2022 came with a number of surprises and insights as the first in-person ASA-supported conference since the pandemic started.
Register for WSDS 2022 Today
The Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference will convene in person to celebrate women in statistics and data science and bring together leaders from academia, government, and industry.