The ASA Committee on International Relations in Statistics is seeking qualified nationals from Ukraine, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and/or Central African Republic to serve as 2020 Educational Ambassadors. In 2020, the ASA will select two educational ambassadors to receive funding to attend the Joint Statistical Meetings and take one or more continuing education courses in an emerging area of research. The ambassadors will then return to disseminate the subject matter in their home country and/or region.
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CSP 2020 Heading to West Coast in February
The Conference on Statistical Practice will take place in Sacramento, California, February 20–22 and provide opportunities for attendees to further their career development and strengthen relationships in the statistical community.
Contest to Provide Student Winner with Travel Award
The Sixth International Conference on Establishment Statistics is sponsoring a student contest with awards given in two tracks: nonresponse treatment and analysis/visualization of economic statistical data. The goal of the contest is to encourage students to create interesting and challenging applications that test their technical skill and creativity.
2019 Educational Ambassadors from Nepal, Mexico Attend JSM
The Educational Ambassador Program is an ASA outreach effort launched by the late Martha Aliaga and the Committee on International Relations in Statistics to foster international collaboration and enhance statistics education worldwide. The program subsidizes two ambassadors from developing countries to attend JSM and take CE courses. It also provides a one-year ASA membership.
What’s Going On in This Graph? Enters Third Year
The ASA celebrates its third year of partnership with The New York Times Learning Network on the popular “What’s Going On in This Graph?” feature, a program that helps teachers lead class discussions about graphs appearing in The New York Times. The discussions engage students in grades 7–12 in activities and questions designed to improve their understanding and critical interpretation of visual displays of information in real life.
Hadley Wickham Wins Prestigious COPSS Presidents’ Award
Huixia Judy Wang, COPSS secretary/treasurer, took a moment to ask Wickham several questions about winning the prestigious COPSS Presidents’ Award.
SDSS 2020 to Feature Refereed Submissions
The Symposium on Data Science and Statistics will feature a new system of refereeing contributed papers, most notably in the computing community, that have become increasingly popular among statisticians.
Many Honored at Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony
Many people were honored for their contributions to the various causes that advance the field of statistics during this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings.
JSM 2019: Reminiscing on the Impact
Let us reflect on yet another successful JSM, set against a backdrop of the awe-inspiring Colorado Front Range. I will remember fondly riding the free mall shuttle up and down 16th Street, reveling in the JSM downtown signposts welcoming us to Denver, connecting with statistical colleagues lounging for a coffee break at the Hyatt, and being greeted by the big blue bear wanting to get in on our festivities. We for sure fulfilled ASA President Karen Kafadar’s theme of Statistics: Making an Impact at the foothills of the Rockies!
Statistics Workshops for Math and Science Teachers Held in Denver
This year, there were 28 participants, including middle- and high-school teachers, teacher educators, students, and statisticians interested in professional development and teaching statistics at the middle- and high-school levels. Workshop participants came from nine states and the District of Columbia.