Mark van der Laan looks at how statisticians can contribute to the world of Big Data and data science.
A Statistician's View
Statistics Losing Ground to Computer Science
Norman Matloff, professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis, argues that the field of statistics is being eclipsed by other disciplines, notably computer science.
Time to Embrace a New Identity?
Thomas Speidel discusses the ever-changing statistics profession.
The Assessment of Teachers: Notes from a Conference
Harvey Goldstein and Murray Aitkin respond to “The Assessment of Teachers: Notes from a Conference” from the January 2014 issue of Amstat News.
Response to ‘Academic Salary Survey by Gender’
Jean D. Gibbons, Russell Professor Emerita of Applied Statistics at the University of Alabama, gives a response to the ‘Academic Salary Survey by Gender.’
Statistics Training: A Big Role in Big Data?
Lexin Li of North Carolina State University describes how two years in the Silicon Valley causes professor to wonder about statistics’ role in Big Data.
Response to Olkin
Jean Gibbons responds to Ingram Olkin’s Amstat News article, “Where Have All the Tenured Women Gone?”
Revision of Introductory Statistics Courses Could Close Divisions
Murray Aitkin comments on the January 2014 Amstat News article, “Trilobites and Us.”
Meeting the Challenges of Improved Post-Secondary Education in the Mathematical Sciences
On behalf of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics, David M. Bressoud, Eric M. Friedlander, and C. David Levermore are calling upon the entire mathematical sciences community to achieve much-needed change in undergraduate education in the mathematical sciences.
Analytical Attire
Leanna House and Scotland Leman of Virginia Tech discuss how to change the perception of statistics and the role statistics has in future data science endeavors.