Bin Yu, a UC Berkeley professor known for her work on interpretable machine learning and reproducible scientific methods, will present “Veridical Data Science Towards Trustworthy AI” on November 6 at Florida State University.
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Nominations Open for 2027 COPSS Awards
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies seeks nominations by December 15 for its 2027 awards, including the Emerging Leader Award, and will present them at the 2027 Joint Statistical Meetings in Chicago, August 8-12.
Obituary: Steve Selvin
Steve Selvin, emeritus professor of biostatistics at UC Berkeley and the person who introduced the Monty Hall Problem, passed away on September 30, 2026.
Obituary: Robert Starbuck
Robert Starbuck, longtime ASA member, Fellow, and Founders Award recipient, passed away on September 11, 2026, at the age of 77.
Obituary: Mel Kollander
Mel Kollander, an ASA Fellow, founding member of the Washington Statistical Society, and longtime statistician at the Environmental Protection Agency, passed away on September 1, 2026.
Obituary: Vincent P. Barabba
Vincent P. Barabba, 1990 ASA president and Fellow who twice directed the US Census Bureau and led market research and strategy at Xerox, Kodak, and General Motors, died September 21, 2026.
SFASA Summer Project Program Celebrates Seventh Year of Student Research
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter’s seventh K–12 Student Summer Project Program paired students with volunteer mentors to complete original data analysis projects, from forest ecology to cancer immunotherapy, and presented them at a virtual showcase on September 7.
Second NYC Chapter Workshop Recognizes AI, Statistics Intertwined
The ASA NYC Chapter’s Second AI Workshop, held July 26 in Tarrytown, New York, drew more than 100 participants for a full day of talks, demonstrations, mentoring, and a mini-hackathon showing that trustworthy AI depends on rigorous statistical foundations.
Survey Research Methods Section Calls for JSM Proposals
The Survey Research Methods Section is sponsoring JSM 2027 topic-contributed sessions; select SRMS as the sponsoring section when submitting your proposal from November 17 to December 10.
Counting What Counts: Reasons to Be Grateful, with Confidence
ASA President Jeri Mulrow expresses gratitude for the volunteers, committees, mentors, and educators who sustain the statistics community and invites members to get involved through Communities in Action and MentorLink.