Longtime ASA member Janet Cherry passed away August 17, 2024, from complications of a fall.
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Ji-Hyun Lee, New American Statistical Association President, Says ‘Everyday Statisticians’ Can Change the World
Lee has three goals for her presidency: enhancing the visibility of the profession; increasing opportunities for ASA members; and diversifying and expanding membership. To do that, Lee hopes to build strong, sustainable bridges between the ASA and other professional organizations and institutions.
Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics Honors False Discovery Rate Pioneers
This year’s prize honored Yoav Benjamini, Daniel Yekutieli, and Ruth Heller of Tel Aviv University for their pioneering work on the false discovery rate—a concept that has transformed how scientists handle multiple hypothesis testing.
Tamara Broderick Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Tamara Broderick was recently honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her groundbreaking work with the Office of Naval Research.
Obituary: Martin Abba Tanner
Martin Abba Tanner passed away peacefully in Evanston on January 2, after 20 years of fighting cancer. He is survived by his wife, Anat, and his son, Noam.
Holan Elected to NASEM Panel
ASA member Scott H. Holan has been selected to serve on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s study panel, “Foundation Models for Scientific Discovery and Innovation: Opportunities Across the Department of Energy.”
Kazeem Kareem Wins Statistical Significance Poster Competition
Kazeem Kareem from Michigan Technical University received a $300 prize for his project, “Statistics Powers Medical Diagnosis: Disease Detection Using Clustering and Image Segmentation.”
Rolf R. Schmitt Honored with Robert E. Skinner Jr. Award
ASA member Rolf R. Schmitt, deputy director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, recently received the 2024 Robert E. Skinner Jr. Distinguished Transportation Research Management Award for his four-decade career advancing transportation statistics.
ASA Founder and Fellow Contributes to Reuters Series
James J. Cochran, founder and fellow of the American Statistical Association, contributed his expertise in statistical methodologies to The Bat Lands, the award-winning Reuters online series that explores the connection between environmental destruction and human health.
People News for December 2024
Bin Yu, Rebecca Barter, Eugenia Cheng, Sally Morton, Yao Xie, and Yang Chen are featured in the news this month.