This year, the Byar award committee received a record-setting 62 submissions of high-quality papers, but chose only one winner. Read more to find out who and learn about the section’s JSM plans.
Biometrics
Biometrics Section Announces JSM Program, Readies for Other Meetings
The Biometrics Section details it’s short courses and invited sessions for JSM 2012 and requests ideas for 2013 conference sessions.
Biometrics Section Readies for Upcoming Conferences
The Biometrics Section will take part in a few conferences this year and next. Read about how you can be involved.
Biometrics Section Announces JSM 2012 CE Courses, Invited Sessions
The Biometrics Section will sponsor four Continuing Education courses and six invited sessions at the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego, California.
Biometrics Welcomes New Officers, Seeks Volunteers and Proposals
The Biometrics Section begins 2012 with an introduction to this year’s executive committee.
Section Welcomes New Officers, Readies for JSM 2012
The Biometrics Section introduces its new officers and provides a look at their JSM 2012 invited sessions.
Abstracts, Nominations Sought for JSM 2012
The Biometrics Section is seeking contributed and topic-contributed papers for JSM 2012, as well as applicants for the David P. Byar award. Read to find out how to submit an application.
Proposals, Papers Wanted for JSM 2012
Biometrics Section program chair, Timothy D. Johnson, is collecting proposals for topic-contributed talks. The section also is seeking applications for the 2012 David P. Byar Young Investigator Award, given to a young investigator for best emerging work to be presented during JSM.
Biometrics Section Accomplishes Much at JSM
The Biometrics Section held its annual business committee meeting at JSM 2011 in Miami Beach, Florida. Read on to see all the section accomplished during the past year.
Byar Award Presented, Short Course Announced
During JSM 2011, the Biometrics Section presented its David P. Byar Young Investigator Award to Daniela Witten of the University of Washington for her paper “Penalized Classification Using Fisher’s Linear Discriminant.” It also invited section members to attend a two-day short course on the prevention and treatment of missing data in clinical trials.