The Government Statistics Section organized three invited sessions, including a panel on using multiple data sources for federal statistics; seven topic-contributed sessions, including an update on the US Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking; three roundtables; and more for this year’s JSM.
Section News
Section on Statistical Education to Host FREE Birds of a Feather Discussions
New this year at JSM, the ASA Section on Statistical Education will host free Birds of a Feather–themed discussions in Vancouver.
Physical and Engineering Sciences Section Readies for JSM
The events formerly known as the SPES/Q&P and Risk/SDNS mixers are morphing into one four-section joint mixer during JSM in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Q&P Section Highlights Topic-Contributed, Contributed Sessions
The Quality and Productivity section is sponsoring topic-contributed and contributed sessions at the Joint Statistical Meetings this year.
Two Selected for Natrella Scholarship
The Quality and Productivity Section will award Mary G. and Joseph Natrella scholarships to Anh Bui and Xiaowei Yue. Natrella Scholarship winners are chosen for their outstanding teaching, community service, mentoring, leadership, scholarship, and commitment to the pursuit of quality improvement through the use of statistical methods.
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology Holds Annual Young Investigator Awards
The Section on Statistics in Epidemiology presented the 2018 Young Investigator award to six new researchers for the best papers in statistics in epidemiology presented at JSM. An awards ceremony will be held on July 31 at the 2018 JSM in Vancouver.
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences at JSM
SPES has a slate of four invited and three topic-contributed sessions lined up for the upcoming JSM in Vancouver. SPES is also co-sponsoring multiple invited and topic-contributed sessions.
Survey Research Methods Section Releases 2017 JSM Proceedings, Details 2018 JSM Offerings
The Section on Survey Research Methods is presenting a variety of sessions, courses, and panels at JSM 2018. Additionally, the Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section from the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings in Baltimore is now available.
Statistics in Defense and National Security Section News for May 2018
The Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security sponsored the student poster prize session at the Conference on Data Analysis. There were 28 students presenting posters, and three prizes were awarded.
Biopharmaceutical News for May 2018
All Biopharmaceutical Section members are invited to network and learn from others in their profession during the Joint Statistical Meetings.