The Washington Statistical Society and George Mason University held a joint seminar on the presidential election on October 11. Edward Wu, election analytics senior producer at CNN interviewed Andrew Gelman, professor of statistics and political science at Columbia University following Gelman’s talk, “Tough Choices in Election Forecasting: All the Things That Can Go Wrong.”
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2025 Deadlines and Contact Information for Select ASA National Awards, Special Lectureships, and COPSS Awards
The ASA’s extensive awards program recognizes statisticians who have made outstanding contributions to the association and statistical profession through research, teaching, consulting, and service.
Introducing Our Newest Members: Spotlight on Apoorva Goyal
Apoorva Goyal’s interest in statistics and data science evolved gradually, influenced by a combination of academic experiences and the growing demand for data analytics in various fields. Today, her dream job involves combining her passion for genetics research with data science to drive innovations in precision medicine within a startup setting.
Two NIH Leaders Honored with Griffith Mentoring Award
The ASA’s Government Statistics Section recently awarded the Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award to two women from the National Institutes of Health: Nancy L. Geller, director of the Office of Biostatistics Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Clarice R. Weinberg, principal investigator in the biostatistics and computational biology branch of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
ASA Sections Offer Student Paper Awards
Many ASA sections sponsor student paper competitions to help gifted students with the costs of attending JSM, which also offers an opportunity for students to present their work.
Two Take Home Ellis R. Ott Scholarship
The Ellis R. Ott Scholarship Governing Committee awards two $7,500 scholarships to promising master’s and PhD candidates pursuing degrees in statistics and related disciplines. This year, the honorees are Valeria Ovalle Ocampo and Luke Hagar.
Benjamini, Yekutieli, Heller Awarded Second Annual Rousseeuw Prize
Tel Aviv University’s Yoav Benjamini, Daniel Yekutieli, and Ruth Heller received the Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics for their pioneering work on the false discovery rate.
20+ JSM Sessions Focus on Privacy, Confidentiality
The 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings in Portland, Oregon, featured more than 20 sessions and panels about statistical data privacy and confidentiality. Read about the highlights!
Call for Nominations: C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize
Nominate a colleague for the C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize for Outstanding Research in Statistics, which recognizes outstanding and influential innovations in the theory and practice of mathematical statistics, international leadership in directing statistical research, and pioneering contributions by a recognized leader in the statistics field.
Obituaries for October 2024
Obituaries for ASA members who sadly passed away.