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The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter held its holiday celebration at San Jose State University. Keynote speakers James Zou, Jian Dai, and Viji Krishnamurthy—along with panelist Haiyan Huang—shared their insights into the transformative effect of large language models such as ChatGPT.

Chapter News, Georgia Chapter, Member News »

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This October, the Georgia Institute of Technology welcomed more than 150 statisticians and data scientists for Georgia Statistics Day 2023, an annual symposium started in 2015 by professor Jeff Wu with the aim of promoting interdisciplinary statistics research among Georgia’s academic institutions.

Chapter News, Member News, Orange County Long Beach »

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The Orange County Chapter will host the 2023 Annual Orange County Biostatistics Symposium September 29–30. The theme of the two-day symposium is “Innovative Designs in Expediting Drug and Device Development.”

Arizona, Chapter News »

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The Arizona Chapter held its ASA DataFest March 24–26—its first with in-person options since COVID began—and had a record 119 students enroll.

Ann Arbor, Chapter News, Detroit, Member News »

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This long-standing annual joint chapter event gives members a chance to recognize high-school students at the state level of the science fair who incorporated statistical methods into their science projects.

Chapter News, Member News, San Francisco Bay Area »

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The goal of the program is to provide students with mentoring from chapter officers and volunteers during student-designed projects.

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Representatives and officers from ASA chapters attended the Council of Chapters Governing Board workshop at JSM 2022 for presentations from longtime ASA members, as well as break-out sessions for participants to share experiences, generate ideas, and network with others.

Alabama, Chapter News, Member News »

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Nearly 50 current and prospective chapter members attended the conference from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Auburn University. Eric Laber gave the keynote address.

Ann Arbor, Chapter News, Detroit, Member News »

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Continuing their traditional joint chapter activity, members of the Detroit and Ann Arbor chapters and the District 3 vice chair served as a professional awards judging team at the Michigan Science and Engineering Fair.

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[1 Feb 2022 | Comments Off on Nigeria Hosts First ASA Student Chapter in Africa | 679 views]

Last December, the first ASA student chapter to be created in Africa was founded in Nigeria. The Nigeria ASA Student Chapter is headquartered at the University of Lagos but includes students from other universities throughout the country.