Norman Matloff, computer science professor at the University of California, Davis discusses whether ChatGPT is up to the task of doing statistics at the level demanded of students.
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Measuring and Reducing Bias in Machine Learning, AI
Learning to avoid sources of bias and quantifying and minimizing its impact allow the realization of the promise of machine learning and artificial intelligence to benefit all, David Corliss says.
Meeting Goals and Making More
In her last column as ASA President, Katherine Ensor revisits her initiatives and reviews her contributions to the American Statistical Association.
A Statistician’s Life: Bob Riffenburgh
For more than 65 years, Bob Riffenburgh practiced and taught statistics in multiple fields. This year, the ASA established the Riffenburgh Award in his honor.
Symposium on AI in Clinical Drug Development Provides Forum to Discuss Policy
The symposium brought together participants from the FDA, pharmaceutical industry, and major academic institutions to discuss policy implications of implementing artificial intelligence in clinical drug development.
Riffenburgh Award Honors Cross-Disciplinary Work
The award will recognize the transfer or extension of statistical methods developed for or used in one field of application into another where it has never or seldom been used.
Viatris Wins 2021 Global CPhI Pharma Award for Digital Innovation
The award recognizes a set of projects that harness real-world evidence and artificial intelligence for regulatory use over a three-year period.
As the Statistics Profession Grows, So Does the ASA
ASA President Kathy Ensor sees three areas of immediate opportunity for the ASA: leadership, keeping vibrant data science and AI activities moving forward, and sustainability and community analytics. Here, she speaks briefly to each of these.
People News for December 2021
See what ASA members have been up to lately in the December 2021 People News update.
Data Science and Statistics Influencing Science, Technology, and Society
Claire Bowen, SDSS 2022 program chair, says the changes to society made by the COVID-19 pandemic inspired her to select the theme “Influencing Science, Technology, and Society” for the symposium.