Bin Yu, a UC Berkeley professor known for her work on interpretable machine learning and reproducible scientific methods, will present “Veridical Data Science Towards Trustworthy AI” on November 6 at Florida State University.
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Counting What Counts: Reasons to Be Grateful, with Confidence
ASA President Jeri Mulrow expresses gratitude for the volunteers, committees, mentors, and educators who sustain the statistics community and invites members to get involved through Communities in Action and MentorLink.
‘Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education’ Highlights: Jackie Dietz Award Winners Announced in October Issue
The latest issue announces the 2025 Jackie Dietz Best Paper Award, won by a team whose work on building inclusive classrooms grew out of an ASA mentoring program.
Statistics Through Stories: Teaching Students the Why Behind the Numbers
Chad Lower, an instructor at Wilson College, introduces his introductory statistics students to a different famous statistician each week, helping them see why statistics matters beyond the formulas.
The Statistician Behind the Legacy Page: Fritz J. Scheuren
Fritz Scheuren’s path to statistics was almost accidental, but his five-decade career in official statistics, mentoring, and human rights work shows how he chose to use the discipline to help people. His friends and colleagues honored him with an ASA Legacy Page.
Caring Canines Therapy Dogs Bring ‘Pawses,’ Smiles to JSM
Attendees at JSM took a break to cuddle dogs from the Caring Canines Visiting Therapy Dogs Association, part of the ASA GivesBack Impact Project.
Member Showcase: Arun Chind: An Interdisciplinary Journey Through Statistics, Medicine, Economics, and Law
A statistical consultant, occupational health physician, and legal scholar, Arun Chind serves as awards chair for two ASA sections and shares how his nontraditional career, extensive training, and love of learning shape his work with clients.
New Member Spotlight: Bilal Shaikh
Bilal Shaikh, a research biostatistician at Weill Cornell Medicine and former pharmacist, shares how his background led him to statistics and his goal of using healthcare data to inform public health policy. Also, welcome to the ASA’s newest members!
‘Practical Significance’ Take Two: ‘Real World Data Science’—Who’s Writing the Story?
Editors of ‘Real World Data Science,’ from the RSS and ASA, discuss on the ‘Practical Significance’ podcast what makes a good submission: practical case studies, honest failures, and measurable real-world impact.
Meet Tristan Abbey, New Head of the Energy Information Administration
Tristan Abbey, who leads the Energy Information Administration, discusses reorganizing EIA, tackling decades of technical debt, and seeking ideas for new high-impact surveys.