In March, former faculty, alumni, and friends gathered on the campus of the University of South Carolina to celebrate the statistics department’s 40th anniversary with two days of retrospectives and presentations.
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Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science to Hold Conference in New York
The ASA Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science will hold the 2026 SLDS Conference November 1–3 at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
People News for December 2024
Bin Yu, Rebecca Barter, Eugenia Cheng, Sally Morton, Yao Xie, and Yang Chen are featured in the news this month.
People News: Bin Yu and Rebecca Barter
ASA members Bin Yu of UC Berkeley and Rebecca Barter of Utah University Medical School recently released the open-access version of their new book, Veridical Data Science: The Practice of Responsible Data Analysis and Decision Making.
Nominations Open for Emanuel and Carol Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation
The prize is awarded in even-numbered years to a North American statistician whose outstanding research contributions include innovations that have affected statistics practice and whose PhD degree is at least 25 years old.
Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Honors Top Statisticians
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies honored four statisticians at the 2023 Joint Statistical Meetings in Toronto, Canada, on August 9. These awards are jointly sponsored by the COPSS founding partner members: American Statistical Association; Institute of Mathematical Statistics; Eastern and Western regions of the International Biometric Society; and Statistical Society of Canada.
Gearing Up for JSM 2023
Check out the highlights for the JSM 2023 program, based on the theme “One Community: Informing Decisions and Driving Discovery.”
Distinguished Achievement Award Lectureship Goes to Bin Yu
The Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship recognizes meritorious achievement and scholarship in statistical science and the significant impact of statistical methods on scientific investigations.
People News for August 2021
Susan Murphy and Bin Yu were honored recently.
People News December 2018
Awards, honors, and other news about ASA members for December 2018