In a recent episode of Practical Significance, co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein interviewed Mark Glickman from Harvard University, Tian Zheng from Columbia University, and Hongtu Zhu from The University of North Carolina. The discussion delved into the implications of artificial intelligence for the field of statistics. Catch up with this article.
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Expanding the ‘Big Tent’ for Statistics: Our Mission and Vision for Fostering Community
ASA President Madhumita (Bonnie) Ghosh-Dastidar writes that ASA members are uniquely positioned to drive positive change within the organization, bringing together the areas in which they work and the communities they serve.
Practical Significance | Episode 40: How Can I Help You Today?
The title for this episode is a question familiar to ChatGPT users and signals the growing impact of artificial intelligence on the world around us. Tian Zheng, Hongtu Zhu, and Mark Glickman join co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein to discuss the implications of AI for our profession. Building on a 2023 workshop on statistics […]
SFASA Event Explores Impact of ChatGPT on Statistics, Data Science
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.
Abstract Submission Underway for JSM 2024
The program committee put together 166 invited sessions, including paper and panel sessions. In the event your proposal is not selected for an invited or topic-contributed session, there are still ways to get involved in the 2024 JSM program.
Practical Significance Take Two—Talking Shop: Introducing the ASA Caucus of Industry Representatives
This interview with Ginger Holt, senior staff data scientist at DataBricks, and Amarjot Kaur, executive director at Merck, was conducted by Practical Significance co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein during a recent podcast. If you missed the show, this is your opportunity to learn about the recently formed ASA Caucus of Industry Representatives, which will help promote statistics and data science in the private and public sectors and provide resources to successfully advocate for the discipline.
A Student’s View | Embracing AI-Driven Education: ChatGPT as a Learning Tool
Rising high-school senior Jaya Kolluri shares how she thinks AI tools such as ChatGPT can complement traditional teaching methods.
Top 10 Things I Have Learned from ChatGPT
Michael Hansen has taught AP Statistics for 25 years and high-school computer science for about 13 years. This summer, he used ChatGPT to help him write a Python application of about 3,000 lines. Here are his top 10 takeaways from that experience.
How Can Statisticians Contribute to the Evaluation of Foundation Models?
Giri Gopalan, Natalie Klein, and Emily Casleton show how basic statistical thinking can contribute meaningfully to foundation models and AI and predict much more work ahead for statisticians in this arena.
Summer Issue Features ChatGPT Guide for Teachers, Jackie Dietz Best Paper Award Collection
The summer 2023 issue of the open-access Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education is online and features an editorial plus 10 articles.