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Panelists Take on Bridging Gap from Data to Climate Actions
The ASA’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change Policy sponsored the invited panel titled “From Data to Climate Actions” at the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings. The climate expert panelists discussed data, information, scientific and policy communications, and climate actions.
Extending Horizons: Data for Good Collaborations Across Academia, Industry, Government
David Corliss looks at how statisticians and data scientists working in industry are the best people to help identify scientists in academia and government who can provide essential expertise.
Data for Good Opportunities Abound in Refugee Crises
This month, David Corliss discusses the ways statisticians and data scientists can support refugees and other displaced persons.
Wealth of Data Addresses Today’s Mass Extinction
Each year in April, Earth Day offers an opportunity to refocus on protecting this planet we share with all living things. This year, David Corliss focuses on opportunities to address one of the most pressing challenges facing us today: mass extinction.
JEDI, CAUSE Team to Offer Resources for JEDI-Informed Teaching
Recently, a group involved in both JEDI and CAUSE came together to create a space to host resources for JEDI-informed statistics teaching: the JEDI-CAUSE website. Each entry is relevant to statistics and data science education and has a JEDI theme.
Data Science Conference Offers Latin American Perspectives
The International Conference on Data Science aimed to provide an overview of state-of-the-art research in statistical learning and data science, add diverse voices to the global debate in this area, and enrich the interdisciplinary dialogue between theory and application.
Earth Day Projects: Measuring Climate Change and Taking Action
It’s April, the flowers are blooming, and the birds are singing, so it must be time for Stats4Good’s annual list of Earth Day project ideas.
The 2023 Challenge List: Most Important Questions in Data for Good
David Corliss starts the year off with a challenge list that shines a light on exciting new opportunities and is meant to encourage the D4G community to tackle overlooked or under-resourced concerns.
Statisticians and Wildfires at the Wildland/Urban Interface
Although statisticians have been involved in various aspects of wildfire modeling for years, greater numbers of megafires, new data sources, and methodological advancements in statistics and data science are leading to increasing involvement.