The Breiman Award Committee selects the Breiman senior scholar and junior scholar based on outstanding theoretical or methodological contributions to machine learning.
Computer science
Cynthia Rudin
Cynthia Rudin became interested in machine learning because she wanted to predict the future. She is now associate professor of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and statistics at Duke University and directs the Prediction Analysis Lab. In 2015, she was named one of the “Top 40 Under 40” by Poets and Quants and one of the 12 most impressive professors at MIT by Businessinsider.com.
International Study Program Offers Mathematical Sciences with Dose of Culture
Mathematical Sciences Semesters in Guanajuato allows international students with a strong grounding in mathematics who want to increase their knowledge of data science, modeling, and partial differential equations to study at CIMAT, one of Mexico’s leading research centers.
A SAMSI Update
SAMSI director, David Banks, outlines his vision for the future of the institute, which will be up for renewal in an open competition next year. He asks for broad community support so SAMSI can continue to empower the field of statistics.
New Sections Added to Journal of Statistics Education
Jeff Witmer will serve as editor of the Journal of Statistics Education for the next three years and plans to add at least two sections to the journal: Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences and Teaching Data Science.
Symposium on Data Science and Statistics Promises Solid Program, Networking
The ASA Symposium on Data Science and Statistics is designed for data scientists, computer scientists, and statisticians who analyze and visualize complex data.
Susan A. Murphy
Susan Murphy always loved mathematics and made it a career when she realized statistics could use mathematics to improve our society. In 2013 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her work on experimental designs to inform sequential decision making.
Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Data Science and Analytics
We profiled a few universities in our April and June issues; here are several more, plus a few PhD programs.
Art-Science Partnerships Help Students Gain Deeper Understanding of Research
Laber Labs was created to foster collaboration between artists and statisticians in the pursuit of cross-disciplinary research and novel approaches to outreach and scientific translation.
Oregon State’s New Programs to Address Data Scientist Shortage
Oregon State will address the data scientist shortage by training an array of new professionals through a pair of online graduate programs in data analytics.