The Committee on Career Development has several events offering tips to help JSM 2022 attendees network at the meetings.
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Big Tent for Statistics and Data Science
ASA promised to be the “Big Tent for Statistics and Data Science,” and ASA President Kathy Ensor shares the work the association is doing to fulfill this promise and extend its leadership by highlighting three important initiatives.
People News for April 2022
Read about what ASA members have been up to recently.
ICHPS Organizers Share Hopes, Plans for 2023 Conference in Arizona
Planning is ongoing for the 2023 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS), a forum for discussing research needs and solutions to the challenges of health policy research.
Diversity Mentoring Workshop Returns to JSM 2022 in DC
This hallmark program brings together historically underrepresented minority statisticians/data scientists at early- to mid-career levels with senior-level statisticians/data scientists.
IMS Seeks Applications for Student Award
Eligible applicants compete to be one of three speakers at an invited session as part of the IMS annual meeting. The award includes reimbursement of travel expenses and the meeting registration fee.
COC Members Reach Out with Books Despite COVID Snags
With all the judging and interaction with students for the 2021 International Science and Engineering Fair virtual, the ASA Council of Chapters had to overcome some challenges, like how to offer 100 students their choice of a book when they were located around the world and the books were in an office in Southern California.
JSM 2021: The Stories We Will Tell …
While disappointed by not being able to hold an in-person JSM in Seattle, program chair Nicole Lazar was heartened by how attendees managed to recreate some of that same energy in a virtual setting.
Nominations Open for 2022 COPSS Awards
Nominate a distinguished statistician for one of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies 2021 awards.
My ASA Story: Leslie McClure, Professor
Leslie McClure says she found involvement in the ASA has allowed her to pursue her passion for increasing diversity and representation among folks traditionally underrepresented in statistics, including BIPOC statisticians, statisticians who identify as women, and LBGTQ+ statisticians.