While working full time and raising a child, Grace Wahba earned advanced degrees, completing her PhD at Stanford. She pioneered smoothing splines, shaping modern nonparametric regression and leaving a lasting imprint on data analysis and machine learning.
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Fourth ASA Survey of Bachelor’s Graduates Tracks Rapidly Evolving Job Market
With the emergence of data science, machine learning, and AI, much has changed in the job market since the American Statistical Association’s first follow-up survey of bachelor’s graduates in 2017. This fourth survey of the graduating class of 2023 covers many changes, as well as considerable consistency.
Practical Significance | Episode 38: New Year … New Initiatives
Fortunately, 2024 is a leap year and February has an extra day because David Matteson, professor and associate chair for the statistics and data science and social statistics department at Cornell University, has a full plate. He recently took on the role of director of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences and is leading the […]
Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality Moves to Cornell
For nearly seven years, Stephen Fienberg was the editor-in-chief of the journal. With his passing in 2016, the open access journal needed a new home. Academics and practitioners from all domains are invited to submit their papers.
People News for February 2010
News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the February issue. For a complete listing of news and information about the members of the ASA, click here.