In addition to four invited sessions, GSS sponsored seven topic-contributed sessions, including a student paper competition, and a roundtable session on missing data treatments for short-term statistics during a pandemic.
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Significance Covers COVID-19, Social Media, Rain-Predicting Tortoises
Can a pet tortoise predict when it’s about to rain? That’s the somewhat unusual question posed by Conner Jackson, winner of Significance magazine’s Statistical Excellence Award for Early Career Writing. Jackson’s article, “Pietro the Weather Tortoise and the Pursuit of Soggy Bun Prevention,” leads the line-up of feature articles in the October 2021 issue.
2020 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients in Statistics Show Resilience
This spring’s respondents to the ASA survey of 2020 bachelor’s graduates reported a challenging, stressful, and prolonged job search, although the results also show an unemployment rate roughly the same as the rate for the 2016 and 2017 respondents, higher median salaries, and hiring by a variety of companies.
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.
Building a Legacy of Helping Others
Rob Santos discusses his hopes of leaving a lasting legacy of helping others.
Surveys, Dashboards, and Innovations in Response to COVID-19
ASA members share their experiences and offer insights into how COVID-19 has changed and will continue to change statistics and data science.
‘How-To’ Succeed Now and in the Post-Pandemic Future
The ASA’s Council of Chapters district vice chairs outline the activities reported by chapters that produced meaningful, productive interaction among their members during the pandemic.
Data4Good Goes Back to School: Capstone Projects for the Greater Good
Five great students from different backgrounds and unique skills, all working with one goal in mind: identify risk factors and hotspots for human trafficking in Appalachian Ohio. What brought this amazing D4G team together? A capstone project.
JSM Conferences: An Opportunity to Detach, Reengage, Connect
The Committee on Applied Statisticians (CAS) has organized several sessions covering a range of topics during this year’s virtual JSM.
Invited Session Proposals Sought for JSM 2022
JSM 2022 will be in Washington, DC, August 6-11. Invited proposal submissions are due by September 8, 2021.