For statisticians, traditional methods such as data mining, hypothesis testing, and inference have long been the backbone of analysis. These approaches remain powerful, but new tools—especially natural language processing and generative AI—make it easier to uncover insights, automate text-heavy tasks, and support decision-making at scale.
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Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics Comes with $1M Award, Recognition
The King Baudouin Foundation—a large public utility foundation in Belgium—recently established the Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics, which comes with a $1 million award. Nominations will be accepted until March 31.
TAIG Contest Winners Tell of Experience
During JSM 2020, ASA Text Analysis Interest Group award committee members systematically evaluated a large body of research in the growing field of text analysis and presented awards to Qiuyi Wu and Enshuo Hsu for theirs.
Quality and Productivity Section to Hold 37th Research Conference
The Quality and Productivity Research Conference is the main annual meeting for the ASA Quality and Productivity Section.
Proposals Wanted for REU Sites
The ASA has received NSF funding to support Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) sites during the summer of 2017. Proposals from interested faculty are due August 15.
ASA Leaders Reminisce: Lynne Billard
In the 19th installment of the Amstat News series of interviews with ASA presidents and executive directors, we feature a discussion with 1996 ASA President Lynne Billard.
People News for February
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.
Iowa State Team Is Top U.S. Team in 2013 Data Mining Cup
A data analytics team in the department of statistics at Iowa State University placed fifth in the 2013 Data Mining Cup.
Discover Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Journal
Statistical Analysis and Data Mining addresses the broad area of data analysis, including data mining algorithms, statistical approaches, and practical applications.
Statisticians Have Large Role to Play in Web Analytics
Web and business analytics are two areas that are becoming increasingly popular. Vincent Granville, founder of AnalyticBridge, demonstrates how a new type of statistician is critical to optimizing these “big data” business applications.