A new directory connects people seeking statistical consulting with skilled practitioners, and a health policy statistics conference runs January 13-15 in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Members Offer Advice for Writing as a Team
Authors of a seven-person book-writing team share tips for successful collaboration.
Last Call to Register for SDSS 2026 in Milwaukee
The conference brings together data scientists, statisticians, and computer scientists for short courses, keynotes, and networking opportunities centered on the evolving role of AI.
Advancing Precision Medicine Through Data and AI: A Conversation with Jing Huang
ASA Fellow Jing Huang discusses her work leading data and AI strategy to advance precision medicine for transplant patients.
Enriching Society Through Statistics, Data Science, and AI: ASA Giving Day 2025
ASA Giving Day 2025 brings the community together to support education, advocacy, outreach, and leadership initiatives that strengthen statistics, data science, and AI.
JEDI Resources for an Evolving Environment
Today is a time of rapid change, with so many federal programs shrinking or going offline altogether. In response, statisticians and data scientists are preserving at-risk federal diversity and inclusion data through grassroots initiatives like the Data Rescue Project, Climate Mirror Project, and Internet Archive.
XL-Files: If Statistics Must Die … Let It Go Out with All Its Styles
The survival of statistics as a profession—not just a scientific discipline—depends on embracing its many styles, from modeling to decision-making and consensus-building, especially as data science and AI reshape the landscape.
Leadership-in-Practice Committee Pilots Improvisation Workshop
Richard C. Zink reflects on a recent improvisation workshop facilitated with the support of the ASA Biopharmaceutical Section. Workshop goals included team building, communication, presentation, and leadership.
Practical Significance Take Two—Talking Data Science in Science with Founding Editor-in-Chief
The ASA recently added the open-access journal Data Science in Science to its portfolio of publications and Practical Significance co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein interviewed the journal’s founding editor, David Matteson, during a recent podcast episode. If you missed it, you can tune in here.
Practical Significance | Episode 37: Let’s Get Real World with Brian Tarran
Practical Significance co-hosts Donna Lalonde and Ron Wasserstein kick off season four by welcoming the editor of Real World Data Science, Brian Tarran, to the show. A new initiative from the Royal Statistical Society in partnership with the ASA, Real World Data Science features content developed by data scientists. Tarran’s aim is for the site […]