The Biometrics Section will sponsor a number of invited sessions and a mixer at JSM.
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Curiosity Cup Offers Analytics Skills Competition
The Curiosity Cup is a global SAS student competition that brings teams together to grow their knowledge of data science and analytics. Registration opens in October.
Count on Stats: Serving the Wider Community with Data for Good
Count on Stats is a public outreach program that “aims to enhance awareness of the importance, reliability, and trustworthiness of government statistics.”
ASA Announces Winners of 2022 Data Visualization Poster and Statistics Project Competitions
First-place winners received $300, a certificate, and grade-appropriate graphing calculators for the students and advisers provided by Texas Instruments. Second-place winners received $200 and a certificate; third-place winners received $100 and a certificate; and honorable mentions received certificates.
People News for August 2022
Read about what ASA members have been up to recently.
JSM 2022: A World of Innovation in Data for Good
David Corliss offers tips to help Data for Good practitioners get the most out of the Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC.
First CIRS/SWB Webinar Draws Large International Crowd
The Committee on International Relations in Statistics partnered with Statistics Without Borders to launch a webinar series that introduces statistical topics of broad interest to an international audience.
Modernizing Government Statistics for the 21st Century
Anil Arora says the data ecosystem has expanded enormously in recent years and the responsible use of new data sources is allowing statisticians to see sooner and act faster.
Claire Bowen, Ron Prevost Named to Census Scientific Advisory Committee
Members advise the Census Bureau director on the uses of scientific developments in statistical data collection, survey methodology, geospatial and statistical analysis, and more.
SRMS Looks to JSM 2023
Proposals for JSM 2023 invited sessions are due in early September, and proposals for topic-contributed sessions are due in early December.