In this month’s column, David Corliss lists a variety of places researchers can go to find good data.
environment
A Tale of Two Conferences
ASA President Barry Nussbaum traveled to two major statistical conferences this summer. Here, he discusses their similarities and differences, as well as the future of the profession.
Working as a Quantitative Ecologist and Beyond
For the past seven years, Penelope Pooler has worked as a quantitative ecologist for the Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) program in the National Park Service. A position like this was the reason she went into statistics, and here she describes what her job entails.
Section a Presence in Workshop and Meeting Sessions
The ENVR section hosts the workshop “Space-Time Statistics to Evaluate the Impacts of Climate on Health and Renewable Energy” October 14–16 at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.
Submissions Wanted for Student Paper Award
The Section on Statistics and the Environment is sponsoring a student paper competition on environmental statistics.
Section Congratulates Awardees
During the section’s business meeting and mixer at JSM, Gretchen Moisen, section chair, presented the JSM Presentation Award, Young Investigator Award, and Distinguished Achievement Award.