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Bin Yu Named 2026 Myles Hollander Distinguished Lecturer

November 2, 2026 Leave a Comment

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Bin Yu, a UC Berkeley professor known for her work on interpretable machine learning and reproducible scientific methods, will present “Veridical Data Science Towards Trustworthy AI” on November 6 at Florida State University.

Obituary: James Hunter Clair

April 1, 2026 Leave a Comment

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Jim Clair passed away in October. He enjoyed snowboarding, surfing, and puzzles. He also raised two scarlet macaws, caring for them for more than 47 years.

Rob Tibshirani Named Myles Hollander Distinguished Lecturer

October 1, 2025 1 Comment

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Tibshirani, a leading statistician from Stanford University, will deliver the lecture at Florida State University on innovative methods in sparse regression.

People News for October 2023

October 2, 2023 Leave a Comment

Read about recent noteworthy achievements by ASA members in this month’s People News.

Felicia R. Simpson

February 1, 2023 Leave a Comment

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Felicia R. Simpson has enjoyed mathematics since she was in elementary school but was inspired to study biostatistics by her mentor, Zephyrinus Okonkwo. She loved the idea of combining mathematics and helping people. She wanted to study biostatistics to understand health disparities from a statistical point of view, especially after losing her mother to a stroke. After earning her PhD in biostatistics, Simpson she started her career at the FDA but transitioned to teaching because she wanted to expose under-represented students to statistics and biostatistics. She is currently an associate professor of statistics and chair in the department of mathematics at Winston-Salem State University.

People News for August 2021

August 1, 2021 1 Comment

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Susan Murphy and Bin Yu were honored recently.

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