The editor of the ASA’s journal Statistics and Data Science in Imaging invites submissions for a special issue on spatial statistics in imaging with the support of the ASA Statistics and the Environment and Statistics in Epidemiology sections.
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My ASA Story: Miranda L. Lynch, Research Assistant Professor
Miranda L. Lynch joined the ASA in 2003, when she was a student working on her Master of Integrated Science degree at the University of Colorado at Denver. Read about her involvement over the years.
Daniela Witten Wins COPSS Presidents’ Award
Daniela Witten is a professor of statistics and biostatistics at the University of Washington and the Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair in Mathematical Statistics. She develops statistical machine learning methods for high-dimensional data.
Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics Works Hard to Serve Membership
The new ASA Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics has been active this past year hosting webinars, organizing career panel discussions, communicating through new social media accounts, and circulating a member survey.
Pfizer/ASA/UConn Distinguished Statistician Colloquium Returns
Peter Bickel of the University of California, Berkeley will present “Four Excursions in Genomics” at the colloquium.
Short Course on Statistical Genetics and Genomics Planned
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Section on Statistical Genetics will offer the second annual National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)–funded short course, “Statistical Genetics and Genomics,” from July 9–13.