The conference brought together hundreds of statistics and data science educators to explore innovative teaching strategies, keynote insights on useful models, and community recognition.
Hadley Wickham
Hadley Wickham Wins 2025 ASA Statistical Computing and Graphics Award
Hadley Wickham is the winner of the 2025 ASA Statistical Computing and Graphics Award for his influence in statistical computing, visualization, graphics, and data analysis through significant contributions to R software.
Dianne Cook
Dianne Cook was the center half on her small high-school field hockey team that beat all the larger high schools to become the state hockey champion. Sports—both watching sports and playing sports—exposed her to basic statistics. Where she really learned how to do data analysis, however, was at Iowa State University, where she, Hadley Wickham, and Heike Hofmann entered a data analysis competition—the first of many to come.
COPSS Honors Four with Awards
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) presents awards annually to honor statisticians who have made outstanding contributions to the profession.
CSP 2019 Promises Real-World Experience
With its focus on the application of statistics to solve real-world problems, the Conference on Statistical Practice brings together hundreds of statisticians, data analysts, researchers, and scientists each year.
Practical Data Science for Stats: A PeerJ Collection
Jenny Bryan of the University of British Columbia and RStudio and Hadley Wickham of RStudio co-edited the recently published collection of papers, Practical Data Science for Stats.
CSP 2017 Brings Statisticians Face to Face
The 2017 Conference on Statistical Practice was held February 23–25. Four hundred fifty participants gathered at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida.
Statistical Computing, Graphics Sections Take Part in JSM
The Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics sections will sponsor two Continuing Education courses and several invited sessions and roundtables at JSM 2012 in San Diego, California. Read on for the details.