Margaret Gamalo says, “Statistical stewardship requires embedding statistical principles within AI systems rather than treating AI as an opaque instrument. Causal inference must reside within predictive pipelines; bias correction must occur where it alters actions; and transportability must be made explicit rather than assumed.”
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The Evolving Role of Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Leveraging Advanced Statistical Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Pharmaceutical statisticians have come a long way over the past half century, evolving from backroom number-crunchers to essential contributors across the entire drug development spectrum. Haoda Fu and Amy Xia discuss where the field may be headed.
Finding the Middle Road
All around us, DEI is being challenged as never before. Under pressure to maintain government contracts and serve customers supporting the new administration, companies are discontinuing DEI programs. Yet, David Corliss says the science of diversity remains unchanged.
Annie T. Randall Innovator Award Accepting Nominations
The Annie T. Randall Innovator Award was established to recognize early-career statistical innovators across all job sectors with any level of educational attainment.
Object-Oriented Data Analysis Conference on Tap for May
Topics include shapes, trees, covariance matrices, and nonnegative curves.
Innovation in Statistics and Regulatory Science Through Collaboration: A Journey
Biostatistician Margaret Gamalo says innovation in statistics and regulatory science involves incremental progress, requires the engagement of various stakeholders, and often unfolds in a nonlinear manner.
Papers Wanted for JASA Special Issue on Statistical Science in AI
Editors of the Journal of the American Statistical Association are seeking papers for a special issue dedicated to exploring the intersection of statistical theory, methods, and applications with core problems in artificial intelligence.
Call for Nominations: Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
The $1 million prize recognizes an outstanding contribution or tool that has had significant impact and found wide application in statistical practice with relevance to society.
Ching Tian Joins Emmes as Chief Innovation Officer
Emmes Chief Executive Officer Christine Dingivan said, “Ching brings a wealth of data and digital experience, which will be immediately useful as we accelerate our transition to decentralized trials …”
Statisticians Lead the Way
A world that relies on data and statistical thinking to drive discovery and inform decisions is the vision of the American Statistical Association. Building on the work of past ASA presidents, Kathy Ensor has focused on adding “with statisticians leading the way” to that vision.