In this month’s Statistician’s View, David Banks of Duke University challenges the statistical community to take a hard look at our publication practices.
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Presidential Initiatives: Creating Pathways for a Stronger Future
“[…]it is important to recognize that the ability to build bridges relies on a diverse community and the inclusion of many perspectives.”
Rethinking Faculty Research Evaluation
Bertrand Clarke, Murali Haran, Galin Jones, and Steven MacEachern look at academia and the increasing emphasis on publishing many papers.
Practical Significance | Episode 42: With a Little Help from My Friends … Mentoring and the ASA
In January 2024, ASA President Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar announced strengthening and expanding mentoring in the ASA community as one of her initiatives and launched a working group with co-chairs Carolyn Rutter and Ruth Etzioni. This month, they join Practical Significance co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein to discuss this endeavor. Bonnie, Carolyn, and Ruth share their […]
Statistics: A Core Competency for Collaborative Science
The ASA recently added the open access journal Data Science in Science to its portfolio of publications to showcase statistical science as a core competency for interdisciplinary collaborations. Here, ASA President Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar shares excerpts of an interview with the journal’s founding editor, David Matteson, and former ASA President Kathy Ensor.
Practical Significance | Episode 38: New Year … New Initiatives
Fortunately, 2024 is a leap year and February has an extra day because David Matteson, professor and associate chair for the statistics and data science and social statistics department at Cornell University, has a full plate. He recently took on the role of director of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences and is leading the […]
Committee Collaboration Yields Editors’ Choice Collection
The ASA Committee on Membership Retention and Recruitment recently collaborated with the ASA Committee on Publications and ASA staff to promote the ASA’s journals and recognize the authors of excellent papers. Take a look at the papers they chose.
Highlights of the November 17–18, 2023, ASA Board of Directors Meeting
On Friday, November 17, 2023, ASA President Dionne Price brought to order the final Board of Directors meeting of the year. Actions were decided, reports were given, and discussions were had. Read the highlights here.
SIAM Seeks Nominations for Student Paper Prize
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Student Paper Prize is awarded annually to the student author(s) of the most outstanding paper(s) accepted by SIAM journals within the three years preceding the nomination deadline.
ASA Journals Need New Editors
Journals are vital to the ASA’s mission of promoting the practice and profession of statistics, and editors are at the heart of ensuring our publications continue to be world leaders in statistics research and application.