SRMS conducted its periodic review of the SRMS charter and is working to provide members with multiple opportunities, including an array of webinars throughout the year and pertinent invited and topic-contributed sessions at the Joint Statistical Meetings.
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SPES Offers Opportunity to Advance Ideas
SPES is pivoting toward modern methods in learning and high-performance computing in statistical methodology, with diverse applications throughout the applied sciences.
Summary of JSM 2019 Session on Formal Privacy: Making an Impact at Large Organizations
The Committee on Privacy and Confidentiality organized a JSM session that featured four experts who have implemented formal privacy models or variants of differential privacy.
ASA Statistical Computing and Graphics Award
Nominate an individual or a team for the 2021 ASA Statistical Computing and Graphics Award, which recognizes innovation in computing, software, or graphics.
Take Advantage of the ASA’s Data Challenge Opportunities
ASA President Wendy Martinez focuses her first President’s Corner on the ASA’s many data challenges.
20 Years of Statistics Advocacy: After Two Busy Decades, SPAAC Wants to Be Busier
Activities of the Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee have included discussing statistical perspectives on current issues, organizing sessions for the Joint Statistical Meetings, and hosting a student paper contest.
GSS Mentoring Roundtable Brings Positive Feedback
The Government Statistics Section hosted a mentoring roundtable at JSM 2019 to encourage diverse participation and engage young professionals and students.
Educational Ambassadors Sought
The ASA Committee on International Relations in Statistics is seeking qualified nationals from Ukraine, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and/or Central African Republic to serve as 2020 Educational Ambassadors. In 2020, the ASA will select two educational ambassadors to receive funding to attend the Joint Statistical Meetings and take one or more continuing education courses in an emerging area of research. The ambassadors will then return to disseminate the subject matter in their home country and/or region.
SPAIG Award Goes to Two
Two SPAIG awards were presented during the 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings. The first award was presented to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Sanofi Pasteur. The second award went to Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and MassMutual Financial Group.
Survey Research Methods Section Offers Student Awards, Session Proposals
The Survey Research Methods Section offers student travel awards and is accepting topic-contributed session proposals for JSM 2020.