The Medical Devices and Diagnostics Section will sponsor a student paper competition for the Joint Statistical Meetings in Baltimore.
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ASA Leaders Reminisce: David Morganstein
In the 21st installment of the Amstat News series of interviews with ASA presidents and executive directors, we feature a discussion with 2015 ASA President David Morganstein.
Quality and Productivity Section News
News from the Quality and Productivity section of the ASA in the November issue of Amstat News.
Biometrics Section News
News from the Biometrics section of the ASA in the November issue of Amstat News.
Department Chairs Gather at ASA to Discuss Pressing Education Issues
More than 40 department chairs from more than 25 states attended an ASA-hosted workshop that featured themes on workforce demands and needs, data science education and research, mentoring and junior faculty, and federal funding.
MWM Makes a Difference for Small-Town Teachers
Ann Cannon, chair of the department of mathematics and statistics at Cornell College, suggested teachers from her local school district attend Meeting Within a Meeting at JSM. She was pleasantly surprised when she learned five of the teachers went.
ASA Launches Giving Campaign with Story of Outstanding High-School Student
This month, the ASA is launching an education campaign that will run through the end of November to raise funds and awareness for education programs and resources that support the learning and teaching of statistics. As part of the campaign kick-off, ASA President-elect Barry Nussbaum interviewed an outstanding high-school student, Jenny Chen, who presented a poster at JSM 2016 in Chicago.
JSM 2016 Busy for Statistical Education Section
The Statistical Education Section had a productive JSM 2016, sponsoring or co-sponsoring six invited panels/sessions, seven topic-contributed panels/sessions, eight contributed paper sessions, one traditional poster session, one speed poster session, and 11 roundtables. They also had six members named as new ASA fellows.
JSM 2016: The Extraordinary Power of Statistics
This year’s Joint Statistical Meetings in Chicago, Illinois, set an all-time record with more than 7,200 attendees, far above the previous record of 6,851 set last year. Here are the highlights.
Whoa! Statisticians Put Second City to Shame with Improv Performance at JSM 2016
This month’s President’s Invited Column provides an update on the two media initiatives, the Statistical Media Ambassadors program and the Media Training Workshop.