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USCOTS 2025 Focuses on ‘Useful Models’
The conference brought together hundreds of statistics and data science educators to explore innovative teaching strategies, keynote insights on useful models, and community recognition.
Apertus: An LLM Designed for Data for Good
Apertus is an open-source large language model created to advance transparency and accessibility while supporting research, education, and projects that benefit society.
SDSS 2026 Committee Seeks Course, Presentation Abstracts
The program committee wants short course proposals and presentation abstracts that showcase fresh ideas, real-world impact, and cross-field collaboration in data science and statistics.
ASA Committee on Privacy and Confidentiality Hosts Events, Webinars
The committee held two webinar presentations on Privacy Day in January focusing on AI and LLMs.
SDSS 2025 Explores Advances in AI, Statistics, Data Science
The 2025 Symposium on Data Science and Statistics in Salt Lake City brought together more than 350 data scientists, statisticians, and computer scientists to explore interdisciplinary advances in AI, statistics, and data science.
SFASA Event Explores Impact of ChatGPT on Statistics, Data Science
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter held its holiday celebration at San Jose State University. Keynote speakers James Zou, Jian Dai, and Viji Krishnamurthy—along with panelist Haiyan Huang—shared their insights into the transformative effect of large language models such as ChatGPT.