Tibshirani, a leading statistician from Stanford University, will deliver the lecture at Florida State University on innovative methods in sparse regression.
National Academy of Sciences
Applications Sought for National Academies Fellowship Program
This full-time, 12-week program places fellows at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC.
Grace Wahba
In 2025 Grace Wahba was awarded the International Prize in Statistics in recognition of her groundbreaking work on smoothing splines, which has transformed modern data analysis and machine learning.
Harvard Department of Statistics Celebrates Herman Chernoff’s 100th Birthday
The day featured a full program, including a tribute video from former colleagues and students; an interview with professor Xiao-Li Meng; and research presentations from professor emeritus Joseph (Jay) Kadane of Carnegie Mellon University, professor Tian Zheng of Columbia University, and professor Joseph Gastwirth of The George Washington University.
ASA Forensic Science Committee Celebrates 10 Years
Last fall marked 10 years since the ASA Board of Directors created an ad hoc committee on forensic science. The Advisory Committee on Forensic Science’s creation recognized and formalized the ongoing critical work of ASA members to ensure a strong statistical perspective in the forensic science reform effort.
People News—July 2018
Awards, honors, and other news about ASA members for July 2018.
Obituaries for April 2018
A listing of ASA members who have passed away recently.
ASA Leaders Reminisce Sally C. Morton
In the 20th installment of the Amstat News series of interviews with ASA presidents and executive directors, we feature a discussion with 2009 ASA President Sally Morton.
Awards for Women Fall Short
The Association for Women in Science undertook the AWARDS project in cooperation with the ASA, American Mathematical Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, and Society for Neuroscience to determine what percentage of awards are going to women. Measuring against percentage of PhDs going to women from 1971–2000, the percentage of scholarly awards going to women fell short in all but one of the societies.
Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences recently announced the election of new members and foreign associates, of which three are ASA members.