The prize recognizes sustained, high-quality, cross-disciplinary research involving the statistical sciences.
National Institute of Statistical Sciences
Stats4Good: STATtr@k and Data for Good: A Perfect Combo
One of the most important resources for students and people just getting started in a career in statistics is STATtr@k: a website produced by the American Statistical Association for individuals who are in a statistics program, recently graduated from a statistics program, or who recently entered the job world. Visit STATtr@k to find your place in moving statistical science forward as a powerful means for doing good in our society, communities, and world.
Jerome Sacks Award
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences is seeking nominations for the 2017 Jerome Sacks Award for Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Research.
NISS Honors Ingram Olkin
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences celebrated its 25th anniversary as an organization at a reception held during the Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle this past August. As part of the celebration, NISS Director Nell Sedransk presented Ingram Olkin, one of the founders of NISS, with a book describing the history of the organization.
Focus on Terry Speed, NISS 2014 Jerome Sacks Award Winner
Read a Q&A with 2014 recipient of the 2014 NISS Jerome Sacks Award for Multi-Disciplinary Research winner Terry Speed, plus get details on how to nominate someone for the 2015 award.
NISS Meeting Addresses Transition
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences held its annual board of trustees meeting November 7–8, 2014, at its headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Read on for details.
Alan Karr to Step Down as NISS Director
Alan Karr, director of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) since 2000, recently announced he will leave NISS at the end of August.