To strengthen the connection between the statistical community and National Science Foundation, we continue the series that poses questions to NSF program officers and awardees. This month’s program officer is Jemin George from the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships and the awardee responses are from Yuzhou Chen of Temple University.
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JEDI Corner: JEDI Initiatives Alive in Clinical and Translational Science
The Association for Clinical and Translational Science created the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Special Interest Group, which serves as a community for members interested in advancing JEDI in both clinical and translational science.
Starstruck: Statistician Describes Work in Astrostatistics
Chris Franck chats with Jessi Cisewski-Kehe, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose love of astronomy led her to a career in astrostatistics and topological data analysis.
Computer and Information Science, Internships, Biological Infrastructure Top NSF Q&A
To strengthen the connection between the statistical community and National Science Foundation, we continue the series introduced in May 2023 that poses questions to NSF program officers and awardees.
NSF Q&A: Statistics and the Division of Environmental Biology
To strengthen the connection between the statistical community and National Science Foundation, we asked NSF program officer Samuel Scheiner about the Division of Environmental Biology. NSF also funded an initiative by Ali Rahnavard and Keith Crandall to study SARS-CoV-2’s evolution. Here, they discuss what their research will accomplish and offer advice about applying for NSF funding.
Registration Open for Joint Research Conference
The conference will be held in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, June 17–20 at the University of Waterloo.
A Q&A with NSF Program Officers and Awardee
For the program officer Q&A this month, we have questions and responses from both Cheryl Eavey of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate and Yulia Gel of the Division of Mathematical Sciences in the NSF Directorate for Physical and Mathematical Sciences. The awardee responses are from Dan Kowal of Rice University, who won an award from the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate.
Thanks for and Gratitude to the ASA Community
ASA President Dionne Price highlights a few items she is grateful for and says thank you to our amazing professional community.
Awardees Suggest Applying Widely When Looking for NSF Grant
To strengthen the connection between the statistical community and National Science Foundation, we continue the series that poses questions to NSF program officers and awardees. This installment discusses applying for NSF funding.
SRCOS Advances Statistics, Biostatistics with Summer Research Conference
The Southern Regional Council on Statistics Summer Research Conference was created to fulfill the need for a small gathering of statisticians and biostatisticians in the US’s southern region. The 60th conference will take place in June 2025 at Villas by the Sea resort on Jekyll Island, Georgia.