Keith Crank discusses the FY 2012 federal budget, focusing on the budgets for the National Science Foundation, its Division of Mathematical Sciences, and the National Institutes of Health.
NSF
A Note from the Director, Division of Mathematical Sciences at NSF
Sastry Pantula, 2010 ASA President, discusses his goals, new opportunities, and the the budget of the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the National Science Foundation.
NSF, CBMS Announce Conference Series, Call for Proposals
The National Science Foundation will hold six conferences with the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences in the spring and summer of 2011. Read more about them here.
People News for November 2010
News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the November issue. For a complete listing of news and information about members of the ASA, click here.
Jobs for Statisticians
Keith Crank, the ASA’s research and graduate education manager, shares
comments he received about his August 2010 column, which focused on jobs
for statisticians.
World Statistics Day
In celebration of World Statistics Day, Amstat News asked staff from several federal statistical agencies to provide a list of their agency’s accomplishments, both recent and historical. Documented here is a rich history of providing statistical data that informs policymaking in the public and private sectors, resulting in economic development and smarter, more effective government. Also documented is a commitment to innovation and adaptation that has kept federal statistical products current and reliable.
Five Junior Faculty Win NSF CAREER Award
Five assistant professors in the statistics program of the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech have earned the National Science Foundation CAREER Award throughout the last four years.
Celebrating Anniversaries and Achievements
July marks the anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. We hope to encourage persons with disabilities to become statisticians and fully participate in the ASA. In July, we also celebrate the 20th anniversary of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS).
Congress Appears Gridlocked for Remainder of Year
The ASA’s Director of Science Policy Steve Pierson discusses the number of science-related bills waiting to be reviewed by Congress, including the America COMPETES bill.
Who Wants to Be a Biostatistician (or Environmental Statistician, or Social Science Statistician, or …)?
In his column this month, ASA Research and Graduate Education Manager Keith Crank discusses funding for training biostatisticians.