The latest news from the ASA’s Quality and Productivity (Q&P) Section, including its topic-contributed and contributed sessions at this year’s JSM.
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Education Program Hosts Colombian Ambassador
As the 2014 ASA Educational Ambassador, Juan Carlos Salazar Uribe of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia attended the Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts, to participate in Continuing Education courses.
Workshops for Math, Science Teachers Held in Boston
The American Statistical Association sponsored a two-day Meeting Within a Meeting statistics workshop for middle- and high-school mathematics and science teachers August 5–6 during the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts.
ASA Mentorship Program to Continue
After the success of the ASA mentoring pilot program last year, the ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians was funded to continue the mentoring program for a second year.
JSM 2014: Call for Late-Breaking Sessions
Proposals for late-breaking JSM sessions are due by April 14.
Statistical Education Section Reports on Year
The section had a productive JSM 2013, sponsoring or co-sponsoring eight invited panels/sessions, 12 topic-contributed panels/sessions, seven contributed paper sessions, one poster session, and 13 roundtables. Also, many awards were given to section members. Read on to find out which colleagues were honored.
SPES Outlines Fall Technical Conference, JSM Programs
The Fall Technical Conference will take place October 17–18 in San Antonio, Texas, and consist of sessions covering a range of topics based on the theme “Spurring Innovation,” including statistical process control, reliability, and applied statistics. Read about what SPES has planned for this conference and JSM 2013.
JSM 2014 Program Committee Roster
Here is a list of the 2014 Program Committee members.
SPES Outlines JSM Program, Requests Volunteers
Officers of the Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences (SPES) are seeking volunteers to help with the data collection for their awards program at JSM 2013.
Call for Proposals for Late-Breaking JSM Sessions
Proposals for late-breaking JSM sessions are due by April 15, 2013.