The National Science Foundation and Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences will support two regional research conferences in 2016 intended to stimulate interest and activity in mathematical research.
Research
Awards and Deadlines for March 2016
Nominations are sought for the Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award, the Jerome Sacks Award for Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Research, and the Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics.
Submissions Sought for New Journal
Submissions are being accepted for the new peer-reviewed journal Observational Studies.
NSF Funds Research in Statistics Education
To help highlight the high-quality research in statistics education being funded by the National Science Foundation, the ASA asked three principal investigators for summaries of their NSF-funded research.
NAS Baker Award in Statistics/Machine Learning
The U.S. National Academy of Science William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research will be made in the field of statistics and machine learning this year.
Funding Opportunities Group Enters Second Year
The Funding Opportunities Group entered its second year this spring, having grown to 130 members.
Statistical Scientists Advance Federal Research Initiatives
Responding to calls from the National Science Foundation and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, three ASA groups wrote whitepapers detailing how statisticians can contribute to administration research initiatives and priorities. The whitepapers, profiled here, cover the BRAIN Initiative, the Big Data Research and Development Initiative, and climate change.
SAMSI Offers Two New Programs for 2014–2015
The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) will offer two new programs in 2014–2015 to integrate applied mathematicians and statisticians with other scientific disciplines to further research in bioinformatics and ecology.
Nominations for 2014 Don Owen Award Sought
The San Antonio Chapter is accepting nominations for the 2014 Don Owen Award.
Special Technometrics Issue: Conference on Data Analysis (CoDA)
The November 2013 issue of Technometrics is a special issue featuring some of the application-driven work presented at the inaugural Conference on Data Analysis (CoDA).