The ”Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics” presents the very latest techniques on improving and extending the use of computational and graphical methods in statistics and data analysis. The latest issue contains research articles spanning statistical learning, Bayesian computation, networks, functional and spatial data, streaming data, clinical-trial design, and high-dimensional inference.
Statistical Methodology
JSM 2024: Robert Tibshirani Wins 2024 COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship
COPSS selected Robert Tibshirani for the 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship, which recognizes researchers who have made exceptional contributions to statistical methods with significant impact on scientific investigations.
Registration Open for Joint Research Conference
The conference will be held in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, June 17–20 at the University of Waterloo.
Wilks Award Open for Nominations
The award was established in 1981 to commemorate the career of Samuel S. Wilks and his dedication to the solution of analytical problems for the Army. Nominations are due February 15.
Call for Nominations: Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
The $1 million prize recognizes an outstanding contribution or tool that has had significant impact and found wide application in statistical practice with relevance to society.
Nominations Open for Spiegelman Award Until May 1
The Applied Public Health Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association presents the Mortimer Spiegelman Award annually to honor a statistician below the age of 40 who has made outstanding contributions to health statistics, especially public health statistics.
Noel Cressie Named a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales
The award recognizes the substantial contributions made by New South Wales leaders in science, art, literature, and philosophy. Cressie develops world-leading statistical methodology for analyzing spatial and spatiotemporal data and its application to the environmental sciences.
PARIS21 Project Receives Warm Caribbean Welcome
The goal of the program was improving statistical literacy and growing statistical capacity in Caribbean countries.
Special Issue on Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences
In honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences at the University of Washington, there will be a special issue of Statistical Methodology featuring statistical methods for the social sciences. Featured topics include multivariate categorical data, continuous outcomes, missing data, and social networks. The guest editors are Adrian E. Raftery and Michael Ward.