The COPSS Emerging Leader Awards recognize the increasingly important role that early career statistical scientists are playing in shaping the future of the discipline.
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NSF Institutes Develop AI for Public Benefit
In his Stats4Good column, David Corliss discusses the NSF’s 25 national artificial intelligence research institutes to create a cohesive approach to AI-related opportunities and risks.
JSM 2024 Participants Bring ‘A’ Game to ASA Video Contest
The ASA ran a video contest and took submissions during JSM 2024. The winner won a $500 gift card in a random drawing.
JSM 2024: ASA Fellows
At the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings in Portland, Oregon, 47 ASA Fellows were inducted during the ASA’s President’s Address and Awards.
Two Take Home Ellis R. Ott Scholarship
The Ellis R. Ott Scholarship Governing Committee awards two $7,500 scholarships to promising master’s and PhD candidates pursuing degrees in statistics and related disciplines. This year, the honorees are Valeria Ovalle Ocampo and Luke Hagar.
ASA Giving Day 2024: Empower Tomorrow Through Statistics and Data Science
Giving Day is an opportunity for the statistics and data science community to unite in support of initiatives that have a profound impact on the future of the field.
JEDI CORNER: Making Data Visualizations Accessible
Making data visualizations accessible to blind and visually impaired people would help improve equity in higher education and assist them with data-driven reasoning and communication.
JSM 2024: Regina Liu Wins 2024 Elizabeth L. Scott Award
Regina Liu received the COPSS 2024 Elizabeth L. Scott Award based on her outstanding achievements in research, education, service, and leadership and her superlative contributions to fostering opportunities for women, underrepresented groups, and junior researchers in statistics and nurturing their careers.
Benjamini, Yekutieli, Heller Awarded Second Annual Rousseeuw Prize
Tel Aviv University’s Yoav Benjamini, Daniel Yekutieli, and Ruth Heller received the Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics for their pioneering work on the false discovery rate.
ICHPS 2025: Statistical Innovation to Improve Health Equity
Statisticians, health service researchers, health economists, epidemiologists, and policy analysts will gather at the 15th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics to exchange and build on ideas to improve health equity research.