The ASA’s outreach campaign, ThisIsStatistics, launched a new contest for its annual spring challenge: March Randomness, a month-long competition that encouraged middle- and high-school students and college undergraduates to test their probability intuition skills.
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Nicholas Jewell Receives Nathan Mantel Award
The ASA Statistics in Epidemiology Section has announced Nicholas Jewell as this year’s Nathan Mantel Award winner. The annual award recognizes contributions to the development and application of statistical science to problems and issues in epidemiology.
Celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
In celebration of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, we are paying tribute to some of our Asian- and Pacific Islander–American members. These individuals have been chosen because of their meaningful leadership and commitment to the ASA.
CHANCE Highlights: Spring Issue Features Economic Impact of COVID-19, Kullback’s Career, Sharing Data
The spring issue of CHANCE looks at the economic impact of COVID-19 in the UK, the US intelligence career of Solomon Kullback, and bias in shared data.
INFORMS Student Paper Prize Applicants Sought
The INFORMS Optimization Society Student Paper Prize recognizes papers by promising students who are looking for an academic or industrial career. The award includes a cash prize of $3,000 and a citation certificate.
Survey Research Methods Section News for May 2021
The Survey Research Methods Section proceedings from the 2020 Joint Statistical Meetings are now available.
Sharon Lohr Receives Waksberg Award
The 2021 recipient of the Waksberg Award is Sharon Lohr, who will give the Waksberg Invited Address at the Statistics Canada 2021 Symposium and write a paper for Survey Methodology.
ISBA Accepting Submissions for Savage Award
The Prize Committee of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis is accepting submissions for the 2021 Savage Award until May 31. A monetary prize of $750 will be awarded.
Registration Open for USCOTS 2021
Registration is open for USCOTS 2021, which will be held virtually June 28 – July 1 with pre-conference workshops starting June 24.
Education Advocacy: Bending the ‘Moral Arc of the Universe’ with Data for Good
Education advocacy has a special place in Data for Good, partly for addressing such an important issue and also for how it builds the future.