Each year, the ASA recognizes all members reaching a milestone of 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of membership.
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Richard Fletcher
Fletcher was one of the founding fathers of the American Statistical Association and was elected the association’s first president in December of 1839.
SPES Offers Opportunity to Advance Ideas
SPES is pivoting toward modern methods in learning and high-performance computing in statistical methodology, with diverse applications throughout the applied sciences.
Triage Judges Needed for COMAP Modeling Contest
The American Statistical Association will designate one outstanding Mathematical Contest in Modeling team as the winner of the ASA Data Insights Award, and qualified triage judges are needed to assist in the initial review of submissions.
Summary of JSM 2019 Session on Formal Privacy: Making an Impact at Large Organizations
The Committee on Privacy and Confidentiality organized a JSM session that featured four experts who have implemented formal privacy models or variants of differential privacy.
ASA Statistical Computing and Graphics Award
Nominate an individual or a team for the 2021 ASA Statistical Computing and Graphics Award, which recognizes innovation in computing, software, or graphics.
Take Advantage of the ASA’s Data Challenge Opportunities
ASA President Wendy Martinez focuses her first President’s Corner on the ASA’s many data challenges.
Data for Good: The Year in Review
Data for Good had a wonderful 2019, full of new resources, networking opportunities, and shared enthusiasm.
Winston A. Richards Presents Prize in Trinidad
On his 75th birthday, Winston A. Richards took part in the graduation ceremony at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad by giving a talk titled, “My Life as a Statistician,” and presenting a prize named after him.
International Prize in Statistics Nominations to Open Soon
Nominations for the International Prize in Statistics—one of the highest honors in statistics—will open in early 2020.