ASA Fellow Bani K. Mallick, a professor in the department of statistics at Texas A&M University, was recently designated a Regents Professor by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.
Texas A&M University
Nominations Open for Emanuel and Carol Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation
The prize is awarded in even-numbered years to a North American statistician whose outstanding research contributions include innovations that have affected statistics practice and whose PhD degree is at least 25 years old.
(Bio)Statistics Bachelor’s Degrees Nearly Quintuple This Decade
The decade of statistics continues with strong growth in the number of statistics and biostatistics degrees awarded annually. According to the latest preliminary data release from the National Center for Education Statistics, bachelor’s degrees grew 17 percent, master’s degrees increased by 5 percent, and doctoral degrees increased by 11 percent.
Meet Jason Brown: Associate Commissioner for the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
Brown has spent his career as an economist for the federal government—now he is part of the federal statistical community at the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics (ORES). Working for ORES consists of extracting administrative data, producing statistics and research from that data, and disseminating those research and statistics.
Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Data Science and Analytics
We profiled a few universities in our April and June issues; here are several more, plus a few PhD programs.