2022 ASA President Katherine Ensor led a JSM late-breaking session urging the statistical and data science communities to propose mathematical sciences research institutes (MSRIs) in response to the National Science Foundation’s current quinquennial call from its Division of Mathematical Sciences.
TRIPODS
NSF Launches Multidisciplinary Data Science Program for Collaborative Institutes
The National Science Foundation announced Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science (TRIPODS), which “aims to bring together the statistics, mathematics, and theoretical computer science communities to develop the theoretical foundations of data science through integrated research and training activities.”