The ASA’s Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security is co-sponsoring the Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis Workshop April 16–18, which will take place both virtually and in person at the Institute for Defense Analysis in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Biopharm Workshop Registration Opens June 15
The three-day workshop in Rockville, Maryland, will have presentations and short courses.
Writing Workshop to Return to JSM
The workshop is for junior researchers who want to improve their communication skills. The event will be hybrid and include virtual lectures and meetings with mentors and an optional in-person meetup.
BAPS to Be Held in June
The workshop is offered for experienced AP statistics teachers and is designed to strengthen and expand teachers’ statistics backgrounds by introducing them to topics just beyond the content of the typical AP Statistics course.
JEDI Corner: Student Travel Funding Needed to Improve Access to Profession
For students with marginalized identities, a conference may be the first place they encounter other statisticians with similar identities, which could contribute to a sense of belonging in the field. However, equitable accessibility to conferences is not always available for these students.
Hallmark Diversity Workshop and Mentoring Program Returns to JSM
The program brings together historically underrepresented minority statisticians/data scientists at early- to mid-career levels with senior-level statisticians/data scientists and features one-on-one mentoring and professional development.
Statistical Computing Section News
The ASA Section on Statistical Computing held a half-day online symposium, which attracted more than 110 participants. About half were students.
BBSW 2020 Finds New Ways to Collaborate Virtually
While the pandemic prevented a face-to-face event in 2020, the Bay Area Biotech-Pharma Statistical Workshop held two virtual symposiums—both related to COVID-19.
Pfizer/ASA/UConn Distinguished Statistician Colloquium Returns
Peter Bickel of the University of California, Berkeley will present “Four Excursions in Genomics” at the colloquium.
IMSI: A New NSF-Funded Institute
The mission of the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation is to apply mathematics and statistics to complex problems and to spur transformational change in the mathematical sciences.