“The Stevens-Baird-Beyer-Kim Data Science and Literacy Act brings attention to the tremendous job opportunities for data-savvy students.” -Kathy Ensor, 2022 ASA president amstat.org/news-listing/2… This is Statistics ASA

#Statisticians can work across a range of diverse fields! Click the link to learn about the important role #statistics plays in our lives and how “smart is the new sexy.” thisisstatistics.org/video-statisti…

Today is International Women's Day! #IWD23 To celebrate the achievements of women around the world, let us highlight four recent stories of research from our incredible Rice Engineering faculty! 🧵

Our paper, "Meta-learning how to forecast time series" has been published in the Journal of Forecasting. We used machine-learning explainability methods to see what’s happening inside the meta-learner. @robjhyndman @gathana1 Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fo…

A victory for objective and accurate government statistics! The American Statistical Association applauds the decision of the European Court of Human Rights relating to Greece's decades of persecution of #AndreasGeorgiou. ASA #JusticeForGeorgiou echr.coe.int/Pages/home.asp…

Join us on March 27 for our Black History/Heritage Month Statistics Colloquium Lecture with Dr. Rebecca Hubbard of Penn presenting "Advancing timely and valid medical research with real-world data and medical science" Details: bit.ly/3JaUgz4

Join me March 27, 28 at ASA headquarters or virtually for the StatXW Preparing to be an Expert Witness short course. This course has proven highly beneficial to past attendees and I am excited to again bring it to our community #amsat .

BREAKING NEWS! The International Prize Foundation (IMS IBS @IntStat Royal Statistical Society) reveals eminent statistician C. R. Rao has been awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics. statprize.org

I saw a presentation of the countSTAR package yesterday. Super keen to try it out!! Big shout out to Brian+Dan for the creative and practical analysis package to handle count time series.

#OpenAccess from Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry titled: "The Italian quick survey on the effects of the COVID-19 health emergency on businesses: Sampling strategy and data editing." ow.ly/7cEX50OosGt (M. C. Casciano & R. Varriale) ISBIS_isi

The May ASA has 2 Q&A's featuring U.S. National Science Foundation, one being with #Statistics program officers (e.g., Can you submit the same proposal to multiple NSF programs?) & the other with awardees from Colorado School of Mines & @WUSTL. magazine.amstat.org/blog/2023/05/0…

⚠️🚨Attention🚨⚠️ Register for the @AMSTATNews Virtual Science Fair by THIS FRIDAY! Show off your #statistics and #dataanalysis skills for the chance to win a $50 gift card. Learn more: amstat.org/mathematics-an…

“John was a gift of intellect, love and passion to the university. He always cared about his students. He loved Rice.” We are deeply saddened by the death of our faculty member and beloved colleague John Dobelman, who passed away on May 9. He was 65. bit.ly/3IfmbOA

Congratulations Rob!

Excited about this ASA addition! Thanks to all!

Congratulations Xihong Lin. So well deserved.

Congrats to Alex and Zac, who are both students in Rice Statistics and founders of Biokind Analytics! Read about their story at bit.ly/3YgpdIy

Don’t hold your horses – this weekend is the 2023 #Preakness Stakes🏇! Check out these #statistics ahead of the big race and discover the odds of Mage becoming a Triple Crown 👑 winner: bleacherreport.com/articles/10075…

Deeply honored to be elected 120th President of the ASA. Together, let's strive to use rigorous statistics for good, making society better, more informed, & inclusive. Excited for the journey & grateful for your trust and support. #ASA #statistics #collaboration

Thank you Reginald DesRoches for your steadfast leadership.