2009
- NISS-NASS Research in Residence Program begins
- NISS, in collaboration with the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE), in conjunction with Kittelson & Associates, Inc. (KAI), Berkeley Transportation Systems (BTS), the University of Utah, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) begins research on Establishing Monitoring Programs for Travel Time Reliability.
2008
- NISS building expansion complete. Addition of 11,782 square feet.
- Hiring of Jamie Nunnelly as Communications Director
- Hiring of WeiWei Cui as Research Analyst for NAEP-ESSI
- James Landwehr becomes Chairman of the Board of Trustees
- Explorations Workshops initiated
- Research initiated with the National Cancer Institute’s CP Tech
2007
- Affiliate working groups initiated include: QT for pharmaceuticals, Data Confidentiality and Data Quality
- SAMSI receives renewal of funding from NSF
- Strategic positioning study completed and adopted by NISS Board of Trustees
2006
- Expanded activity in education statistics
- NISS celebrates 15th anniversary with multiple events
- Survey cost modeling project begins
- New areas of data confidentiality are explored, including Bayesian characterization of transparency risk and utility
- New research initiatives include: experimental analysis of algorithms, evidentiary statistics, proteomics and biomedical imaging
- New Researcher Fellowships presented to Scott Holan (University of Missouri) and Sherry Wang (SMU)
2005
- Year of the affiliate
- Nell Sedransk appointed Associate Director
- NISS plays major role with the Education Statistical Services Institute
- NISS Distinguished Service Awards established; initial awards presented to Albert Bowker, Daniel G. Hotvitz, Janet Norwood and Martha L. Williamson
- Affiliates Program receives SPAIG Award from ASA
- NISS Building receives Design Award from NC Chapter of AIA
- The Future of Data Analysis: A Conference in Honor of Jon Kettenring held in Basking Ridge, NJ
- Planning for building expansion begins
2004
- SDL for geospatial image data project begins
- Strategic vision adopted by Board of Trustees
- Studies for National Center for Education Statistics commence
- Pharmacogenomics Technology Day
- Vijay Nair becomes chair of the Board of Trustees
- EPA funded project on global climate change begins
2003
- NISS-CIIT Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship: high-density microarrays
- Second NSF-funded data confidentiality project begins
- NISS organizes efforts to engage statistics community in problems of national defense and homeland security
2002
- SAMSI has its grand opening; NISS is one of the founding members
- Hiring of Stanley Young as Assistant Director
- Streamlined structure introduced for NISS Corporation and Board of Trustees
2001
- Initial Sacks Award presented to Elizabeth Thompson
- NISS receives ITR award from NISS for research on light-weight instrumentation of software
- NISS performs data quality research for BTS
- Thomas Gerig appointed Assistant Director for Affiliates Programs
2000
- Tenth anniversary of NISS is celebrated
- Alan Karr becomes director
- Affiliates program created
- Jon Kettenring becomes chair of the Board of Trustees
- Sacks Award established
- Initial NISS JSM Reception held
- Computer model evaluation projects funded by NSF and GM begin
