In the News

Below are articles from the mass media featuring NISS.

Solomon and Williams win ASA Founders Award

By nunnelly, Aug 9, 2010

The American Statistical Association (ASA), the nation's preeminent professional statistical society, has named the winners of its prestigious 2010 Founders Award, given to ASA members who have rendered distinguished service to the association.Winners were presented the award at the Joint Statistical Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 3.

Dan Solomon and George Williams, both whom serve on the NISS Board of Trustees, received the Founders Award this year.

NISS Celebrates 20th Anniversary and Affiliates Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary

By nunnelly, Aug 9, 2010

NISS celebrated its 20th anniversary by showing a video at the JSM reception in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 2, 2010. This video is what was shown at the reception.

Dr. Ward Robinson's Blog on Problems in Epidemiology Land

By nunnelly, Jun 24, 2010

Dr. Stan Young, Assistant Director for Bioinformatics at NISS, lectured at the SCOPES Academy at North Carolina State University in April and his presentation caught the interest of Dr. Ward Robinson. Click here to read Dr. Robinson's remarks.

All Things Considered - Seeking Answers in a Maze of Health Studies

By nunnelly, Mar 15, 2010

NPR interviewed Stan Young, assistant director of bioinformatics at NISS. Young speaks with host Guy Raz about searching for verifiable health patterns in a world of limitless data. This story aired on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Click here to listen to the interview.

Ars Technica: We're So Good at Medical Studies that Most of them are Wrong

By nunnelly, Mar 3, 2010

Stan Young, Assistant Director, Bioinformatics at NISS, was part of a panel that spoke at the AAAS conference in San Diego in February 2010. This article describes that most times, epidemiology studies have problems with statistics. The author of this article from Ars Technica believes that the statistical tools for evaluating the science hasn't kept up pace with the scientific output. Click here to read the article.

Three Interns Share Insights from NISS-NASS Projects

By nunnelly, Dec 23, 2009

This article shares insights from three interns that were involved with the NISS-NASS research in residence program. The article was published in AmStat News December 2009 issue. You can find the article starting on page 49.

How the Temperature Data Was Analyzed

By nunnelly, Nov 4, 2009

The Associated Press sought independent statistical analyses of global temperatures to determine if there is a true cooling of Earth's climate.Alan Karr, director of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences, is quoted in the article.

Bell and Volinsky Part of AT&T Team that Won $1Million from Netflix Prize contest

By nunnelly, Sep 21, 2009

Congratulations to Bob Bell and Chris Volinsky from AT&T, one of NISS' affiliates, who are part of the team that won the $1M Grand Prize from the Netflix Prize contest. They won the prize for devising the best way for Netflix to improve its movie recommendation algorithm, which generates an average of 30 billion predictions per day, by ten percent or greater.

News & Observer: Science Institute gets federal dollars

By nunnelly, Aug 25, 2009

This article is about NISS helping to develop Bayesian models for syndromic surveillance so that health officials can detect an onset of a disease breakout or a bioterrorism attack a little earlier than they have in the past. This article was posted August 24, 2009.

Current and Former NISS Board Members win 2009 ASA Founders Awards

By nunnelly, Aug 11, 2009

Congratulations to former NISS Board of Trustees members Stephen E. Fienberg, Carnegie Mellon University, Bob Rodriguez, SAS Institute and current Vice-Chair of the NISS Board of Trustees, Jessica Utts, University of California, Irvine, for receiving a 2009 American Statistical Association (ASA) Founders Award. The awards are given to ASA members who have rendered distinguished service to the association.

Click here for more about the awards.