Past Events
Event Date:
Friday, March 25, 2022 - 1 pm - 2 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Overview
R has risen to become the _lingua franca_ of statistical research and applications. At the same time, user demands on computing resources and performance have also increased. This is driven chiefly by the ever-growing size of datasets, and may sometimes be coupled with increases in their... more
Event Date:
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - 12 noon - 1:30 pm ET
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Hosted
[Please Note: This Ingram Olkin Forum session has already occurred. Go to the News Story for this event to read about what happened.]
Interested in a statistics or data science position in the insurance or finance industry sector? Then this session should interest you!
NISS hosts Career Fair... more
Event Date:
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - 11 am - 12:30 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and Merck are sponsoring a Virtual Meet-Up on the use of Statistical and Deep Learning Methods for Biomedical Images.
Overview
Imaging plays... more
Event Date:
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Working with Non-Probability Samples:
Assessing and Remediating Bias
Panel Discussion & Q&A
Courtney Kennedy
Director of Survey Research, Pew Research Center
"Exploring the Assumption That Online Opt-in Respondents Are Answering in Good Faith"
Yan Li
Professor, Joint... more
Event Date:
Friday, February 25, 2022 - 12 pm to 1:30 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
[Please Note: This session has already occurred. Go to the News Story to read about what happened.]
Offering good mentorship is often an important hallmark of a successful career, be it in academia, industry or government. Yet mentoring can be a rather challenging task, especially when you are... more
Event Date:
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 12 noon - 1:30 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
[Please Note: This session has already occurred. Go to the News Story to read about what happened.]
Government institutions have a unique mission when it comes to the data they collect as well as the importance of the research they engage in. This research becomes the principle foundation for ... more
Event Date:
Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 2 pm
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Come and learn about postdoctoral positions in statistics, and reasons you might consider a postdoctoral position after graduation, from our panel of current and former postdoctoral fellows!
Panelists:
Dr. Whitney Huang, Assistant Professor, Clemson University Department of Mathematics and... more
Event Date:
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 - 12 noon - 1:30 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
[Please Note: This session has already occurred. Go to the News Story to read about what happened.]
Interested in getting a better sense of what it’s like to work as a statistician at a National Lab? What kind of research do these institutions get involved in? What sorts of opportunities exist... more
Event Date:
Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 12-1:30 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
[Please Note: This session has already occurred. Go to the News Story to read about what happened.]
Government institutions have a unique mission when it comes to the data they collect as well as the importance of the research they engage in. This research becomes the principle foundation for ... more
Event Date:
November 12, 2021 at 12-2pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
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The NISS Graduate Student Network and the NISS Academic Affiliates are excited to announce a special 2-hour event about internship opportunities for graduate students.
Panelists will share... more