Past Events

Event Date:
April 27, 2020 11-12:30 pm (ET)
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Virtual Meet-up
Time: 11:00 am -12:30 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Using Zoom Video Conferencing Software

United States
[Please Note: This event has already occurred.  Go to the News Story to read about what happened and to access a recording and speaker slides.] Bayesian statistics has been an important topic in the pharma industry for some time. Although the Bayesian perspective has been adopted for a number of... more
Event Date:
Friday, April 24, 2020 - 3:30pm
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, 30602
United States
Please Note: This event has been 2020 Bradley event has been postponed - possibily for the Fall.  As new information becomes available we will share it here. To recognize the professional accomplishments of the late Professor Ralph Bradley, the Department of Statistics at the University of Georgia... more
Event Date:
Thursday, April 23, from 12:00 – 1:30 pm (ET)
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Virtual Meet-up

United States
[Please Note: This event has already occurred.  Go to the News Story to read about what happened and to access a recording and speaker slides.] Interested in pursuing a career as a statistician at an academic institution?  Then you won’t want to miss this next career fair sponsored by NISS that... more
Event Date:
April 16, 2020, 3:30 PM (ET)
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:

United States
Please Note:  This event has been postponed.  When further information becomes available to us, we will publish it here. Since 1973, the Department of Mathematical Sciences (now known as the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences) at Clemson University and the Department of Statistics at... more
Event Date:
March 27, 2020
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
UGA Special Collections Library
Room 277
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia,
United States
Please Note:  Due to circumstances related to the COVID-19 outbreak, this event has been canceled by the event organizers! The functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data analysis group of the University of Georgia Department of Statistics will host the seventh NOGGINS (Network of Greater... more
Event Date:
March 11, 2020 12-1 PM (ET)
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Virtual Meet-up

United States
[Please Note: This event has already occurred.  Go to the News Story to read about what happened and to access a recording and speaker slides.] 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 - especially... more
Event Date:
Wednesday, February 19, 12-1:15 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
[Please Note: This event has already occurred.  Go to the News Story to read about what happened and to access a recording and speaker slides.] Interested in an industry job? In the March issue of the IMS Bulletin in 2014, Terry Speed advised his readers to Give Industry a Chance. Terry articulated... more
Event Date:
February 7, 2020 12-1:30 pm (ET)
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Virtual Meet-up
12:00 - 1:30 (ET)

United States
[Please Note: This event has already occurred.  Go to the News Story to read about what happened and to access a recording and speaker slides.] Collaboration between academic institutions and business corporations is about discovering ways in which both parties benefit from developing such a... more
Event Date:
January 15, 2020 11-12:30 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Virtual Meet-up
Time: 11:00 am -12:15 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Using Zoom Video Conferencing Software

United States
The National Institute of Statistical Science (NISS) and Merck are sponsoring a Virtual Meet-Up on Adaptive Trials for Drug Development. Adaptive clinical trials use accruing data to make changes in the ongoing trial. Changes based on early information can increase efficiency, by limiting resources... more
Event Date:
January 8, 2020 12-1 pm (ET)
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Virtual Meet-up

United States
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.  In fact, the mission of the United States Census can be found in the United States constitution! This event is the third in a series of Virtual Career... more

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