Past Events

USCOTS 2019

Event Date:
May 16th - 18th, 2019
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
The Penn State Conference Center Hotel
State College, Pennsylvania, 16801
United States
CAUSE has held the United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) every other year since 2005. The 2019 USCOTS will be held on Thursday, May 16 – Saturday, May 18, 2019 at the Penn State Conference Center in State College, Pennsylvania, with pre-conference workshops on Tuesday, May 14 –... more

The 2nd Midwest Statistical Machine Learning Colloquium

Event Date:
May 13, 2019
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Iowa State University
Howe Hall
537 Bissell Road
Ames, Iowa, 50011-1096
United States
This is a one-day regional meeting of statisticians, engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, and practitioners interested in the theory and applications of Statistical Machine Learning.  The colloquim is being organized by the Iowa State University Departments of Industrial &... more

WuFest: A Conference on Engineering Statistics and Related Topics

Event Date:
May 10-11, 2019
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Georgia Tech Student Center
Peachtree Room
Atlanta, Georgia,
United States
This conference is being held in the honor of Professor C. F. Jeff Wu.  C.F. Jeff Wu is an iconic figure in the field of engineering statistics. Wu’s honors include membership in the National Academy of Engineering (2004), Member (Academician) of Academia Sinica (2000), COPSS (Committee of... more

The 7th Workshop on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Event Date:
May 10-12, 2019
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Dean's Meeting Center
College of Arts and Sciences Event Center, 26th Floor
25 Park Place
Atlanta, Georgia, 30303
United States
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics have been playing a key and important role in statistics and other scientific research fields in recent years. The goal of this workshop is to stimulate research and to foster the interaction of researchers in Biostatistics & Bioinformatics research areas. The... more

2019 Rao Prize Conference

Event Date:
Monday, May 6, 2019
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
100 Berg Auditorium
328 Thomas Building
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802
United States
The Department of Statistics at Penn State will hold a one-day conference on Monday, May 6, 2019, to honor Professor Grace Wahba, the 2019 C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize Recipient, Professor Tailen Hsing, the 2019 C. G. Khatri Lecturer, and Professor Doug Nychka, the 2019 P. R. Krishnaiah Lecturer.... more

The 2019 Bradley Lecture

Event Date:
Friday, April 26, 2019 - 4:00pm
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
UGA Special Collections Library
Room 285
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, 30602
United States
To recognize the professional accomplishments of the late Professor Ralph Bradley, the Department of Statistics at the University of Georgia has been organizing an annual “Bradley Lecture” since 1993. The first Bradley Lecture held in 1993 featured Professors C. R. Rao and Ralph Bradley as speakers... more

NISS Academic Meet-Up: Succeeding as a Statistician in Academia: Things I Wish I Knew at the Start of My Career

Event Date:
Tuesday, April 23rd from 1 - 2 pm (ET)
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Virtual Meet-up
1:00 - 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time

United States
The first Academic Meet-up organized by NISS focused on getting that first job as a statistician, the second meet-up focused on improving statistical communication skills. Both are very important aspects of growing your experience and potential as an statistician. But what happens now that you have... more

12th Annual Conference on Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials: Electronic Health Records (EHR) in Randomized Clinical Trials: Challenges and Opportunities

Event Date:
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 7:30am to 5:00pm
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine
Arthur H. Rubenstein Auditorium, Smilow Center for Translational Research
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
United States
This conference is focused on "Electronic Health Records (EHR) in Randomized Clinical Trials: Challenges and Opportunities". Speakers featuring case studies include: DENISE ESSERMAN, PhD Yale University - "From Screening to Ascertainment of the Primary Outcome using EHR, Challenges in the STRIDE... more

NISS-Merck Virtual Meet-up: "Applications of Real World Data"

Event Date:
April 1, 2019 - 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and Merck are sponsoring a second virtual meet-up on the topic of real world data (RWD). This second meet-up, a sequel to the first one held on October 4, 2018 (1st NISS-Merck meet-up on RWD), will focus on examples of using RWD.   RWD has... more

4th Analytics Without Borders Conference

Event Date:
Friday, March 29, 2019
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Bryant University
Bello Grand Hall
1150 Douglas Pike
Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917
United States
This forum explores all ways of analytics work, be it from corporate institutions, academia, or government organizations. The event will be a blend of learning opportunities including: keynote talks hands-on workshops in R, Python, and Tableau research presentations poster presentations All... more

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