Past Events
Event Date:
Thursday, September 14, 2017 - 9:00am to Saturday, September 16, 2017 - 4:59pm
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
American Statistical Association Headquarters
732 North Washington St.
Alexandria, Virginia,
United States
732 North Washington St.
Alexandria, Virginia,
United States
COURSE OUTLINE
R is a flexible, extensible statistical computing environment, but it is limited to single-core execution. Spark is a distributed computing environment which treats R as a first-class programming language. This course introduces data structures in R and their use in functional... more
Event Date:
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 11:00am to Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - 11:59am
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
United States
United States
OBJECTIVE
In an effort to introduce NISS to statisticians involved in the research and development of pharmaceutical products, NISS and Merck are jointly hosting a series of free virtual meetups, quarterly over the web, on emerging issues of interest to this community. The meeting will focus on the... more
Event Date:
Saturday, July 29, 2017 - 7:30am to Thursday, August 3, 2017 - 12:20pm
Event Location:
Baltimore Convention Center
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland, 21201
United States
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland, 21201
United States
2017 Joint Statistical Meetings
Statistics: It's Essential
July 29 - August 3, 2017
Baltimore Convention Center
JSM Is ... One of the Largest Statistical Events in the World
More than 6,000 attendees from 52 countries
Over 600 sessions, including invited, contributed sessions
and poster... more
Event Date:
Sunday, June 25, 2017 - 8:00am to Thursday, June 29, 2017 - 12:59pm
Event Location:
Eldorado Hotel and Spa
Sante Fe, New Mexico,
United States
Sante Fe, New Mexico,
United States
NISS has a table at the WNAR meeting. Don't forget to stop by our table to learn more about our programs and opportunities to engage with us. See you there!
Event Date:
Monday, June 12, 2017 - 9:00am to Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 11:59am
Total Survey Error (TSE) enthusiasts are invited to submit an abstract to the 2017 edition of the International Total Survey Error Workshop (ITSEW). The workshop will take place at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg, Germany, from Monday 12 June – Wednesday 14 June, 2017.
This... more
Event Date:
Sunday, June 4, 2017 to Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Event Type:
NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Villas by the Sea, Jekyll Island, GA
1175 N Beachview Drive
Jekyll Island, Georgia, 31527
United States
1175 N Beachview Drive
Jekyll Island, Georgia, 31527
United States
The Southern Regional Council on Statistics (SRCOS) is co-hosting the 53rd Summer Research Conference (SRC) this year from Sunday, June 4th - Wednesday, June 7th at the Villas by the Sea Resort, Jekyll Island, GA. The SRC brings together leading researchers, faculty and students in a dynamic,... more
Event Date:
Monday, May 29, 2017 - 8:30am to Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 4:59pm
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Georgia Tech Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia,
United States
Atlanta, Georgia,
United States
We are pleased to announce that the Statistical Perspectives of Uncertainty Quantification 2017 workshop will be held at the Georgia Tech Hotel, Atlanta, GA on May 29-30, 2017.
The workshop will focus on statistical and mathematical aspects of uncertainty quantification (UQ) of complex... more
Event Date:
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 to Thursday, May 25, 2017
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
UNC Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
United States
Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
United States
We are pleased to announce that the 2017 Atlantic Causal Inference Conference will be held at the University of North Carolina on May 23-25, 2017.
The Causal Inference Research Group (CIRG) is located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill within the Gillings School of Global Public... more
Event Date:
Thursday, May 18, 2017 to Saturday, May 20, 2017
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel
215 Innovation Blvd, State College
State College, Pennsylvania, 517608
United States
215 Innovation Blvd, State College
State College, Pennsylvania, 517608
United States
About the Theme
This year's conference theme "SHOW ME THE DATA" is intended to encompass the many aspects of teaching statistics, including but certainly not limited to:
Helping students to recognize that data beat anecdotes and are essential for evidence-based decision-making;
Emphasizing data... more
Event Date:
Friday, April 21, 2017 to Saturday, April 22, 2017
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
State Botanical Garden of Georgia | Callaway Building
2450 South Milledge Avenue
Athens, Georgia, 30606
United States
2450 South Milledge Avenue
Athens, Georgia, 30606
United States
About the Bradley Lecture
The Bradley Lecture is an annual lecture that honors former UGA faculty member Ralph Bradley. Ralph was born on November 28, 1923 in Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada, and grew up in the village of Wellington. After graduating from Queen's University in 1944 with an honors... more