NISS Parameters Newsletter

Each quarter, the NISS team publishes NISS Parameters - a newsletter that delivers updates on activities, affiliate programs, training, and workshops related to NISS.  The NISS Affiliates Update is published the other months of the year.

NISS Parameters - Winter / February 2021

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, August 2020Director's Notes
  2. Featured Event Series:  Essential Data Science Tutorials
  3. News: Latest Data Science Tutorial Explores Unstructured Data - Text Mining 
  4. News: Successful COPSS-NISS Data Science Webinars Focus on Current COVID Research
  5. NISS Highlight: NISS on YouTube!
  6. Upcoming Event:  COPSS-NISS COVID-19 Data Science Webinar Series - 1st & 3rd Thursdays Each Month!
  7. Update: NISS Data Visualization Competition!
  8. Research Update: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Kindergarten 2011
  9. NISS Highlight: Valuable Opportunities Abound in NISS Graduate Student Network!
  10. Affiliate News: NISS Notes the Passing of Two Colleagues: Allan Sampson and E James Harner
  11. Update: Ingram Olkin Forum Series: Unplanned Clinical Trial Disruptions
  12. Upcoming Event: How to Negotiate a Job Offer
  13. Upcoming Event: Government Career Fair - Spring 2021!
  14. Upcoming Event: 13th Annual Conference on Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials
  15. Upcoming Event: First CANSSI-NISS Health Data Science Workshop
  16. Upcoming Event Listing
  17. Upcoming Event: NISS Writing Workshop for Early Researchers!

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NISS Parameters - Fall / November 2020

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, August 2020Director's Notes
  2. Featured Event Series:  Essential Data Science Tutorials
  3. Career Fair Focuses on Challenges Finding a Position During the Pandemic
  4. Upcoming Event:  NISS-Merck Meet-up on SARS-COV2 Vaccine Development
  5. Upcoming Event:  NISS Academic Affiliate Meetup: How to Present Your Research
  6. Upcoming Event:  Fall 2020 Virtual Academic Career Fair: Finding a Position During the Pandemic, Part 2
  7. NISS Data Visualization Competition!
  8. NISS Graduate Student Network Launched!
  9. NISS Writing Workshop Featured in AMSTAT News!
  10. NISS Highlight:  Meet New Associate Director Brian Habing!
  11. Update:  NISS Activities Provide Access to Understanding Statistical Significance
  12. Update:  Ingram Olkin Forums
  13. NEW!   Ingram Olkin Forum: COVID and the Schools: Modeling Openings, Closings, and Learning Loss
  14. Upcoming Events

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NISS Parameters - Summer / August 2020

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, August 2020Director's Notes
  2. NISS Announces Annual Awards
  3. Upcoming Event: Teaching Statistics Online: Approaches, Strategies and Technologies
  4. Upcoming Event: NISS-Merck Virtual Meet-up on Issues in Vaccine Development
  5. NISS-NCES Panels Focus on Release of Data on How Students Take Digital Tests!
  6. Ingram Olkin Forum Features Examples/Advice Regarding Unplanned Disruptions of Clinical Trials
  7. Victor Lo Sets the Stage for a New Series of Tutorials: Essentials of Data Science for Business
  8. Writing Workshop Provides Access to Advice, Experience and Mentorship
  9. Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) Modeling the Focus of NISS/ASA Tutorial
  10. New NISS Affiliate!  Auburn University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  11. NISS Highlight:  Meet New Research Associate Zach Terner
  12. NISS at a Virtual JSM!
  13. Upcoming Events
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NISS Parameters - Spring / May 2020

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, November 2019Director's Notes
  2. Bayesian Statistics the Focus of Popular NISS/Merck Meetup
  3. NISS/ASA Co-Host COVID19 Webinar that Focuses on the Role of Modeling
  4. Xihong Lin Shares Understandings from COVID-19 Data
  5. Academic Career Paths Explored During NISS Career Fair
  6. NISS Webinar Hosts Third Webinar on the Use of p-values for Making Decisions
  7. Affiliate News: NISS Notes the Passing of an Esteemed Colleague
  8. NISS Highlight: Meet NISS Senior Fellow Peter Meyer!
  9. Affiliate Liaisons Become Involved in NISS Activities/Events
  10. Welcome to New Members of the NISS Board of Trustees
  11. NISS is Getting Ready for  the Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers!  Virtual this Time!
  12. Career Fair Series - Resources Provided by NISS
  13. Upcoming Events
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NISS Parameters - Winter / February 2020

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, February 2020Director's Notes
  2. Collaboration Between Academia and Industry the Focus of Academic Affiliate Meet-Up
  3. NISS Government Career Fair Outlines Opportunities for Statisticians!
  4. Career Fair Series - Resources Provided by NISS
  5. Recent Approaches to Adaptive Trials for Drug Development the Focus of NISS/Merck Meet-Up
  6. Welcome New NISS Affiliate!  George Mason University
  7. NISS Post-Doctoral Research Experiences Launch Careers in Statistics
  8. NISS is Hiring!  Join the NISS Research Team!
  9. Upcoming Events
  10. Affiliate News of Note!

 

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NISS Parameters - Fall / November 2019

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, November 2019Director's Notes
  2. Career Paths for Statisticians Highlighted at first NISS Virtual Career Fair for NISS Affiliates
  3. You Got Peanut Butter on my Chocolate! Webinar Explores the Boundaries of Data Science and Statistics
  4. Digging Deeper Into p-values: NISS Webinar Follow-up with Three Authors - Nov. 19
  5. NISS Webinar Provides Advice: What are the Keys to a Successful Grant?
  6. R & Spark: Tools for Data Science Workflows - Nov. 25-26
  7. NISS-Merck Meet-ups Regularly Explore the Latest Challenges
  8. Special News of Note
  9. Welcome the Following NISS Affiliates!
  10. NISS Highlight: Meet Research Associate Lu Chen!
  11. NISS is Hiring!  Join the NISS Research Team!
  12. Upcoming events
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NISS Parameters - Summer / August 2019

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, August 2019Director's Notes
  2. Jeremy Taylor Recipient of the 2019 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research
  3. NISS ‘Statistics Serving Society’ Forums Honors Ingram Olkin
  4. Celebrations and Awards Given at NISS / SAMSI Reception!
  5. NISS Affiliates Gather for Luncheon at JSM 2019
  6. Haibo Zhou Receives NISS Distinguished Alumni Award at JSM 2019
  7. Jogesh Babu Presents at NISS Sponsored Jerome Sacks Award Invited Session
  8. Batcher and Sedransk Recognized for Service to NISS
  9. NISS Research Associates a Visible Presence in Denver at JSM 
  10. Careers Given a Jump Start at Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers
  11. Upcoming events
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NISS Parameters - Spring / May 2019

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, May 2019Director's Notes
  2. JSM 2019 Writer's Workshop for Junior Researchers
  3. Inaugural Ingram Olkin S3 Forum: Gun Violence - The Statistical Issues
  4. Alternatives to the Traditional p-value
  5. Survey Workshop on Improving the Representativeness of Nonprobability Samples
  6. Sage Advice for Statisticians Looking to Advance their Career in Academia!
  7. NISS Welcomes Two New Board Members
  8. New Website Features:  Meet-up Recordings
  9. Follow-up NISS/Merck Meet-up on Real-World Data
  10. NISS R & Spark Workshop at BLS
  11. NISS Upcoming Events
  12. Affiliate News of Note!

 

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NISS Parameters - Winter / February 2019

  1. Director's Notes
  2. R & Spark: Tools for Data Science Workflows
  3. Using Surveys to Improve the Representativeness of Nonprobability Samples in Epidemiologic Studies
  4. Statistical Challenges in Immuno-Oncology", the Latest in a Successful Series of Meet-ups
  5. NISS-Merck Meet-up Featured in AMSTAT News
  6. NISS Academic Affiliates Meet Online to Learn About Improving Statistical Communication
  7. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Southern Methodist University join NISS as 
    Academic Affiliates 
  8. Highlight: Meet NISS Research Associate Luca Sartore
  9. News of Special Note!  Congratulations Michael Robbins
  10. New Website Feature: Meet-Up Recordings
  11. NISS Welcomes New Staff
  12. NISS - Upcoming Events
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NISS Parameters - Fall / November 2018

  1. Greetings from the NISS Director!
  2. Highlight: Meet NISS Research Associate Andreea Erciulescu
  3. R & Spark – NISS Sponsored Workshop
  4. Popular R & Spark Short Course held at SAMSI Offices!
  5. Virtual Meet-Up for Academic Affiliates Connects with Many Graduate Students
  6. NISS-merck Meet-ups on a Roll!
  7. University of Kentucky, Georgia State University join NISS as Academic Affiliates 
  8. Reflections on WSDS 2018
  9. STATFest 2018 a Success!
  10. International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics (AISC)
  11. NISS - Upcoming Events
  12. Affiliate Job Announcements
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