The final installment of the NISS Writing Workshop 2024 was held on August 4 at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Portland, OR. This engaging in-person session was preceded by the two intensive Fridays (July 19 & 26), of which were marked by a rich blend of interactive tutorials and panel... more
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NISS has three awards given each year, the Jerome Sacks Award recognizing sustained, high-quality cross-disciplinary research involving the statistical sciences, the Distinguished Service Award to recognize individuals who have given extraordinary service that significantly... more
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On May 10 and 17, 2024, leading researchers and statisticians gathered for a two-day virtual event as part of the Ingram Olkin Forum: Statistics Serving Society (S3) Series. The event, organized by the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), brought together experts to explore the latest... more
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On May 2, 2024, the National Academies of Science in Washington, DC, hosted the much-anticipated "AI Day for Federal Statistics." Organized by CNSTAT at the National Academies of Science, FCSM, and NISS, this event brought together experts and practitioners in the field of artificial intelligence (... more
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The collaboration between the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) on a series of webinars focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reached significant milestones since its inception. The inaugural webinar, titled "AI in... more
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Achievement Award, period of 10/01/2023 to 01/25/2024 Luca SartoreLuca Sartore proposes a novel approach to generate a synthetic multidimensional dataset while preserving implicit collinearity among variables. The proposed algorithm can efficiently generate synthetic records. He also developed... more
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In November 2023, NISS and Carleton College hosted the Ingram Olkin Forum "Statistical Challenges in the Analysis of Police Use of Force." This in-person Ingram Olkin Forum (IOF) is an extension to our earlier online IOF webinar hosted in June 2021 featuring speakers Dean Knox (University of... more
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NISS Writing Workshop and Graduate Student Network Unite for Productive Meetup at JSM 2023
The synergy of the NISS Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers and the NISS Graduate Student Network culminated in an engaging meetup held during the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Toronto. The... more
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Our NISS Awards were presented during the Joint Statistical Meetings in Toronto, Canada on August 6, 2023 by action of the Board of Trustees for the Jerome Sacks Award for Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Research, Distinguished Alumni Award and the Distinguished Service... more
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The American Statistical Association once again is offering a live component to its annual Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Toronto, Canada. Here is a run down of events at JSM that involve NISS research, individuals involved in or related to NISS.
In addition, NISS is... more