Lu Chen (NISS Research Associate) joined NISS and the Research and Development Division of the National Agricultural Statistics Services (NASS) in 2019 and has been working on a number of projects, primarily focused on the United States Census of Agriculture. ... more
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NISS hosts Virtual Career Fair sessions that focus on academic positions, others on positions in government agencies and industry. The NISS Virtual Career Fair for Insurance & Finance Companies took place on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at noon ET. (see Event page)
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At the start of his talk, Dirk Eddelbuettel (Senior Data Scientist / Engineer, TileDB) shared a bit of his background and included his journey to how he got started on Rcpp. He eventually made the big step to become an author and uploaded one package to CRAN, then a few more followed... more
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In the March 2022 Amstat News issue #537, Nell Sedrasnk was highlighted as one of the Celebrating Women in Statistics and Data Science selections!
Congratulations Nell!
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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and Merck sponsored a Virtual Meet-Up on the use of Statistical and Deep Learning Methods for Biomedical Images on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 from 11 am to 12:30 pm ET.
This meetup provided a snapshot of this vital interdisciplinary area... more
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When Luca Sartore (NISS Research Fellow) joined NISS and the Research and Development Division of the National Agricultural Statistics Services (NASS) in 2015, his first research project addressed the problem of ensuring consistency for totals across different levels... more
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On February 25, 2022 from 12 to 1:30 pm NISS organized and held a webinar that focused on "The Importance of Being a Good Mentor."
Dr. Joel Dubin begins the day’s discussion advising to be adaptive and keep communication lines open. He states that it is beneficial to communicate your... more
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In our last NISS Affiliate Update we provided an overview of the type of research that NISS Research Associates are involved in. We are following this up with a more indepth and technical viewof this work. Our first installment here is from NISS Research Fellow Ya Mo.
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Once again, NISS gathered senior statisticians sharing advice with their extensive experience working in the federal government. (see Event page) In addition, these individuals have graciously made it a priority to share their experiences so that others may better understand and be... more
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On Thursday, Jan 27, the NISS Graduate Student Network hosted a very informative panel discussion where to hear and learn about postdoctoral positions in statistics. This panel of current and former postdoctoral fellows shared many reasons you might consider a postdoctoral position after graduation... more