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NISS 2009 Distinguished Service Awards Presented to Vijay Nair and John Rolph

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August 4, 2009, Washington DC: James Landwehr, chair of the Board of Trustees for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) announces that Vijay Nair and John Rolph are the recipients of this year's NISS Distinguished Service Awards. The awards were presented by Alan Karr, director of... more

2009 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research Presented to Ramanathan Gnanadesikan

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August 4, 2009 Washington, DC: James Landwehr, chair of the Board of Trustees for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) announces that Ramanathan Gnanadesikan, retired statistician, is recipient of the 2009 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research. The award was presented... more

NISS Launches New Website

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), an independent research institute through which the statistics community serves the nation, is pleased to announce a major redesign and improvement of its website, www.niss.org.Along with an attractive new design and layout, the new website is... more

NISS and NASS Collaboration Kicks Off June 1

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May 4, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC -Three teams of researchers from the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and the National Agricultural Statistics Services (NASS), together with academic faculty and graduate students from five universities will convene at NISS in Research... more

National Institute of Statistical Sciences Hires Six New Postdoctoral Fellows

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April 30, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC - The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), a research institute created by the national statistical sciences community, has appointed six new postdoctoral fellows. The fellows will participate in several new research programs at NISS."Our... more

Jian (Frank) Zou Takes Postdoctoral Fellow Position for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences

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April 28, Research Triangle Park, NC - Jian (Frank) Zou from the University of Connecticut will begin workas a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) beginning in July. NISS is anon-profit institution created by the statistical professional societies with... more

Xia Wang Hired as Postdoctoral Fellow for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences

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April 28, Research Triangle Park, NC - Xia Wang from the University of Connecticut will begin work as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) beginning in June. NISS is a research institution created by the statistics professional societies to identify,... more

Jianqiang Wang Hired as Postdoctoral Fellow for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences

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April 27, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC - Jianqiang (Jay) Wang from the Iowa State University will begin work as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) beginning June 1. NISS is a research institution created by the statistics professional societies. Its... more

Xingdong Feng Hired as Postdoctoral Fellow for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences

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April 28, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC - Xingdong Feng from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) will begin work as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS)beginning June 1. NISS is a research institution created by the statistics professional... more

Patricia Gunning Secures Postdoctoral Fellow Position for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences

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April 28, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC - Patricia Gunning from University of Limerick has been hired as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) beginning June 1. NISS is a research institution created by the statistical professional societies... more

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