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NISS Founding Director Jerome (Jerry) Sacks Remembered

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Jerome S. Sacks, 91, passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2023. Bronx native, Chicagoan by choice since 1961, and lover of arts but especially jazz, Jerry was a graduate of Bronx High School of Science and Cornell University (BA, PhD). He capped his distinguished career at Northwestern University and... more

NISS Mourns the Passing of a Former Colleague

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Candyce Jeanne Hughes Coulibaly, 47, of Washington, DC, passed away on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022. She was a beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, cousin, aunt, friend, colleague and businesswoman who dedicated her life to uplifting lives and improving the quality of life for many. ... more

Virtual Career Fair Reviews Programs and Opportunities in Government Agencies

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You've have made quite an effort to learn and grow your statistical skills and knowledge.  You may have a good idea what a research position in academia would be like, after all you spent a good deal of time obtaining your degree.  And in industry, the applications for using statistics... more

Academic Departments of Statistics or Data Science, or Both? How?: A Panel Discussion

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NISS hosted a fascinating panel with faculty in academic departments from different schools addressing the issue of whether Statistics Departments in academic institutions should integrate or change their title to Data Science. (see Event page)  We had quite a substantial debate from our... more

Popular GSN Event Spreads Awareness of Internship Opportunities

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The NISS Graduate Student Network and the NISS Academic Affiliates organized a special event about internship opportunities for graduate students.  This event took place on Wednesday, Novermber 16 from noon to 2 pm and over 150 individuals logged into this free session! Panelists from... more

Fall 2022 Academic Career Fair Provides Advice for Candidates

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For those on the job market or even anyone in the middle of a career these career fairs are a unique and knowledgeable window into the positions that become available in a variety of professional settings for statisticians.  This session focuses on professorial positions at academic... more

IOF Committee Kicks Off Preliminary Webinar on Advancing Demographic Equity with Privacy

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On November 1, 2022 the NISS hosted an Ingram Olkin event featuring a very interesting preliminary look at the upcoming Ingram Olkin Forum on the topic of Privacy and Confidentiality that is planned for early in the new year - January 12 and 13, 2023. (see Event page)  As a... more

NISS/Merck Meetup on Interpretable/Explainable Machine Learning

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and Merck sponsored a NISS/Merck Meetup on Interpretable/Explainable Machine Learning on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 from 11:30am-1:00pm ET.  (see Event page) Interpretable/explainable Machine Learning (ML) is an emerging field to... more

NISS at JSM: NISS Affiliate Luncheon

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Each year at JSM NISS Affiliates gather together for a luncheon.  Oftentimes there is a set of speakers that are asked to talk on a topic of current interest or concern and each year just getting a chance to get together to reconnect, converse, plan and get to know new people is always... more

First NISS Graduate Student Network Meetup at JSM

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The NISS Graduate Student Network held its own reception at JSM this year and it is certain to become an annual event!   The overall goal of the NISS Graduate Student Network is to create connections among graduate students from different academic institutions within the NISS Affiliates... more

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