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Meet New Research Associate Ruiyi Zhang!

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Ruiyi Zhang is a new NISS Research Associate who will be working with the National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS). She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Nankai University in China and her Ph.D. in Statistics from Florida State University.  Prior to NISS, she... more

Research: Technical Update - Improving Estimation with United States Census of Agriculture

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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

Opportunities in the Insurance and Finance Industries Discussed at NISS Career Fair

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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) During this session,... more

Rcpp (R and C++) the Focus of Online Tutorial

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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

Celebrating Women in Statistics and Data Science - AmStat News March 2022

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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! Celebrating Women in Statistics and Data Science Nell Sedrasnk Interview: Affiliation Director,... more

NISS/Merck Meet-Up on the use of Statistical and Deep Learning Methods for Biomedical Images

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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

NISS Research: Technical Update - Calibration Method for Benchmarking with Integer Weights

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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

The Importance of a Being a Good Mentor Featured in Virtual Discussion

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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

NISS Research: Technical Update - Impact of Writing Prompts on English Language-Learners’ Writing Performance

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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. The Impact of... more

Virtual Career Fair Examines Career Opportunites in Government Agencies

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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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