Each quarter, the NISS team publishes NISS Parameters - a newsletter that delivers updates on activities, affiliate programs, training, and workshops related to NISS. The NISS Affiliates Update is published the other months of the year.
NISS Parameters Newsletter
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Highlights for Spring / May 2023
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Quick List of NISS Hosted & Co-Sponsored Events
- New upcoming NISS hosted events highlighted in this issue!
INGRAM OLKIN FORUMS (IOF)
- Call for Ingram Olkin Forum Proposals! - by Sept 2023
- Statistical Challenges in the Analysis of Police Use of Force - Nov 9-10, 2023
RECENT EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
- Graduate Student Network Research Conference
- CANSSI-NISS Health Data Science Workshop
- NISS at JSM Highlights August 6-11, 2023
DIRECTORS' NOTES
- Highlights from current NISS Director, James L. Rosenberger, and incoming Director, David S. Matteson.
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 Summer 2023 NISS Parameters Newsletter.pdf | 2.73 MB |
Download the Full PDF version: NISS Newsletter Spring May 2023.pdf
Highlights for Spring / May 2023
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Quick List of NISS Hosted & Co-Sponsored Events
- New upcoming NISS hosted events highlighted in this issue!
INGRAM OLKIN FORUMS (IOF)
- Call for Ingram Olkin Forum Proposals! - by Sept 2023
- Statistical Challenges in the Analysis of Police Use of Force - Nov 9-10, 2023
- IOF Statistical Methods to Combat Human Trafficking: Recap & Next Steps
NISS AFFILIATES
- Welcome New Affiliate Institutions
- Welcome New Affiliate Liaisons
- Welcome NISS Board Members
RECENT EVENTS & RECORDINGS
- Panel on the Role of Biostatistics in an Increasingly Big Data/Data Science World
- COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar Series
- NISS/Merck Meetup on Causal Inference
- GSN Quarto Course - recording available through purchase of $15 or free in October 2023!
- NISS Virtual Career Fair: Careers Beyond Tech
RESEARCH
- National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) this April in Chicago: NISS Researcher Associate Haley Jeppson leads training course on Visualizations and Interactive Graphics Using R
DIRECORS' NOTES
- Highlights from current NISS Director, James L. Rosenberger, and incoming Director, David S. Matteson.
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| NISS Newsletter Spring May 2023.pdf | 2.32 MB |
Director's Notes - Recent Event: IOF Workshop on Data Privacy Outcomes and Future Work
- Recent Event: Industry Career Fair Features Fidelity, Instacart and RAND
- Recent Event: COPSS-NISS Kicks off Leadership Webinar Series: Focus on Academic Leadership
- Upcoming Event: Panel on Navigating Massive Layoffs, Hiring Freezes, and Tech Industry Careers in 2023
- Upcoming Event: Ingram Olkin Forum: Statistical Methods for Combatting Human Trafficking
- Upcoming Event: COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar Series: Leadership in Statistical Research
- Upcoming Events Listing
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| NISS_Newsletter_February_2023.pdf | 1.38 MB |
Director's Notes - Recent Event: Fall 2022 Academic Career Fair Provides Advice
- Ingram Olkin (S3) Forums: Call for Proposals
- Recent Event: IOF Committee Kicks Off Preliminary Webinar on Advancing Demographic Equity with Privacy
- Upcoming Event: Panel on Integrating Statistics & Data Science Environments in Academic Departments
- Upcoming Events Listing
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| NISS_Newsletter_November_2022.pdf | 1.08 MB |
Director's Notes- Upcoming Event: 2nd Annual Graduate Student Research Conference - NISS Graduate Student Network Event
- Upcoming Event: Virtual Career Fair - Academic Departments
- Upcoming Event: Virtual Career Fair - Pharmaceutical Companies
- Spring 2022 Competition: Data Visualization Contest
- Upcoming Event: NISS 2022 Writing Workshop for Early Researchers!
- Meet New Research Associate Ruiyi Zhang!
- NISS Research: Technical Update - Data Visualization Best Practices
- New Research Positions at NISS beginning Spring and Summer 2022!
- Upcoming Events Listing
Director's Notes- Upcoming Event: How to Be a Good Mentor
- Spring 2022 Competition: NISS Statistically Accurate Interactive Displays ... in Graphics!
- Upcoming Event: Virtual Career Fair Insurance & Finance Companies
- Upcoming Event: NISS 2022 Writing Workshop for Early Researchers!
- Recent Event: Postdocs Share Experiences at Graduate Student Network Event
- Recent Event: National Labs in the Spotlight for this Month’s Virtual Career Fair!
- Recent Event: Virtual Career Fair Examines Career Opportunites in Government Agencies
- NISS Call for 2022 Jerome Sacks Award
- Call for Proposals for New Ingram Olkin Forums - Statistics Serving Society
- NISS Research: Technical Update - The Impact of Writing Prompts on English Language- Learners’ Writing Performance
- New Research Positions at NISS beginning Spring and Summer 2022!
- Upcoming Events Listing
Director's Notes- Upcoming Event: Government Agency Career Fair - Fall 2021
- News: Diversity and Inclusion the Focus of NISS/Merck Meet-up
- News: Grant Proposals: A Webinar Full of Advice, Suggestions and Tips!
- News: Hi-Tech Industries Google, Facebook and Netflix Featured at NISS Career Fair
- News: Information and Insights on Internships in Industry for Graduate Students
- NISS Highlight: Meet NEW Research Associate Haley Jeppson
- News: Ingram Olkin Forums - Updates
- News: NISS Seeking Next Director
- Upcoming Events Listing
FULL, Printer Ready, PDF version of this Newsletter
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| NISS_Newsletter_November_2021.pdf | 1.44 MB |
Director's Notes- Featured Event: NISS and ITSEW Go Way Back!
- News: NISS 2021 Affiliate "Luncheon" Program Focuses on Statistical Significance
- News: 2021 NISS Awards Ceremony Honors Three Individuals
- News: NISS Co-Sponsors Affiliate Events
- Featured Event: Career Fair Series Starts Up Again - Positions Open!
- News: NISS at JSM
- News: NISS Board of Trustees Committees for 2021-2022
- News: Writing Workshop Continues as a Huge Success!
- Upcoming Events Listing
FULL, Printer Ready, PDF version of this Newsletter
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| NISS_Newsletter_August_2021.pdf | 2.51 MB |
Director's Notes- Featured Upcoming Events:
- Featured Event Series:
- News: New NISS Board of Trustees Named
- News: Winners Announced for the 2020-2021 SAID in Graphics Data Visualization Contest!
- Recent NISS Nosted Events:
- The NISS Academic Affiliate Award Fund - Explained
- News: Lu Chen and Phil Kott NASS Awards of Excellence Recipients 2021
- Upcoming Events Listing
FULL, Printer Ready, PDF version of this Newsletter
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| NISS_Newsletter_May_2021.pdf | 2.22 MB |