2020 NISS Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers (at JSM)

FULL AGENDA INFORMATION


Zoom Room Link Information

As a workshop participant, presenter or panelis, you must register in advance for these sessions.  Please use this link:

https://psu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qdOmqqDIpE9GYLt6zj_jmvkEQo6yv73Xb 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
 


Friday, August 7th, 2020

10:15 – 10:30 am        Opening Remarks and Introductions

10:30 – 11:20 am        Tutorial 1: Writing Skills

Leland Wilkinson (H2O.ai & U. of Illinois at Chicago)

11:20 – 11:25 am        Coffee Break

11:25 am – 12:15 pm        Tutorial 2: Evaluation of Good and Bad Writing

Leland Wilkinson (H2O.ai & U. of Illinois at Chicago)

12:15 – 1:15 pm        Virtual Lunch (Mentor & Mentee Meetings in Breakout rooms)

Mentors meet mentee(s) and agree to use the 3:30 time if needed.

1:15 – 2:00 pm         Tutorial 3: Choosing Where to Publish

Nick Jewell (University of California, Berkeley & London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)

2:00 – 3:30 pm         Panel 1: Statistics and Data Science Journals

Xuming He (University of Michigan) 
Nicole Lazar (University of Georgia and Penn State University)
Tyler McCormick (University of Washington)
David Rocke (University of California, Davis) 
Hal Stern (University of California, Irvine)

Moderator: Lingzhou Xue

3:30 – 4:15 pm         Mentor and Mentee follow-up meetings in Breakout rooms 

4:15 - 4:30 pm        Happy Hour (BYOB) and hang out in the Classroom to swap email and contact information. 

 


Friday, August 14th, 2020

10:15 – 11:00 am        Tutorial 4: Reviewing and Revising 

Naomi Altman (Penn State University)

11:00 – 11:30 am        Tutorial 5: How to Write a Collaborative Paper

Susan Ellenberg (University of Pennsylvania)

11:30 – 11:35 am        Coffee Break

11:35 am – 12:15 pm        Tutorial 6: Ethical Issues and Reproducibility 

Peter Imrey (Cleveland Clinic)

12:15 – 1:15 pm        Virtual Lunch (Mentor & Mentee Meetings in Breakout rooms)

1:15 – 2:15 pm         Panel 1: Grant Writing

Cheryl Eavey (NSF SBE Program Director)
Karen Messer (NIH BMRD Study Section Chair & University of California, San Diego) 
Judy Wang (NSF DMS Statistics Program Director & Georgia Washington University)

Moderator: Keith Crank

2:15 – 2:20 pm        Coffee Break 

2:20 – 3:20 pm         Panel 2: Speaking from Experiences and Career Development

Edsel Peña (University of South Carolina)
Ali Shojaie (University of Washington) 
Judy Wang (NSF DMS Statistics Program Director & Georgia Washington University)

Moderator: Jim Rosenberger

3:20 – 3:30 pm        Discussion, Evaluation and Certificates

3:30 – 3:45 pm        Happy Hour (BYOB) and hang out in the Classroom to swap email and contact information.