Past Events
Event Date:
Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 1:30 pm - 3 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Overview:
In recent years, the rise of advanced language models, such as ChatGPT, has presented both opportunities and challenges in the realm of education. One growing concern is the misuse of these powerful tools by students who rely on them to complete their assignments instead of engaging... more
Event Date:
Monday, August 7, 2023 - 6:00 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Join us for our annual NISS Reception at JSM 2023, taking place on August 7th at 6:00 PM, held at the Parkdale Room located at the 3rd floor of the Delta Hotel Toronto Marriott. This event provides a fantastic opportunity for statisticians, researchers, and industry professionals to come together... more
Event Date:
Sunday, Aug 6, 2023 at 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Jerry Sacks Memorial Session
Chair: James Rosenberger, Penn State University and NISS
Organizers: Lingzhou Xue & James Rosenberger, Pennsylvania State University and NISS
2009 Invited Paper Session
Convention Centre Room: CC-718A
Main Sponsor: Memorial
Presentation: Jerry Sacks and NISS
Even... more
Event Date:
Sunday, August 6, 2023 - 12:00 pm - 1:50 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Each year at JSM NISS Affiliates gather together for a luncheon. The highly anticipated NISS Affiliate Luncheon at JSM 2023 will take place on August 6th from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. This exclusive event will bring together esteemed statisticians, researchers, and professionals in a relaxed and... more
Event Date:
Sunday, August 6, 2023 - 10 am - 12 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
The NISS Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers and the NISS Graduate Student Network are putting together a meetup at JSM this year in Toronto, Canada 2023! This is a great networking opportunity to gather with students and professionals to build and expand your connections. Meet new people,... more
Event Date:
Wednesday-Thursday-Friday, August 2-4, 2023
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Overview:
Nowadays, statisticians and health data scientists actively work together on the frontier of biological, medical, and public health research. The transdisciplinary collaboration not only develops the modern foundations of Health Data Science but also accelerates the pace of scientific... more
Event Date:
Friday, July 21, Friday July 28, & Sunday August 6, 2023
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Hosted
DAY 3 IN-PERSON MEETUP AT JSM
Information about the in-person meetup at JSM and how to RSVP can be found here: https://www.niss.org/events/writing-workshop-and-gsn-networking-meetup-jsm
Once again this very popular short course will be hosted by NISS. This year it will be hybrid with virtual... more
Event Date:
Saturday, May 20 - Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 12 - 5 pm ET
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Hosted
The NISS Graduate Student Network is very excited to once again announce our 3rd two-day Graduate Student Network Research Conference!! Last year's conference in 2022 was a resounding success with many fantastic presentations and selecting winners was quite a challenge! This year's conference will... more
Event Date:
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 12 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
Online Webinar
United States
United States
Overview
The biostatistics and pharmaceutical industry provides interesting and challenging career and research opportunities for statisticians and data scientists. Is work in the pharmaceutical sector something that you would like to know more about? Then this session is for you!
NISS hosts Career... more
Event Date:
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
What is the role of biostatistics in an increasingly big data/data science focused world. There is so much attention these days on machine learning and AI in biomedical research. What are the opportunities for synergies between biostatistics and other data science disciplines?
Don't miss this... more