Past Events
Event Date:
October 31, 2019 1 - 2 pm (ET)
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Virtual Meet-up
1:00 - 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
United States
1:00 - 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
United States
Research grants are important for career advancement and provide the protected time and resources necessary for statisticians in academia to pursue an independent area of research. But it can be challenging to figure out where to apply for a grant and how to write a strong proposal. Which... more
Event Date:
Oct. 17-19, 2019
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
UTK Student Union
Knoxville, Tennessee,
United States
Knoxville, Tennessee,
United States
The purpose of the Design and Analysis of Experiments (DAE) conference series is to provide support and encouragement to junior researchers in the field of design and analysis of experiments, and to stimulate interest in topics of practical relevance to science and industry. The meetings also... more
Event Date:
October 1, 2019
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Duncan Hall
McMurtry Auditorium
Rice University
Houston, Texas, 77005-1892
United States
McMurtry Auditorium
Rice University
Houston, Texas, 77005-1892
United States
The Department of Statistics has established the James R. Thompson Distinguished Lecture Series in Statistics to honor the life and contributions of Professor Jim Thompson. The goal of the series is to bring to campus internationally recognized scholars in the field of statistics to deliver talks... more
Event Date:
September 27, 2019 12-2 pm ET
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Online Webinar
September 27, 2019 12-2:00 pm ET [9-11 am PT]
United States
September 27, 2019 12-2:00 pm ET [9-11 am PT]
United States
If you have been following the ongoing discussion of data science and the role of statistics in data science, or wondering about the increasing use of phrases like machine learning and artificial intelligence in the business world, you will definitely want to take advantage of a free webinar on... more
Event Date:
September 26, 2019 12:00 - 1:45 EDT
Event Type:
NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Virtual Meet-up
United States
United States
Attention Job Seekers!
Are you on the job market? Or, is it time that you began thinking about next steps?
NISS has put together a low-stress, informative and conversational event with a handful of prospective employers in fields related to statistics.
NISS has invited experienced, senior... more
Event Date:
September 21, 2019
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
1200 Pressler St
Houston, Texas, 77030
United States
1200 Pressler St
Houston, Texas, 77030
United States
StatFest is a one-day conference aimed at encouraging undergraduate students from historically underrepresented groups to consider careers and graduate studies in the statistical sciences. We are excited that StatFest 2019 will be held at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston!... more
Event Date:
September 20, 2019
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455
United States
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455
United States
Explore how subject matter experts in four distinct fields of work use machine learning methods to link databases together. What works? What doesn’t? Leverage their collective knowledge and discover new approaches for overcoming common methodological challenges.
This event will include four... more
Event Date:
September 10, 2019 11-12:30 EDT
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Hosted, NISS Sponsored
There has been increasing interest in subgroup analysis as part of drug development. There are a wide variety of motivations for such analysis, for example, finding subgroups with the best benefit-risk tradeoff, identifying super- or non-responders or subgroups with an unacceptable safety profile.... more
Event Date:
August 17-19, 2019
Event Type:
Affiliate Award Fund Eligible, NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri,
United States
St. Louis, Missouri,
United States
The Fourth Workshop on Higher-Order Asymptotics and Post-Selection Inference (WHOA-PSI)^{4} seeks to build upon the success of previous workshops by presenting the latest developments in post-selection inference, and discussing how tools from higher-order asymptotics can both elucidate important... more
Event Date:
Sunday, July 28, 2019; 11:30 - 2 pm
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
Hyatt Regency Denver
Mineral Hall C
Denver, Colorado,
United States
Mineral Hall C
Denver, Colorado,
United States
This online registration is closed. If you wish to attend the luncheon, please send an email to rfreret@niss.org. Each year at JSM, NISS Affiliates get together for a luncheon. Each Affiliate is welcome to send one or two representatives to the luncheon. Typically the department head and the... more