Past Events

NISS Exploration Workshop on Agent-Based Modeling Commonalities in Unconnected Problems - Applications Driving Theory

Event Date:
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 9:15am to Friday, November 21, 2008 - 9:15am
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
Research Triangle Park

United States
This workshop is organized with one full day focused on substantive problems that motivate the development of agent-based modeling and on formal characterization of agent-based modeling by those working in the field and by statisticians with specialized experience. The following day is a working... more

Winemiller 2008 Conference on Survival Analysis and Its Applications

Event Date:
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 8:30am to Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 4:59pm
Event Type:
NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
University of Missouri at Columbia

United States
http://faculty.missouri.edu/~Winemiller2008/

The Southern Regional Council on Statistics (SRCOS)

Event Date:
Sunday, June 8, 2008 - 9:00pm to Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 4:59pm
Event Type:
NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Charleston, SC

United States
http://www.musc.edu/dbbe/srcos2008/

ITSEW 2008

Event Date:
Monday, June 2, 2008 - 8:00am to Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 12:15pm
Event Type:
NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Radisson, RTP, NC

United States
Theme: Multiple Sources of Error and Their Interaction Principal Sponsors National Institute of Statistical Sciences RTI International   Co-Sponsor Survey Methods Research Section, American Statistical Association Presentations H. Öztas Ayhan Covariates of Unit Nonresponse Error Components Based... more

Quantitative Methods in Defense and National Security (QMDNS)

Event Date:
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 9:00am to 5:30pm
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
Durham, NC

United States
SCHEDULEAbstracts (pdf file) 9:00-10:00 Keynote Speaker - Peter FeaverAlexander F. Hehmeyer Professor of Political Science and former Director of Defense Policy on the National Security Council at the White House Working as an Academic Social Scientist on the NSC at the White House 10:00-10:20... more

INTERFACE 2008 - Risk : Reality

Event Date:
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 8:00am to Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 11:59am
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
Marriott Durham at the Civic Center

United States
TECHNICAL TALKS ON THE WEB INVITED SESSION LIST FULL PROGRAM BOOK The theme of Interface 2008 is RISK : Reality. Through the dual focus on the problems of information extraction, risk modeling, analysis and decision-making and on the computational technology and advances in tools to make... more

Data Confidentiality - the Next Five Years

Event Date:
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 10:30am to Friday, May 2, 2008 - 10:30am
Event Type:
NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Hyattsville, MD

United States
Click Here to Download Final Program and Abstracts Thursday, May 1, 20089:30 AM Welcome and Introductions10:00 Session I: Query SystemsDifferential Privacy: What we Know and What we Want to Learn, Cynthia Dwork, Microsoft ResearchIntegrating Differential Privacy with Statistical Theory, Adam Smith... more

DIMACS/NISS Workshop on Experimental Analysis of Algorithms: Interfaces between the Statistical and Computational Sciences

Event Date:
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 7:30am to Saturday, March 8, 2008 - 11:59am
Event Type:
NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
NISS Headquarters, RTP, NC

United States
Organizers: Tami Carpenter, DIMACSSiddhartha Dalal, RAND CorporationDavid Johnson, AT&T Labs-ResearchAlan Karr, NISS This workshop is jointly sponsored by the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS).... more

NISS Exploration Workshop on Data Sharing

Event Date:
Friday, February 8, 2008 - 7:30am to Saturday, February 9, 2008 - 4:45pm
Event Type:
NISS Hosted
Event Location:
Washington, DC

United States
Many scientific research journals now require (or are considering requiring) that research data be made publicly available. Availability does not constitute adequacy of information for sound statistical analysis. The purpose of this workshop is to examine the statistical prerequisites for "... more

Workshop on Modifying Surveys in Response to Disruptions

Event Date:
Friday, March 16, 2007 - 9:00am to Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 4:59pm
Event Type:
NISS Sponsored
Event Location:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington DC

United States
The American Statistical Association Section on Survey Research Methods; Section on Government Statistics; National Institute of Statistical Sciences Summary Documents ASA Strategic Initiative Notes - Final Version (No Names) Research Topics   Thursday, March 158:00 - 8:00 a.m. Introductory... more

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