NISS Parameters Newsletter

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 - Summer 2023

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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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NISS Parameters - Spring / May 2023

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 Parameters - Winter / February 2023

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, Feb 2023Director's Notes  
  2. Recent Event: IOF Workshop on Data Privacy Outcomes and Future Work
  3. Recent Event: Industry Career Fair Features Fidelity, Instacart and RAND
  4. Recent Event: COPSS-NISS Kicks off Leadership Webinar Series: Focus on Academic Leadership
  5. Upcoming Event: Panel on Navigating Massive Layoffs, Hiring Freezes, and Tech Industry Careers in 2023
  6. Upcoming Event: Ingram Olkin Forum: Statistical Methods for Combatting Human Trafficking
  7. Upcoming Event: COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar Series: Leadership in Statistical Research
  8. Upcoming Events Listing

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NISS Parameters - Fall / November 2022

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, Nov 2022Director's Notes  
  2. Recent Event: Fall 2022 Academic Career Fair Provides Advice
  3. Ingram Olkin (S3) Forums:  Call for Proposals
  4. Recent Event: IOF Committee Kicks Off Preliminary Webinar on Advancing Demographic Equity with Privacy
  5. Upcoming Event: Panel on Integrating Statistics & Data Science Environments in Academic Departments
  6. Upcoming Events Listing

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NISS Parameters - Spring / May 2022

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, February 2022Director's Notes
  2. Upcoming Event: 2nd Annual Graduate Student Research Conference - NISS Graduate Student Network Event
  3. Upcoming Event: Virtual Career Fair - Academic Departments
  4. Upcoming Event: Virtual Career Fair - Pharmaceutical Companies
  5. Spring 2022 Competition: Data Visualization Contest
  6. Upcoming Event: NISS 2022 Writing Workshop for Early Researchers!
  7. Meet New Research Associate Ruiyi Zhang!
  8. NISS Research: Technical Update - Data Visualization Best Practices
  9. New Research Positions at NISS beginning Spring and Summer 2022!
  10. Upcoming Events Listing

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NISS Parameters - Winter / February 2022

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, February 2022Director's Notes
  2. Upcoming Event: How to Be a Good Mentor
  3. Spring 2022 Competition: NISS Statistically Accurate Interactive Displays ... in Graphics!
  4. Upcoming Event: Virtual Career Fair Insurance & Finance Companies
  5. Upcoming Event: NISS 2022 Writing Workshop for Early Researchers!
  6. Recent Event: Postdocs Share Experiences at Graduate Student Network Event
  7. Recent Event: National Labs in the Spotlight for this Month’s Virtual Career Fair!
  8. Recent Event: Virtual Career Fair Examines Career Opportunites in Government Agencies
  9. NISS Call for 2022 Jerome Sacks Award
  10. Call for Proposals for New Ingram Olkin Forums - Statistics Serving Society
  11. NISS Research: Technical Update - The Impact of Writing Prompts on English Language- Learners’ Writing Performance
  12. New Research Positions at NISS beginning Spring and Summer 2022!
  13. Upcoming Events Listing

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NISS Parameters - Fall / November 2021

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, August 2020Director's Notes
  2. Upcoming Event: Government Agency Career Fair - Fall 2021
  3. News: Diversity and Inclusion the Focus of NISS/Merck Meet-up
  4. News: Grant Proposals: A Webinar Full of Advice, Suggestions and Tips!
  5. News: Hi-Tech Industries Google, Facebook and Netflix Featured at NISS Career Fair
  6. News: Information and Insights on Internships in Industry for Graduate Students
  7. NISS Highlight: Meet NEW Research Associate Haley Jeppson
  8. News: Ingram Olkin Forums - Updates
  9. News: NISS Seeking Next Director
  10. Upcoming Events Listing

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NISS Parameters - Summer / August 2021

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, August 2020Director's Notes
  2. Featured Event: NISS and ITSEW Go Way Back!
  3. News: NISS 2021 Affiliate "Luncheon" Program Focuses on Statistical Significance
  4. News: 2021 NISS Awards Ceremony Honors Three Individuals
  5. News: NISS Co-Sponsors Affiliate Events
  6. Featured Event: Career Fair Series Starts Up Again - Positions Open!
  7. News: NISS at JSM
  8. News: NISS Board of Trustees Committees for 2021-2022
  9. News: Writing Workshop Continues as a Huge Success!
  10. Upcoming Events Listing

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NISS Parameters - Spring / May 2021

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, August 2020Director's Notes
  2. Featured Upcoming Events:
    1. The Statistics Debate II: Teaching Statistics vs. Data Science in Grades K-12?
    2. NISS Graduate Student Research Conference
    3. 2021 NISS Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers (before & after JSM)
  3. Featured Event Series:
    1. Essential Data Science for Business Tutorials: Access to Sessions Still Available
    2. Successful COPSS-NISS Data Science Webinars Focus on Current COVID Research
  4. News: New NISS Board of Trustees Named
  5. News: Winners Announced for the 2020-2021 SAID in Graphics Data Visualization Contest!
  6. Recent NISS Nosted Events: 
    1. NISS-Merck Meet-up Discusses Open-Source Software in Pharma 
    2. First CANSSI-NISS Health Data Science Workshop a Virtual Success!
    3. Ingram Olkin Forum Deliberates Bayes and Frequentist Approaches to Rescuing Disrupted Trials 
  7. The NISS Academic Affiliate Award Fund - Explained
  8. News: Lu Chen and Phil Kott NASS Awards of Excellence Recipients 2021
  9. Upcoming Events Listing

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NISS Parameters - Winter / February 2021

  1. NISS Parameters Newsletter, August 2020Director's Notes
  2. Featured Event Series:  Essential Data Science Tutorials
  3. News: Latest Data Science Tutorial Explores Unstructured Data - Text Mining 
  4. News: Successful COPSS-NISS Data Science Webinars Focus on Current COVID Research
  5. NISS Highlight: NISS on YouTube!
  6. Upcoming Event:  COPSS-NISS COVID-19 Data Science Webinar Series - 1st & 3rd Thursdays Each Month!
  7. Update: NISS Data Visualization Competition!
  8. Research Update: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Kindergarten 2011
  9. NISS Highlight: Valuable Opportunities Abound in NISS Graduate Student Network!
  10. Affiliate News: NISS Notes the Passing of Two Colleagues: Allan Sampson and E James Harner
  11. Update: Ingram Olkin Forum Series: Unplanned Clinical Trial Disruptions
  12. Upcoming Event: How to Negotiate a Job Offer
  13. Upcoming Event: Government Career Fair - Spring 2021!
  14. Upcoming Event: 13th Annual Conference on Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials
  15. Upcoming Event: First CANSSI-NISS Health Data Science Workshop
  16. Upcoming Event Listing
  17. Upcoming Event: NISS Writing Workshop for Early Researchers!

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