NISS Parameters Newsletter

1. Director'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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1. Director's Notes
2. Featured Event Series:  Essential Data Science Tutorials
3. Career Fair Focuses on Challenges Finding a Position During the Pandemic
4. Upcoming Event:  NISS-Merck Meet-up on SARS-COV2 Vaccine Development
5. Upcoming Event:  NISS Academic Affiliate Meetup: How to Present Your Research
6. Upcoming Event:  Fall 2020 Virtual Academic Career Fair: Finding a Position During the Pandemic, Part 2
7. NISS Data Visualization Competition!
8. NISS Graduate Student Network Launched!
9. NISS Writing Workshop Featured in AMSTAT News!
10. NISS Highlight:  Meet New Associate Director Brian Habing!
11. Update:  NISS Activities Provide Access to Understanding Statistical Significance
12. Update:  Ingram Olkin Forums
13. NEW!   Ingram Olkin Forum: COVID and the Schools: Modeling Openings, Closings, and Learning Loss
14. Upcoming Events

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1. Director's Notes
2. Bayesian Statistics the Focus of Popular NISS/Merck Meetup
3. NISS/ASA Co-Host COVID19 Webinar that Focuses on the Role of Modeling
4. Xihong Lin Shares Understandings from COVID-19 Data
5. Academic Career Paths Explored During NISS Career Fair
6. NISS Webinar Hosts Third Webinar on the Use of p-values for Making Decisions
7. Affiliate News: NISS Notes the Passing of an Esteemed Colleague
8. NISS Highlight: Meet NISS Senior Fellow Peter Meyer!
9. Affiliate Liaisons Become Involved in NISS Activities/Events
10. Welcome to New Members of the NISS Board of Trustees
11. NISS is Getting Ready for  the Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers!  Virtual this Time!
12. Career Fair Series - Resources Provided by NISS
13. Upcoming Events

1. Director's Notes
2. Career Paths for Statisticians Highlighted at first NISS Virtual Career Fair for NISS Affiliates
3. You Got Peanut Butter on my Chocolate! Webinar Explores the Boundaries of Data Science and Statistics
4. Digging Deeper Into p-values: NISS Webinar Follow-up with Three Authors - Nov. 19
5. NISS Webinar Provides Advice: What are the Keys to a Successful Grant?
6. R & Spark: Tools for Data Science Workflows - Nov. 25-26
7. NISS-Merck Meet-ups Regularly Explore the Latest Challenges
8. Special News of Note
   • NISS Assistant Director Receives Bernoulli Society New Researcher Award
   • Research Associate Lu Chen Gains 'Rookie of the Year' Honors!
9. Welcome the Following NISS Affiliates!
   • Columbia University, Department of Statistics
   • Cornell University, Department of Statistics and Data Science
   • University of Texas at Austin, Department of Statistics
   • University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Biostatistics
   • University of North Carolina in Greensboro, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
10. NISS Highlight: Meet Research Associate Lu Chen!
11. NISS is Hiring!  Join the NISS Research Team!
12. Upcoming events