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How to Negotiate a Job Offer – Advice from Department Chairs (March 19, 2021)

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The session was organized and hosted by both the Academic Affiliates Committee and NISS Graduate Student Network.  (see Event page)  Where earlier webinars have focused on how to get a job in academia, an important but rarely discussed topic is, “What happens when you get an offer?”, "How... more

Nicholas Jewell Honored with the 2021 Nathan Mantel Award (March 17, 2021)

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The Nathan Mantel Award is presented by the American Statistical Association (ASA). "The award is given every two years to a researcher for lifetime contributions to the development and application of statistical science to problems and issues in epidemiology." Nicholas P. Jewell... more

Lingzhou Xue Selected for COPSS Leadership Academy 2021 (March 15, 2021)

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NISS is happy to share the good news that Lingzhou Xue, Associate Director of NISS, has been selected by COPSS as a member of the COPSS Leadership Academy 2021!   For his innovative contributions to the theory and methodology of high-dimensional statistics and statistical... more

Securing a Position in the Federal Government: What You Need to Know! (March 12, 2021)

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What is it like to work as a statistician in a government agency?  What kinds of opportunities are there for data scientists in the federal government?  More importantly, how do you prepare yourself for obtaining a position?  For this career fair NISS gathered an incredible trio... more

Three Data Scientists Provide An Insider’s Look into Critical Functions and Services (March 11, 2021)

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What do data scientists do?  This tutorial featured a review of three different compelling case studies found in business today.  Each of the three instructors brought to this session expertise and insight into the specific methodologies and strategies that they use to help solve the... more

Predictions, Role of Interventions and the Crisis of Virus in India: A Data Science Call to Arms (March 5, 2021)

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At this point Bhramar Mukherjee (University of Michigan) is no stranger to research on better understanding the COVID-19 virus.  She showed to us how she used the statistical power to help inform lockdown policies in India. Her comments during this session involved a review and discussion of... more

Implementation of Guidelines for Ethical Statistical Practice Illustrated (February 26, 2021)

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Rochelle Tractenberg (Georgetown University) was the instructor of the seventh of a series of tutorials that focus on topics that are essential for all statisticians and data scientists to be familiar with.  While this topic may not involve the technical methods, software or coding of previous... more

Misinformation and Attitude Formation Analyzed Through Social Media Posts (February 19, 2021)

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In this COPSS-NISS hosted webinar, Aengus Bridgman, (McGill University) presented a quick review of three papers that he had recently co-authored.  (see Event page)  These papers included: “A Rare Moment of Cross-Partisan Consensus: Elite and Public Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in... more

Valuable Opportunities Abound in NISS Graduate Student Network (February 16, 2021)

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The NISS Graduate Student Network was initially established during Summer of 2020 with the goal of bringing together students from different institutions. Currently, David Kent (Cornell University), Hannah Waddel (Emory University), Rebecca Kurtz-Garcia (UCRiverside), and Xinjun Wang (University of... more

UPDATE: NISS Data Visualization Competition (February 16, 2021)

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In December, NISS launched the “SAID in Graphics Data Visualization Competition” to encourage graduate students to revision the graphics used in online educational reports. A wide array of methods and insights were brought to bear in the entries received from eight interdisciplinary teams and... more

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