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Former NISS postdoc Hang Kim, who recently accepted a position as assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati, received the Korean Statistical Society's Career Development Award. The award was presented during the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Seattle, Washington,.  This is... more

The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), a non-profit institution that conducts statistical science research, announced that Gabriel Huerta and Ray Bain have been selected to serve on the organization's Board of Trustees. The new Board members will begin their terms July 1, 2015 and... more

NISS Board member, Karen Kafadar, who is one of the SAMSI program leaders for the Forensics program next year, and professor of statistics at the University of Virginia, along Anne-Marie Mazza, National Academy of Sciences, wrote an op-ed piece in Live Science. The focus of the piece was talking... more

The Toronto Sun writes, "In diet science, as with the global warming scare, many of the strongest claims came from highly respected institutions, such as Harvard's school of public health. But in 2011, the National Institute of Statistical Sciences in the U.S. determined most of Harvard’s claims... more