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Celebrating NISS Awards 2024

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NISS has three awards given each year, the Jerome Sacks Award recognizing sustained, high-quality cross-disciplinary research involving the statistical sciences, the Distinguished Service Award to recognize individuals who have given extraordinary service that significantly... more

NISS Hosts Successful Virtual National Labs Career Fair, Connecting Statisticians to Prestigious Federal Opportunities

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On June 28, 2024, the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) successfully hosted a Virtual National Labs Career Fair, providing valuable insights into career opportunities for statisticians within specialized federal laboratories. This event, held from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET, attracted... more

Experts Discuss the Future of Blended Data in National Statistics

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June 5, 2024 – A distinguished panel of experts convened to discuss the evolving role of blended data in the United States’ national data infrastructure. The session, titled The Role of Blended Data in a New National Data Infrastructure, was held virtually and featured leading statisticians,... more

NISS Graduate Student Network Research Conference 2024: A Resounding Success

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) proudly hosted the NISS Graduate Student Network (GSN) Research Conference 2024, an event that brought together graduate students from across the country to share their cutting-edge research and engage with leading statisticians in the field.... more

Ingram Olkin Forum on Gun Violence Part 2: Experts Return for Two-Day Forum

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On May 10 and 17, 2024, leading researchers and statisticians gathered for a two-day virtual event as part of the Ingram Olkin Forum: Statistics Serving Society (S3) Series. The event, organized by the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), brought together experts to explore the latest... more

"AI Day for Federal Statistics" Promises Innovation and Collaboration at the National Academies of Science

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On May 2, 2024, the National Academies of Science in Washington, DC, hosted the much-anticipated "AI Day for Federal Statistics." Organized by CNSTAT at the National Academies of Science, FCSM, and NISS, this event brought together experts and practitioners in the field of artificial intelligence (... more

COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar Explores Translational Statistical Research in Public Health and Medicine

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April 30, 2024 – The COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar series continued with an insightful session on Leadership in Translational Statistical Research, held on Tuesday, April 30, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM ET. This webinar brought together leading experts to discuss how statistical research can drive real-... more

The NISS/FCSM AI in Federal Government Full Series + AI Day CNSTAT at National Academies on May 2, 2024

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The collaboration between the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) on a series of webinars focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reached significant milestones since its inception. The inaugural webinar, titled "AI in... more

NISS Researchers Receive Achievement Awards 2023-2024

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Achievement Award, period of 10/01/2023 to 01/25/2024 Luca SartoreLuca Sartore proposes a novel approach to generate a synthetic multidimensional dataset while preserving implicit collinearity among variables. The proposed algorithm can efficiently generate synthetic records. He also developed... more

Groundbreaking IOF Workshop Unveils Statistical Challenges in Analyzing Police Use of Force

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In November 2023, NISS and Carleton College hosted the Ingram Olkin Forum "Statistical Challenges in the Analysis of Police Use of Force." This in-person Ingram Olkin Forum (IOF) is an extension to our earlier online IOF webinar hosted in June 2021 featuring speakers Dean Knox (University of... more

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