Sandia Career Panel and Networking Event — Other Cmte/Business
Sandia National Labs
Organizer(s): Lyndsay Shand, Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia offers an exciting career opportunity for statisticians. The virtual panel will offer the chance for anyone to learn more about the work and culture at Sandia. In addition to a set of predetermined topics, time for audience questions and discussion is planned.
Council of Sections Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Council of Sections
Chair(s): Ofer Harel, University of Connecticut
The Council of Sections Business Meeting will be held virtually on the afternoon of Friday, July 31, and divided into three separate one-hour sessions based on the COS Vice Chair assignments:
1:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Elizabeth Slate Sections: Government Statistics, Social Statistics, Survey Research Methods, Statistical Computing, Statistical Graphics, Defense and National Security, Statistics in Sports, Statistical Learning and Data Science, Lifetime Data Analysis, Transportation Statistics (IG), Astrostatistics (IG), Quantum Computing in Statistics and Machine Learning (IG), and Text Analysis (IG)
3:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Phil Scinto Sections: Biometrics, Biopharmaceutical, Statistics in Epidemiology, Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences, Health Policy Statistics, Statistics and the Environment, Nonparametric Statistics, Statistical Programmers and Analysts, Statistics in Imaging, Mental Health Statistics, Medical Devices and Diagnostics, Genomics and Genetics, and Pharmacometrics (IG)
5:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Alyson Wilson Sections: Quality & Productivity, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Risk Analysis, Statistical Education, Statistical Consulting, Bayesian Statistical Science, Business & Economic Statistics, Statistics in Marketing, Business Analytics/Statistics Education (IG), Uncertainty Quantification in Complex Systems (IG), Statistical Auditing (IG), and History of Statistics (IG)
If you have a conflict with the session assigned to your section you may attend one of the other sessions as content will be the same. If you cannot attend any of the sessions another officer from your section may attend in your place. Please notify ASA Staff Liaison, Rick Peterson if there is a change in the session you will attend or representative from your section. Links to join the meeting will be sent by prior to the meetings.
Mu Sigma Rho Annual General Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Mu Sigma Rho
Organizer(s): Lisa Kay, Eastern Kentucky University
The Mu Sigma Rho Annual Meeting will be held virtually from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, July 31, 2020. Please contact Lisa Kay at lisa.kay@eku.edu for the meeting information.
Organizer(s): Donna LaLonde, American Statistical Association
Join us for the JSM Walk/Run challenge! It is an on demand challenge so it doesn’t matter if you are a morning walker or runner, an evening walker or runner, or any other time of the day. Beginning on Sunday, August 2 and concluding on Thursday, August 6 we will have daily challenges. You can earn 1 point for completing a walk/run, 1 point for completing the daily challenge, and 1 point posting on social media.
Enter your name as a participant and track your daily results. There will be prizes for completing the daily challenge. Every walker or runner who earns 10 points or more will be eligible for the grand prize drawing!
Here are the daily challenges:
Sunday, August 2 - Walk/run 1 mile of a new route + predict how long it will take you to walk or run a mile for the last day. You will need to submit your prediction by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 4
Monday, August 3 - Walk/run 2020 steps or something to do with 2020 (JSM and decennial census for the US)
Tuesday, August 4 - Walk/run a route in the shape of your favorite greek letter. You may submit a map from your fitness device, indicate your route on google maps, or an image of a map showing your route.
Wednesday, August 5 - Walk/run 1 mile, pi kilometers (1.95 miles), pi miles (3.14), or tau miles (6.28 miles)
Thursday, August 6 - Walk/run 1 mile and see how close you are to your prediction.
Organizer(s): Donna LaLonde, American Statistical Association
Join us for the JSM Walk/Run challenge! It is an on demand challenge so it doesn’t matter if you are a morning walker or runner, an evening walker or runner, or any other time of the day. Beginning on Sunday, August 2 and concluding on Thursday, August 6 we will have daily challenges. You can earn 1 point for completing a walk/run, 1 point for completing the daily challenge, and 1 point posting on social media.
>Enter your name as a participant and track your daily results. There will be prizes for completing the daily challenge. Every walker or runner who earns 10 points or more will be eligible for the grand prize drawing!
Here are the daily challenges:
Sunday, August 2 - Walk/run 1 mile of a new route + predict how long it will take you to walk or run a mile for the last day. You will need to submit your prediction by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 4
Monday, August 3 - Walk/run 2020 steps or something to do with 2020 (JSM and decennial census for the US)
Tuesday, August 4 - Walk/run a route in the shape of your favorite greek letter. You may submit a map from your fitness device, indicate your route on google maps, or an image of a map showing your route.
Wednesday, August 5 - Walk/run 1 mile, pi kilometers (1.95 miles), pi miles (3.14), or tau miles (6.28 miles)
Thursday, August 6 - Walk/run 1 mile and see how close you are to your prediction.
Section of Statistical Programmers and Analysts - Open Invitation - All are welcome — Other Cmte/Business
Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Vipin Arora, Eli Lilly and Company
Event: SSPA Open Mixer -All are Invited (SSPA Membership is not required)
AGENDA : Opening Remarks, Treasurer Report, Key Updates, Future activities, Q/A, wrap up (Please share your questions in advance to Chair, Vipin Arora vipin.arora@gmail.com or Program Chair, Navneet Hakhu hakhunavneet@gmail.com or to our Treasurer, Gerald gerald.belton@gmail.com
Statistics Without Borders Annual Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Statistics Without Borders
Chair(s): Jean Opsomer, Westat
SWB 2020 Annual Business Meeting (virtual)
RSVP required at https://swb.wildapricot.org/event-3889685
Location: TBA (information to join the online meeting will be sent out to all registrants closer to the event date).
During the meeting, we will give an overview of our membership, review our activities over the past year, highlight interesting projects we worked on, and discuss plans for next year. Due to the large number of participants expected, we will not be able to allow attendees to speak or share video, but encourage questions and comments via the chat feature, which we will address time permitting.
Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences Mixer and Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
Chair(s): Laila Poisson, Henry Ford Health System
TSHS is having their annual mixer and business meeting on Monday, August 3, 2020 from 6-8 p.m. (Eastern).
We will have updates on the news of the section, information about opportunities for volunteering and leadership in the section, announcement of awards, some time for mixing and mingling, and door prizes. Register here https://redcap.hfhs.org/redcap/surveys/?s=8TAW8WJ984 to get the log-in information for this online visit.
Sections on Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics Virtual Mixer — Other Cmte/Business
Section on Statistical Computing, Section on Statistical Graphics
Chair(s): John Castelloe, SAS
We'll share news from the world of statistical computing & graphics and look forward to hearing your comments and questions. All JSM attendees are welcome to join us on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81072427895
Organizer(s): Donna LaLonde, American Statistical Association
Join us for the JSM Walk/Run challenge! It is an on demand challenge so it doesn’t matter if you are a morning walker or runner, an evening walker or runner, or any other time of the day. Beginning on Sunday, August 2 and concluding on Thursday, August 6 we will have daily challenges. You can earn 1 point for completing a walk/run, 1 point for completing the daily challenge, and 1 point posting on social media.
Enter your name as a participant and track your daily results. There will be prizes for completing the daily challenge. Every walker or runner who earns 10 points or more will be eligible for the grand prize drawing!
Here are the daily challenges:
Sunday, August 2 - Walk/run 1 mile of a new route + predict how long it will take you to walk or run a mile for the last day. You will need to submit your prediction by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 4
Monday, August 3 - Walk/run 2020 steps or something to do with 2020 (JSM and decennial census for the US)
Tuesday, August 4 - Walk/run a route in the shape of your favorite greek letter. You may submit a map from your fitness device, indicate your route on google maps, or an image of a map showing your route.
Wednesday, August 5 - Walk/run 1 mile, pi kilometers (1.95 miles), pi miles (3.14), or tau miles (6.28 miles)
Thursday, August 6 - Walk/run 1 mile and see how close you are to your prediction.
Join this virtual event to hear from Amazon Science teams who are using research, statistics, and machine learning to enhance our customers' experience across Amazon!
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Section on Risk Analysis Annual Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Elena Rantou, Food and Drug Administration
Annual business meeting for Risk Analysis Section members. For questions please contact Elena Rantou (elena.rantou@fda.hhs.gov) or Raji Sundaram (sundaramr2@mail.nih.gov)
Committee on Minorities in Statistics Open Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Committee on Minorities in Statistics
Organizer(s): Adrian Coles, Eli Lilly and Company, Inc.
The Committee on Minorities in Statistics will host our annual open business meeting virtually. The agenda and meeting link will be announced on the committee’s website. https://community.amstat.org/cmis/events/dwmp/dmp2020 Contact Adrian Coles for more information.
Organizer(s): Donna LaLonde, American Statistical Association
Join us for the JSM Walk/Run challenge! It is an on demand challenge so it doesn’t matter if you are a morning walker or runner, an evening walker or runner, or any other time of the day. Beginning on Sunday, August 2 and concluding on Thursday, August 6 we will have daily challenges. You can earn 1 point for completing a walk/run, 1 point for completing the daily challenge, and 1 point posting on social media.
We will use this Google sheet to track results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D-IYW_KS-INn_bo1iwrW1VTYU5_JOwKYsqElO0cNYIo/edit#gid=0.
Enter your name as a participant and track your daily results. There will be prizes for completing the daily challenge. Every walker or runner who earns 10 points or more will be eligible for the grand prize drawing!
Here are the daily challenges:
Sunday, August 2 - Walk/run 1 mile of a new route + predict how long it will take you to walk or run a mile for the last day. You will need to submit your prediction by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 4
Monday, August 3 - Walk/run 2020 steps or something to do with 2020 (JSM and decennial census for the US)
Tuesday, August 4 - Walk/run a route in the shape of your favorite greek letter. You may submit a map from your fitness device, indicate your route on google maps, or an image of a map showing your route.
Wednesday, August 5 - Walk/run 1 mile, pi kilometers (1.95 miles), pi miles (3.14), or tau miles (6.28 miles)
Thursday, August 6 - Walk/run 1 mile and see how close you are to your prediction.
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences Executive/Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
Chair(s): Robert Gramacy, Virginia Tech
This is the normal Officers' Meeting for SPES, however since there will be no separate Business Meeting/Mixer, we invite all who are interested to participate.
Organizer(s): Donna LaLonde, American Statistical Association
Join us for the JSM Walk/Run challenge! It is an on demand challenge so it doesn’t matter if you are a morning walker or runner, an evening walker or runner, or any other time of the day. Beginning on Sunday, August 2 and concluding on Thursday, August 6 we will have daily challenges. You can earn 1 point for completing a walk/run, 1 point for completing the daily challenge, and 1 point posting on social media.
Enter your name as a participant and track your daily results. There will be prizes for completing the daily challenge. Every walker or runner who earns 10 points or more will be eligible for the grand prize drawing!
Here are the daily challenges:
Sunday, August 2 - Walk/run 1 mile of a new route + predict how long it will take you to walk or run a mile for the last day. You will need to submit your prediction by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 4
Monday, August 3 - Walk/run 2020 steps or something to do with 2020 (JSM and decennial census for the US)
Tuesday, August 4 - Walk/run a route in the shape of your favorite greek letter. You may submit a map from your fitness device, indicate your route on google maps, or an image of a map showing your route.
Wednesday, August 5 - Walk/run 1 mile, pi kilometers (1.95 miles), pi miles (3.14), or tau miles (6.28 miles)
Thursday, August 6 - Walk/run 1 mile and see how close you are to your prediction.
Council of Chapters Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Council of Chapters
Chair(s): Mary Kwasny, Northwestern University
The Council of Chapters Business Meeting will be held virtually on the afternoon of Friday, August 7, and divided into three separate one and a half hour sessions based on your chapter’s region:
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Eastern time Region 1 District 1: Albany, Boston, Buffalo-Niagara, Connecticut, Montréal, New York Metro, Ottawa, Rochester, Southern Ontario-Toronto, Syracuse District 2: Central Indiana, Chesapeake, Delaware, Eastern Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Mid-Tennessee, Virginia, Washington Statistical Society, Western Tennessee
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern time Region 2 District 3: Ann Arbor, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Princeton/Trenton, Mid-Michigan, New Jersey, Southwest Michigan District 4: Central Arkansas, Central Illinois, Chicago, Colorado-Wyoming, Iowa, Kansas/Western Missouri, Mid-Missouri, Nebraska, Northeast Illinois, Oklahoma, St. Louis, Twin Cities, Wisconsin
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Eastern time Region 3 District 5: Alabama-Mississippi, Austin, Florida, Georgia, Houston Area, Louisiana, North Carolina, North Texas, Puerto Rico, San Antonio, Southeast Texas, South Carolina, South Florida District 6: Alaska, Albuquerque, Arizona, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Orange County-Long Beach, Oregon, Puget Sound, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Snake River, Southern California, Utah
If you cannot attend one of the business meeting sessions, please have another chapter officer or member attend in your stead. Additionally, please have the person who will attend the business meeting complete this RSVP so that we may provide them with materials and link for the meeting.
ASA Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics Annual Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics
Chair(s): Saonli Basu, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota
Please join us on Friday, August 7 from 4-5:30pm EDT, for our annual SGG business meeting. Announcements of upcoming events and student paper awards will be made and we’d also like to hear your feedback. There will be breakout rooms for networking. We hope you can attend!
If members have any specific news or events to bring to the section officers' attention, send them via e-mail to the section chair, Phil Yates, at PYATES@depaul.edu.
Government Statistics Section Open Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Government Statistics Section
Chair(s): Katherine Jenny Thompson, US Census Bureau
This will be a one-hour Zoom meeting. Meeting details are provided below.
Meeting ID: 585 568 0090
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Council of Sections Response Meeting I — Other Cmte/Business
Council of Sections
Chair(s): Ofer Harel, University of Connecticut
The Council of Sections Response Meeting will be held virtually on the afternoons of August 17, 18, and 19 and divided into three separate one-hour sessions based on the COS Vice Chair assignments:
Council of Sections Response Meeting I Monday, August 17, 1:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Elizabeth Slate Sections: Government Statistics, Social Statistics, Survey Research Methods, Statistical Computing, Statistical Graphics, Defense and National Security, Statistics in Sports, Statistical Learning and Data Science, Lifetime Data Analysis, Transportation Statistics (IG), Astrostatistics (IG), Quantum Computing in Statistics and Machine Learning (IG), and Text Analysis (IG)
Council of Sections Response Meeting II Tuesday, August 18, 3:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Phil Scinto Sections: Biometrics, Biopharmaceutical, Statistics in Epidemiology, Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences, Health Policy Statistics, Statistics and the Environment, Nonparametric Statistics, Statistical Programmers and Analysts, Statistics in Imaging, Mental Health Statistics, Medical Devices and Diagnostics, Genomics and Genetics, and Pharmacometrics (IG)
Council of Sections Response Meeting III Wednesday, August 19, 5:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Alyson Wilson Sections: Quality & Productivity, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Risk Analysis, Statistical Education, Statistical Consulting, Bayesian Statistical Science, Business & Economic Statistics, Statistics in Marketing, Business Analytics/Statistics Education (IG), Uncertainty Quantification in Complex Systems (IG), Statistical Auditing (IG), and History of Statistics (IG)
If you have a conflict with the session assigned to your section you may attend one of the other sessions as content will be the same. If you cannot attend any of the sessions another officer from your section may attend in your place. Please notify ASA Staff Liaison, Rick Peterson if there is a change in the session you will attend or representative from your section. Links to join the meeting will be sent by prior to the meetings.
Council of Sections Response Meeting II — Other Cmte/Business
Council of Sections
Chair(s): Ofer Harel, University of Connecticut
The Council of Sections Response Meeting will be held virtually on the afternoons of August 17, 18, and 19 and divided into three separate one-hour sessions based on the COS Vice Chair assignments:
Council of Sections Response Meeting I Monday, August 17, 1:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Elizabeth Slate Sections: Government Statistics, Social Statistics, Survey Research Methods, Statistical Computing, Statistical Graphics, Defense and National Security, Statistics in Sports, Statistical Learning and Data Science, Lifetime Data Analysis, Transportation Statistics (IG), Astrostatistics (IG), Quantum Computing in Statistics and Machine Learning (IG), and Text Analysis (IG)
Council of Sections Response Meeting II Tuesday, August 18, 3:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Phil Scinto Sections: Biometrics, Biopharmaceutical, Statistics in Epidemiology, Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences, Health Policy Statistics, Statistics and the Environment, Nonparametric Statistics, Statistical Programmers and Analysts, Statistics in Imaging, Mental Health Statistics, Medical Devices and Diagnostics, Genomics and Genetics, and Pharmacometrics (IG)
Council of Sections Response Meeting III Wednesday, August 19, 5:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Alyson Wilson Sections: Quality & Productivity, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Risk Analysis, Statistical Education, Statistical Consulting, Bayesian Statistical Science, Business & Economic Statistics, Statistics in Marketing, Business Analytics/Statistics Education (IG), Uncertainty Quantification in Complex Systems (IG), Statistical Auditing (IG), and History of Statistics (IG)
If you have a conflict with the session assigned to your section you may attend one of the other sessions as content will be the same. If you cannot attend any of the sessions another officer from your section may attend in your place. Please notify ASA Staff Liaison, Rick Peterson if there is a change in the session you will attend or representative from your section. Links to join the meeting will be sent by prior to the meetings.
Council of Sections Response Meeting III — Other Cmte/Business
Council of Sections
Chair(s): Ofer Harel, University of Connecticut
The Council of Sections Response Meeting will be held virtually on the afternoons of August 17, 18, and 19 and divided into three separate one-hour sessions based on the COS Vice Chair assignments:
Council of Sections Response Meeting I Monday, August 17, 1:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Elizabeth Slate Sections: Government Statistics, Social Statistics, Survey Research Methods, Statistical Computing, Statistical Graphics, Defense and National Security, Statistics in Sports, Statistical Learning and Data Science, Lifetime Data Analysis, Transportation Statistics (IG), Astrostatistics (IG), Quantum Computing in Statistics and Machine Learning (IG), and Text Analysis (IG)
Council of Sections Response Meeting II Tuesday, August 18, 3:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Phil Scinto Sections: Biometrics, Biopharmaceutical, Statistics in Epidemiology, Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences, Health Policy Statistics, Statistics and the Environment, Nonparametric Statistics, Statistical Programmers and Analysts, Statistics in Imaging, Mental Health Statistics, Medical Devices and Diagnostics, Genomics and Genetics, and Pharmacometrics (IG)
Council of Sections Response Meeting III Wednesday, August 19, 5:00 p.m. Eastern time Vice Chair: Alyson Wilson Sections: Quality & Productivity, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Risk Analysis, Statistical Education, Statistical Consulting, Bayesian Statistical Science, Business & Economic Statistics, Statistics in Marketing, Business Analytics/Statistics Education (IG), Uncertainty Quantification in Complex Systems (IG), Statistical Auditing (IG), and History of Statistics (IG)
If you have a conflict with the session assigned to your section you may attend one of the other sessions as content will be the same. If you cannot attend any of the sessions another officer from your section may attend in your place. Please notify ASA Staff Liaison, Rick Peterson if there is a change in the session you will attend or representative from your section. Links to join the meeting will be sent by prior to the meetings.
