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Abstract:
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Science, engineering, technology, and people must come together to support the growing complexity of today's global challenges, ranging from international security to space exploration. As scientists and engineers, it is essential that we develop the means to put our work into a decision context for policymakers. Scientific and technical progress requires interdisciplinary teams, as it is impossible for an individual to have the knowledge to solve many of today's problems. By the nature of our training, statisticians are well-poised to assume the role of science and technology integrator. To be successful, this will place statisticians closer to policy pressures and politics. This talk will focus on the growing expectations facing statistical sciences and how we, as statisticians, must take responsibility for separating the scientific method from the politics of the scientific process.
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