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s a native New Yorker, I sometimes think of Barry D. Nussbaum Ed Koch, the former three-term mayor who would stand at street corners and ask in his classicA Bronx accent, “How’m I doin’?” I wonder if any of today’s politicians would be so bold as to ask that. But here, in my last President’s Corner, I want to answer how we are doing. I suggested three initiatives. The communications initiative centered on my oft-repeated mantra, “It’s not what we said, it’s not what they heard, it’s what they say they heard.” We teamed up with the Stats + Stories group at Miami University. Started in 2013, this is a collaboration between statisticians and journalists producing podcasts that give the statistics behind the stories and the stories behind the statistics. With the new ASA assistance, a quality solution for having guests participate remotely via Skype now exists. Further, the programming has been augmented with five-minute episodes called Stats + [short] Stories. This partnership will continue affording ASA members the opportunity to David Morganstein engages the fastest-growing seg- both be guests and suggest topics of interest. ment of the statistics community: the Asian statistician. Our youth initiative has the goal of presenting interesting subjects using statistics to middle-school for statistics and data science. We anticipate the “open youngsters. The aim is to let these youngsters have house” will be announced in early spring 2018. fun while learning about statistics. This is the ASA’s As you can see, thanks to ASA Director of counterpart to the Museum of Mathematics, but Strategic Initiatives and Outreach Donna LaLonde’s will be a virtual space called the House of Statistics. lead, both the communications initiative and the Game-based learning, videos, and educational car- youth initiative are making great progress. toons developed by our collaborators at Laber Labs The third initiative involves engaging the fast- will be available in the House of Statistics. There est-growing segment of the statistics community: will be opportunities for learners of all ages to the Asian statistician. We launched a task force of engage in data challenges. members of the International Chinese Statistical In addition to housing valuable educational Association, International Indian Statistical resources and assisting career exploration, the Association, and Korean International Statistical House of Statistics will be a resource for ASA mem- Society. This task force, under the excellent leader- bers engaging in outreach. ship of David Morganstein, examined some of the The House of Statistics will also host virtual ses- specific needs of this group. Among the concrete sions with ASA members as they share their passion results was a career session at JSM devoted solely

december 2017 amstat news 3 to young Asian statisticians. While we worried about The professional staff of the ASA were a joy to the attendance on early Sunday morning of JSM, it work with. They do a heck of a lot more than just was a true joy that we had to contact the hotel staff to “minding the store.” They run meetings, coordinate get extra chairs for the standing-room only attendees. chapters, handle finances, distribute communica- I am most concerned that these initiatives not tions and publications, maintain an active policy be called Barry’s initiatives, but rather regarded as voice, support continuing education, develop inno- important ASA programs. So, let’s continue with vative programs, and maintain an online presence. these efforts. They do all this collaboratively, with professionalism and enthusiasm. My sincere thanks go to Ron Goofs Wasserstein and his entire staff. Somehow, they I have enjoyed writing my musings each month always were there for me and never complained in this column. Naturally, I have wondered who when I bothered them, which I am sure occurred at reads it. The best way to find out is to say some- several occasions. thing erroneous. Somebody will tell you that you got it wrong. So, thanks to those of you who were Heroes kind enough to comment on my goofs. Some of The image of a statistician is one of a person sitting the more memorable ones were Sastry Pantula, behind a desk manipulating numbers. Yet, the job is who suggested the frequently heard refrain “sta- not always so sedentary. We do have members who tistics is my worst subject” is not so frequently go into harm’s way. Bill Hunt spent time in Kuwait heard. Turns out Sastry and I had different popu- right after the Gulf War in 1991. Bill was checking lations. He had youth at a university, and I had, air quality measurements while the fires were still shall we say, an older set. I think this bodes well raging, and, as he told me, “watch your step,” as for our profession. there were still up to 4 million land mines. I also thank Tom Louis for pointing out that my Holly Shulman made several trips to Puerto remarks about significant digits were significantly Rico to design a hospital-based surveillance system flawed. I also appreciated David Mundel’s thought- to record the effect of the Zika exposure to women ful comments regarding the lead in gasoline/blood giving birth. Eric Vance needed an armored police lead correlations. transport in Nigeria to give a distinguished guest But my favorite comments came from several of lecture … better distinguished than extinguished. you, who noted my quote of Josiah Stamp regard- And Jana Asher’s 10 years of work collecting human ing government analyses based on data provided by rights violation data brought her to countries village watchmen who submit whatever they please. including Iraq, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Turns out the quote was in Josiah Stamp’s book, but and Zimbabwe. Not exactly the list of places a travel he didn’t say it. Further, it happened in India, not agent suggests. England. So, I guess I got the person, the country, Some responses indicate you became a statisti- and the continent wrong. I hope this still falls with- cian to provide needed analysis for crucial situa- in the 3% margin of error. tions without directly being in danger. That’s just fine with me. In fact, I want to end with a thought Gratitude I gave in my address at the recent JSM. I think, In the past, I held office in a chapter, chaired a many times, statisticians are the unheralded heroes. committee, chaired a section, and dealt with ASA I have some personal experience. Two years ago, I staff. I still did not have a full idea of how all this lost my wife after an incredible 26-year battle with works together to the benefit of our 19,000 mem- breast cancer. Her survival for so many years is a bers. Watching the committees, the councils, and testament not only to the medical profession, but the executive board, as well as interactions with to the statisticians who develop clinical trials and are other mathematical and statistical societies, really responsible for so many medical successes. Keep up showed me what a well-oiled machine we have to the good work. You are all my heroes. promote our profession. I certainly want to thank It has been an honor and privilege to have been all those devoted members who give their time and your president. effort to serve on various groups, whether it is our Best wishes for a happy, healthy, prosperous, and geographic chapters, our subject-oriented sections, productive new year. or our interactive committees. Also, special thanks to students who have contributed to the explosive Significantly forward, growth of our student chapters. Of course, I am Barry deeply indebted to the ASA officers who preceded me and showed me the ropes. I hope I may be half as helpful to my successors. 4 amstat news december 2017 Student Applications Applications Sought for ASA Wanted for ASA/ Science Policy AAAS Mass Media Fellowships

Fellowship he ASA is accepting applications for its science policy fellowship, Twhich will last for 1–2 years. The selected fellow will be based at the ASA headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia; however, they will spend the bulk of their time in Washington, DC, advo- cating for statistics and experi- encing first-hand how federal science policy is formed. Applications are due by tudents, are you interested in journalism? Do you want an December 31, but the ASA will invaluable experience that also advances a statistical perspective? consider high-quality applica- If so, apply for the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship. The selected tions until the position is filled. fellowS will spend 10 weeks with a media outlet next summer as the The fellowship was cre- ASA-sponsored Mass Media Fellow (MMF). ated to elevate the profile of MORE ONLINE “If the idea of turning the devilish trickiness of statistics into some- statistics in policymaking and For more about Amy thing the general public can enjoy is something that appeals to you, advocate on behalf of the pro- and her experience, the fellowship is the place to be,” says Nick Thieme, the ASA’s inaugu- fession. Amy Nussbaum was visit https://goo.gl/ ral MMF. “The AAAS Mass Media Program is a chance to reach out the ASA’s inaugural science P73y5L, https://goo.gl/ to hundreds of thousands of people and share with them knowledge policy fellow. She represented aYYoQX, https://goo.gl/ EvXAvT, and https:// they wouldn’t otherwise have. It’s a one-of-a-kind experience. If your the ASA at meetings from the goo.gl/AepuuY. time with the program is anything like mine, with no exaggeration, it National Academies to Capitol will change your life!” Hill and introduced her own An undergraduate major in statistics at Carnegie Mellon University member of Congress to climate and then a graduate student in computer science at the University of scientists. Among the many Maryland, Thieme spent 10 weeks with Slate in its NYC and DC projects she worked on were the offices, publishing more than 20 pieces. He also wrote two engag- documents “Guidance on ing pieces for ThisIsStatistics, including “Stats in Action: 3 Data Statistical Evidence in Legislation” Journalism Skills I’ll Take Back to Grad School.” (https://goo.gl/r9PKm7 ) Besides the impact of his time as a fellow, Nick commented, “The and “Recommendations summer is also an incredibly fun time. I was nervous all summer long to Funding Agencies for … but there was nothing quite like the joy that I felt during and at the Supporting Reproducible end of the program.” Research” (https://goo.gl/zL8xu8). Led by AAAS and supported by many organizations, the fellow- For more information about ship is a highly successful program designed to “enhance coverage of this opportunity, see ww2. science-related issues in the media in order to improve public under- amstat.org/policy/fellowship.cfm. standing and appreciation of science and technology.” The program Questions about this opportuni- has supported more than 700 fellows in its more than 40-year history. ty and application requirements Applications will be accepted through January 15 on the AAAS may be directed to ASA Director website at www.aaas.org/page/about-1. of Science Policy Steve Pierson For more information, see https://goo.gl/MNNTLm. at [email protected]. n

december 2017 amstat news 5 2017 NESSIS Features Retrodictive Modeling, Shot Taxonomy, Randomness Scott Evans and Mark Glickman

Panelists (from left): Dennis Lock – Miami Dolphins, Sandy Weil – Los Angeles Rams, Karim Kassam – Pittsburgh Steelers, and moderator Aaron Schatz – Football Outsiders

he 2017 New England Symposium on football, and more. Abstracts were critically screened Statistics in Sports (NESSIS) was held to keep content quality high. Peer-reviewed NESSIS September 23 at the Harvard University proceedings will be published in two tracks. Papers ScienceT Center. The symposium format was a focused on methodology were invited for submission mixture of invited talks, a poster session, and a to the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, while panel discussion. application-focused papers were invited for submis- NESSIS was established by Mark Glickman and sion to the Journal of Sports Analytics. All presenters Scott Evans to enhance the communication and were invited to submit. collaboration between statisticians and quantita- The motivation for a sports statistics symposium tive analysts connected with sports teams, sports is predicated on the need for advanced analytic meth- MORE ONLINE Technical talk videos, media, and universities. The first NESSIS was held ods in games and sports. The application of statistical presentation slides, in 2007 with 110 attendees primarily from the methods in sports is rapidly growing. Sports teams use photographs, and New England area. Continued enthusiasm inspired statistical analyses to evaluate players and game strate- additional information NESSIS to be held biannually. gies, and sports associations develop ranking and rat- about NESSIS can be The 2017 NESSIS drew a diverse crowd of 245 ings systems of players and teams. The evolution of found at www.nessis.org. Look for NESSIS VI in 2019! registrants, including attendees from at least seven the application of statistics to sports is enhanced with countries and 33 states. extensive collaboration and interaction between sports NESSIS was highlighted by featured talks. First, analysts and professional statisticians. Unfortunately, David Firth of the University of Warwick and the opportunities for this collaboration are still relatively Alan Turing Institute spoke about fair standings in uncommon, as academic statisticians often work in soccer and other round-robin leagues through retro- isolation developing statistical methods for sports dictive modeling. The second featured talk was a pre- applications, while sports organizations often have sentation by Stephanie Kovalchik of Tennis Australia limited access to advanced statistical expertise and on a shot taxonomy in the era of tracking data in cutting-edge statistical tools for the analysis of sports professional tennis. Another featured talk was deliv- data. The main goal of NESSIS is to bridge this gap. ered by co-presenters Michael Lopez of Skidmore NESSIS was sponsored by the American College and Ben Baumer of Smith College, titled Statistical Association (ASA), Statistics in Sports “How Often Does the Best Team Win? A Unified Section of the ASA, Boston Chapter of ASA, Approach to Understanding Randomness in North Harvard University Department of Statistics, ESPN American Sport.” Analytics, DeGruyter, and IOS Press. NESSIS also featured a panel discussion, “Past, The NESSIS founders hope the enthusiasm Present, and Future of Analytics in the NFL,” consist- generated from NESSIS will increase the collabo- ing of panelists Dennis Lock of the Miami Dolphins, ration between academic statisticians and ana- Karim Kassam of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Sandy lysts connected with sports teams and improve Weil of the Los Angeles Rams. Aaron Schatz of the quality of statistical design and analysis in Football Outsiders served as moderator. sports. Future NESSIS events will encourage the Abstract submissions to NESSIS included statisti- development of cutting-edge statistical thinking cal applications to baseball, basketball, football, hock- in sports applications and adaptations to evolving ey, tennis, golf, soccer, cricket, volleyball, Australian data-collection technologies. n 6 amstat news december 2017 Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Data Science and Analytics Steve Pierson, ASA Director of Science Policy

More universities are starting master’s programs in data science and analytics, of which statistics is foundational, due to the wide interest from students and employers. Amstat News reached out to those in the statistical community who are involved in such programs. Given their interdisciplinary nature, we identified programs involving faculty with expertise in different disciplines to jointly reply to tour questions. We profiled a few universities in our April and June issues; here are several more, plus a few PhD programs.

Harvard University

David C. Parkes is the George independent study project. A final requirement is the F. Colony Professor of Computer presentation of a poster on a data science project at the Science at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences annual project showcase. and the co-director of the Harvard Additionally, PhD students in other departments Data Science Initiative. can specialize in data science as a secondary field by completing a selection of course requirements. Rachel Schutt is lecturer in data science and education program Please describe the basic elements of director of Harvard’s Institute for your data science/analytics curriculum Applied Computational Science. and how the curriculum was developed. The basic elements of our curriculum are the Neil Shephard is professor of following: economics and statistics and department chair of statistics at • Four required technical courses, including Harvard University and the co- our full-year “Introduction to Data Science” chair of the Data Science Education sequence and a course in advanced scientific Committee of the Harvard Data computing Science Initiative. • One statistics elective Master of Science in Data Science • One computer science elective Website: www.seas.harvard.edu/programs/graduate/ • One “critical thinking in data science” course applied-computation/master-of-science-in-data-science • One research experience Year in which first students graduated/expected to • Four data science electives that can be satisfied graduate: 2019 across many departments Number of students enrolled: We are anticipating a Our data science curriculum was developed as a class of 40–50. joint effort between the statistics department and com- Partnering departments: Institute for Applied puter science working with the Institute of Applied Computational Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Computational Science (IACS) within Harvard’s Applied Math Engineering School. We already had in place a master’s Program format: This is an in-person, full-time in computational science and engineering program program. Twelve courses are required, and the degree (run by IACS), which is now in its fifth year, and were will typically be completed over three semesters. At least attracting many students who placed into data science one research experience is required and can be satisfied positions, so we wanted to expand our offerings to by a capstone project course or a semester-length include a second master’s program in data science.

december 2017 amstat news 7 Additionally, we already had in place a one-year BuzzFeed and The New York Times; and finance com- Introduction to Data Science course—now in its panies like Morgan Stanley, Two Sigma, and Citadel. fourth year—jointly taught by IACS, statistics, and They also are able to work in start-ups, ed-tech, fin- computer science faculty. This is a survey of all topics tech, marketing, and consulting. we think are essential to data science: the data science A few students each year go on to PhD programs process, machine learning, data visualization, statistical in robotics, computer science, statistics, neuroscience, inference, algorithmic and computational thinking, and business. experimental design, best practices in coding, and ethics and algorithmic accountability. This course maps What advice do you have for students very well to a master’s curriculum and is one of the considering a data science/analytics core required elements of the program. degree? We have a faculty standing committee, which If you want to build a computational and statistical includes faculty from across disciplines. We have an foundation that can be applied across multiple appli- advisory board that includes industry experts from cation areas (e.g., finance, genetics, marketing), this is Google, Microsoft Research, and other leading com- a good area to get into. If there is already an applica- panies and national laboratories. We met with them tion area you are interested in, you should examine in a full-day event to review the curriculum of the whether it may be better for you to deeply specialize in new master’s program, clarify learning objectives, and that area. However, we try to construct the program so understand employer needs. as to build a strong foundation while giving students the flexibility to go deeper into their areas of interest What was your primary motivation(s) for through the electives. developing a master’s data science/analytics program? What’s been the reaction Describe the employer demand for your from students so far? graduates/students. Data science is a rapidly emerging field. It includes We don’t yet have any graduates for the master’s in a hybrid set of skills and thinking from statistics and data science. But, for our master’s in computational computer science, along with new methodologies and science, all our students get jobs before graduation. skills not traditionally taught in universities. Students They tend to have multiple offers to consider. We’re typically graduating from statistics programs or com- highly selective in who we admit in the first place. puter science programs were not being exposed to Many students tend to have formed relationships ideas from across disciplines. We needed to train stu- with potential employers during the course of the dents whose thinking could transcend departmental program through internships and capstone projects. boundaries, as well as develop a new curriculum that Do you have any advice for institutions gives students the foundations in these new skills considering the establishment of such a (statistics at scale, experimental design at scale, algo- rithms for large data sets, building data products in degree? production, and algorithmic accountability and eth- Collaboration and a shared vision between the ics). A new curriculum needed to be created to train statistics department and computer science was students with the foundation and discipline to be lead- essential. When you start with the premise that ers in industry and research. you want to create the best educational experience that you can for students, then organizational poli- How do you view the relationship tics becomes secondary. While there sometimes are between statistics and data science/ additional bureaucratic hoops when more than one analytics? department is involved, these aren’t insurmountable. The field of statistics is foundational for data science. Part of the success of the program is due to having the Institute for Applied Computational Science What types of jobs are you preparing already in place, with a full-time staff dedicated to your graduates for? administering these master’s programs and working We are preparing students with computational and to create a holistic experience for students, including analytical skills to get jobs across sectors and disci- advising, mentoring, community-building, job talks, plines. Students are able to work at technology compa- seminars, and conferences for faculty and students. nies like Facebook and Google; media companies like

8 amstat news december 2017 The University of British Columbia

Master of Data Science Milad Maymay earned his BS at The University of British Columbia. He has more than 17 years of Website: mds.science.ubc.ca experience managing projects and programs in both Year in which first students graduated/expected to the nonprofit and public sectors. graduate: 2017 Giuseppe Carenini has been teaching artificial Number of students enrolled: 45 intelligence, machine learning, and natural language Partnering departments: Departments of Statistics processing for more than 10 years. He is also and Computer Science collaborating with companies that aim to make data more useful in supporting complex decisions Program format: 10-month professional master’s (Compass) and for public engagement (Metroquest). program, in-person, 30 credits, two-month capstone project Paul Gustafson earned his BS in mathematics and master’s in statistics from The University of British Please describe the basic elements of Columbia and his PhD in statistics from Carnegie Mellon University. Gustafson also won the CRM-SSC Prize and is your data science/analytics curriculum a Fellow of the ASA. and how the curriculum was developed. The UBC Master of Data Science is a professional program harnessing the combined expertise of the UBC departments of computer science and statis- Prerequisites include the following: tics. It helps meet the growing need for people who can apply computational and statistical techniques • One course in programming to data and then effectively communicate results • One course in probability and/or statistics from analyses to various stakeholders. • One course in calculus or one course in linear Using descriptive and prescriptive techniques, algebra students extract and analyze data from both Completion of a course in both calculus and linear unstructured and structured forms and then com- algebra is recommended. municate the findings of their analyses in ways that promote informed decisions based on data. What was your primary motivation(s) for Multidisciplinary in nature, the Master of Data developing a master’s data science/ Science program enables graduates to span both analytics program? What’s been the reac- the statistical and computational perspectives. The tion from students so far? curriculum, informed by consultations with local industry, takes a scientific approach to use data to In every domain, from health care and e-commerce explore different hypotheses. to utilities and gaming, a staggering amount of The program includes 24 one-credit courses data has led to a new field and an unprecedented offered four at a time, in four-week segments. demand. There is a growing need in many fields Courses are lab oriented and delivered in-person. (especially in western Canada, the Pacific North Graduates can appropriately select and tailor data West, and Silicon Valley) for people who can apply science methods to deal with diverse data types computational and statistical techniques to data (numerical, categorical, text, dates, graphs, etc.) and then effectively communicate results from across diverse subject-area domains. analyses to various stakeholders. The program also includes a two-month (six- Students’ reactions to the program have been credit) capstone project, allowing students to work extremely positive. Almost all the students in our alongside their peers with real-life data sets. In this first cohort—which completed in June 2017—are project, students determine questions of interest employed, and more than 500 candidates applied for the data in conjunction with mentors drawn for September 2017 entry to the program. from academia, industry, and nonprofits. Students How do you view the relationship experience the complete data science value chain, between statistics and data science/ applying techniques they have learned to investigate analytics? the questions relevant to the mentors. Although professional experience is desired, it is In this program, and generally on this campus, not a mandatory requirement. data science is viewed as being built upon a solid Students have backgrounds across a wide range foundation in statistics and a solid foundation in of fields, including biology, business, engineering, computer science. and the social sciences.

december 2017 amstat news 9 What types of jobs are you preparing Texas A&M University your graduates for? The extraordinary thing about data science is that Simon Sheather is the academic our graduates can work in almost every industry director of the MS (analytics) program and sector—government, education, health care, at Texas A&M University. From consulting, tourism, and technology. Depending 2005–2014, he served as professor and on the background and experience of the students head of the department of statistics at prior to the program, our graduates get jobs in Texas A&M University. entry- to mid-level positions as data scientists, data architects, or data analysts. Our graduates Jon (Sean) Jasperson earned his PhD are working for organizations such as Microsoft, in business administration with an Electronic Arts, Visier, The University of British emphasis in information management Columbia, and Translink (Metro Vancouver’s science from Florida State University. public transportation authority). What advice do you have for students Master of Science in Analytics considering a data science/analytics Website: http://analytics.stat.tamu.edu/snapshot.php degree? Year in which first graduated: 2015 Data scientists need to be familiar and comfortable Number of students enrolled: 110. Class of 2018 = 45. with a variety of skills and tools. That is why our Class of 2019 = 65 program is almost an equal combination of core computer science concepts and tools (about one- Partnering Departments: Texas A&M Department of Statistics and Mays Business School third of the courses), core statistics concepts and tools (another third), and more emerging and data Program format: The program is 36 credit hours, science–specific topics (the final third). Students five semesters long, and taught live online to working should be aware of this prior to choosing a career professionals on a part-time basis. Full-time employment in data science. Those who prefer more program- with at least three years of work experience is required. ming and are less interested in interacting with The program has no thesis option; rather, students bring domain experts should consider big data programs data from their organization and build predictive models as a graduation requirement. Our work-based capstone or computer science programs. But those who pre- project is what makes the program unique. Admissions fer variety in their day-to-day work or prefer to be are cohort-based and only offered in August. generalists can consider a career in data science. Describe the employer demand for your Please describe the basic elements graduates/students. of your data science/analytics The demand for our graduates/students is signifi- curriculum and how the curriculum was cant. We organized more than 15 employer/indus- developed. try talks for our first student cohort. Furthermore, Taught in partnership with Texas A&M Mays we received numerous job postings and requests Business School, the part-time five-semester curric- from industry partners to participate in our cap- ulum in the program consists of 67% statistics and stone course. The demand seems to be increasing 33% business. The program is taught by distin- even further this year. guished faculty credited with receiving numerous teaching awards at the university level in addition Do you have any advice for institutions to having countless citations in their field. The lec- considering the establishment of such tures use relevant case studies and real-world appli- a degree? cations designed to teach students how to apply The program benefits from great collaboration what they learn immediately. The curriculum was between the department of computer science and designed to teach students how to apply statistical the department of statistics. Drawing a program co- methods using big data to solve business problems. director from each department and having about a 50-50 split in resources and responsibilities has What was your primary motivation(s) proved effective. Each department has pride and for developing a master’s data science/ “skin in the game” when it comes to making this analytics program? program successful. To narrow the gap. The main motivation for developing the program was to help students and

10 amstat news december 2017 companies get a competitive advantage in analyt- that they received promotions to chief data scien- ics. The extensively quoted U.S. News and World tist, senior data scientist, and lead performance Report analysis about the growing gap between analyst. Our students are also asked to optimize people with skills to analyze data and those who and expand analytics within their organizations. don’t inspired us to get started. Wanting to be different and still help the cause, our program What advice do you have for students focused on working professionals and partnering considering a data science/analytics with companies to train and develop their own. degree? To offer a unique experience with a work-based Research. There are more than 150 analytics/ capstone project. The program graduated its first data science programs offering degrees, advanced class in 2015, and the reaction since has been degrees, and certificates. Each one offers unique strong. Students have valued their experience in classes tailored to fit the wants and needs of pro- the course as first-rate—a true testament to the spective students. innovative curriculum, the distinguished faculty who teach, and the strong impact of the work- What are your needs? Answer the following based capstone project. A significant number of questions: the graduates have received generous promotions • What am I looking for in an analytics pro- from their employers and been asked to expand gram? and optimize analytics in their organizations. • How will that specific program meet my Companies also value the program in this needs, both personal and professional— aspect, as they have sent more employees from short term/long term? different divisions to enroll after graduating employees in previous cohorts. A degree in an area like data science/analytics offers a much broader skill set than traditional How do you view the relationship computer science/engineering or statistics. With between statistics and data science/ such programs, students receive a healthy dose of both fields, with application capabilities in many analytics? areas across many industries. The “buzz” word frenzy. Today, it’s data science. Tomorrow, it’s machine learning. The day after? Describe the employer demand for Who knows? It’s difficult to pin an exact defi- your graduates/students? nition of what data science is given its broad Strong demand. reach—and compare it to a set discipline. Since our program is for working Statistics/statistician is a “sexy” field/job in itself. professionals, we don’t track placement. But, we The ability to predict with impressive accuracy, do receive a significant amount of inquiries with using sophisticated modeling and a touch of internship/job opportunities for our students that genius, is a unique skill that not many have. we share with them. What should the relationship between statistics and whatever the buzz word be? Strong. A firm Do you have any advice for institutions grasp on one yields astonishing results when considering the establishment of such a used with the other. degree? Be unique. With more than 150 programs out there What types of jobs are you preparing and more being created, start with this question: What your graduates for? are the elements that will make your program unique? The leaders in analytics. The MS analytics pro- Build strong partnerships. Survey your corporate gram prepares our students to be leaders and contacts who seek to employ graduates and who pioneers of analytics in their organizations. would collaborate with your department. Designed for the working professional, our students are not active job seekers—rather, they Keep it fresh. Find ways to keep material fresh in receive generous promotions. Some have shared class, materials that keep students engaged with relevant coursework.

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Katerina Kechris is an associate professor in the department of biostatistics and informatics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Her Please describe the basic elements of research focuses on the development and application your data science/analytics curriculum of statistical methods for analyzing high-throughput omics data. and how the curriculum was developed. We believe a challenge of interdisciplinary educa- Farnoush Banaei-Kashani is an assistant professor in tion is finding the right balance of “breadth versus the department of computer science and engineering depth.” That is, depth in any one topic may be sacri- at the University of Colorado, Denver. His research focuses on developing novel machine learning, as ficed by covering multiple disciplines. On the other well as data mining and management techniques that hand, the interdisciplinary nature of the program enable big data lifecycle. may be compromised if the curriculum is focused too much on one topic. We designed our programs to be parallel tracks within existing degrees so stu- Biostatistics MS Emphasis in Data dents have depth in one focus area (biostatistics or Science Analytics computer science), and then diversify their skills Computer Science MS Track in Data and expertise in complementary areas with addi- Science in Biomedicine tional classes and thesis research. Website: https://goo.gl/pRTYhT and https://goo.gl/ What was your primary motivation(s) BDqgNL for developing a master’s data science/ Year in which first students graduated/expected to analytics program? What’s been the graduate: 2019 reaction from students so far? Number of students currently enrolled: 2–3/year We developed biomedical-related data science under each track tracks within the existing biostatistics MS and com- Partnering departments: Biostatistics and Informatics, puter science MS degree programs in response to Computer Science and Engineering the changing landscape of biomedical research and technology, which is relying more on the genera- Program format: The biostatistics MS is an in-person tion, archiving, querying, analysis, and interpreta- degree with 36 credit hours and a culminating thesis or publishable paper. Students are typically full time tion of large data sets. By implementing a new and participate in 1–2 years of a research assistantship. track, students pursuing this training within the The emphasis in data science analytics is a focus area respective MS program will have an official designa- within the MS degree where students take three tion within their degree. This designation will help elective courses (total nine credits) from a list of courses with employment and other opportunities such as related to data science, of which six credit hours will internships and fellowships, where it would benefit count toward their MS electives and the other three students to show documented training and experi- credit hours are required additional credit hours for the ence in data science. These tracks were developed emphasis; hence, a total of 39 credit hours is required for in parallel to promote synergy between the depart- graduation from the emphasis. Students in the emphasis ments of biostatistics and informatics and computer will also write a thesis (or publishable paper) with a focus science and engineering. on data science. The computer science MS is an in-person degree with 30 How do you view the relationship credit hours, including nine, 15, and six credit hours for between statistics and data science/ core courses, elective courses, and thesis, respectively. analytics? Students are typically full time and participate in two This relationship has been discussed in great detail years of a research assistantship. The data science in on many blogs, editorials, and websites. Without biomedicine track is a focus area within the computer science MS degree where students take three elective getting into those details, we adapted a popular courses (total of nine credits) from a list of courses quote that is a pithy description of data scientists: related to biomedicine, of which three credit hours “It’s the person who is better at statistics than any will count toward their MS electives and the other six computer scientist and better at computer science credit hours are required additional credit hours for the than any statistician” (adapted quote from Josh track; hence, a total of 36 credit hours is required for Wills, director of data engineering at Slack, https:// graduation from the data science in biomedicine track. goo.gl/8HcmXG). The track graduates will write a thesis (or publishable paper) with a focus on data science in biomedicine.

12 amstat news december 2017 As the ASA reached out to the statistical community for their involvement in starting master’s programs in What types of jobs are you preparing data science and analytics, we learned about a few your graduates for? doctoral programs we wanted you to know about. This is the first year of our tracks, so we do not have job placement data yet. But the curricula are We’re grateful to these universities for telling us about designed so graduates will be prepared to work in their innovative programs. biomedical sectors (academic, public, and private) that require the analysis of large and diverse data sets from high-throughput omics, imaging, biomedical sensors, and electronic health records. University of Wisconsin-Madison

What advice do you have for students Karl Broman, a professor in the department considering a data science/analytics of biostatistics and medical informatics at the degree? University of Wisconsin-Madison, is an applied statistician focusing on the genetic dissection of We believe it is important to find a program that complex diseases in model organisms. He was stresses interdisciplinary education, where students named an ASA Fellow in 2016. gain knowledge and skills in multiple domains from experts in the respective areas. However, a challenge of interdisciplinary education is finding that right PhD Data Science Analytics balance of “breadth versus depth,” as discussed Biomedical Data Science PhD previously. When researching programs, students should ask faculty about their philosophy for strik- Website: https://bit.ly/MadBDS ing that balance. This would give more information Year in which first students graduated/expected to about how that interdisciplinary degree is different graduate (or year of first class for PhD program): than pursuing related degrees such as computer sci- 2018 ence or (bio)statistics. Number of students enrolled: Expect 6–10 per year Describe the employer demand for your Partnering departments: Biostatistics and Medical graduates/students. Informatics In Colorado and nationwide, data science skills Program format: In-person; 51 credits; thesis; within the biomedical field are in high demand in traditional full time industry (e.g., biotechnology and pharmaceuticals), the public sector (e.g., NIH), and academia. Please describe the basic elements of Do you have any advice for institutions your data science/analytics curriculum considering the establishment of such a and how the curriculum was developed. degree? Our biomedical data science PhD program inte- grates the two related disciplines of biostatistics and Even if there is mutual interest among different biomedical informatics. Students select three year- departments, creating an interdisciplinary pro- long sequences from a set of core topics, including gram has practical challenges. In our case, the two at least one biostatistics sequence (for example, bio- departments are on different campuses (~ 8 miles statistics methods) and at least one computer sci- apart), have different tuition structures, and follow ence/informatics sequence (for example, artificial different academic calendars. Despite these differ- intelligence/machine learning). Students will also ences—with support from department and school complete at least six credits of biology coursework leadership and good communication between the (such as genetics and genomics) and three semes- programs—we were able to overcome these practi- ter-long research rotations concerning substantive cal challenges. problems in biomedical data science and advised by a computational faculty member in collaboration with a faculty member from the biological, biomedical, or population health sciences. Cohort cohesion

december 2017 amstat news 13 is developed through an in-depth second-year read- such as machine learning, that have been developed ing course—in which a selection of seminal articles by computer scientists. I would like statistics to be in (bio)statistics, computer sciences, and biology is viewed more broadly, to include the full spectrum deconstructed—and a third-year professional skills of problems that one must confront when seeking course. Prerequisites include courses in calculus, lin- to make sense of data. However, it is important to ear algebra, programming, and data structures, but both recognize and take advantage of the many students will be admitted with a portion of these important data science ideas that have arisen out- and can complete the remainder during their first side of statistics. year in the program. What types of jobs are you preparing What was your primary motivation(s) your graduates for? for developing a doctoral data science/ Students graduating from our program will be analytics program? What’s been the prepared for academic positions and positions in reaction from students so far? industry and government. Our program includes a The primary motivation for our program was to professional skills seminar through which students synthesize training in biostatistics and biomedical will explore and prepare for the range of employ- informatics (which our department has done at the ment opportunities so they can make informed faculty level for 20 years) to provide students with career choices and be ready to carry out a successful broad computational skills, along with knowledge job search. in an area of biomedical science, so they can make sense of the complex, high-dimensional data that is What advice do you have for students now the norm in biology, biomedical research, and considering a data science/analytics public health policy. We are recruiting our first class degree? of PhD students, who will enroll in fall 2018. Find some data—perhaps a friend’s data—and dig in! Focus first on data visualization, but always How do you view the relationship have specific questions you’re seeking to address. between statistics and data science/ It’s easier to acquire and develop your computing analytics? and data analysis skills if you have specific chal- Statistics, as a field, is sometimes viewed as being lenges in mind. restricted to the use of probability theory for formal inductive inference and the quantification of uncer- Describe the employer demand for your tainty in such inference. But applied statisticians’ graduates/students. work has always included a broad set of activities, It’s clear there’s great demand for skilled data scien- including data management, data cleaning, data tists. It also seems clear that employers focus not so visualization, statistical computing, software devel- much on skills in statistical theory as on communi- opment, and communication about data. In some cation, ability to work in an interdisciplinary team, ways, the term data science does a better job of cap- and more general problem-solving abilities. turing these activities, including other techniques University of Central Florida Liqiang Ni is an associate professor of statistics in the PhD in Big Data Analytics department of statistics at the University of Central Florida. His main research interests include dimension reduction, Website: http://sciences.ucf.edu/big-data multivariate analysis, actuarial science, and business intelligence. He has served as the graduate coordinator Year in which first students graduated/expected to since August 2017. graduate (or year of first class for PhD program): Fall 2018 Shunpu Zhang is a professor of statistics and chair of the Program format: In-person; 72 credit hours beyond a department of statistics at the University of Central Florida. Under his leadership, he and his colleagues created this new bachelor’s degree, with up to 30 hours transferable from PhD program in big data analytics to spearhead UCF’s effort a completed master’s program in statistics, computer to meet the big data challenge in 2017. sciences, or mathematics; dissertation; full-time students; graduate teaching/research assistantship available

14 amstat news december 2017 Please describe the basic elements of How do you view the relationship your data science/analytics curriculum between statistics and data science/ and how the curriculum was developed. analytics? We require the incoming students for our PhD We believe statistical science is an integral part of program in big data analytics to have a bachelor’s data science/analytics. A good data scientist/data degree in statistics, mathematics, and computer sci- analyst must be a good statistician, regardless of the ence with experience in at least one programming label or title. language. The curriculum includes advanced statistics, big data architecture such as distributed stor- What types of jobs are you preparing age and processing, data mining, machine learning, your graduates for? and other recent developments in big data analyt- We are preparing graduates for academic/research ics. These courses will be taught (or jointly taught) institutions, industry, and government. by statisticians, computer scientists, and experts from the industry. We expect our students to possess the fol- What advice do you have for students lowing core skills: data management; algorithm devel- considering a data science/analytics opment; programming in R and Python; statistical degree? inference; and communication and data visualization. Be open-minded and always ready to learn some- Traditional PhD programs in statistics aim to train thing new. You do not have to choose between hik- students to analyze small to medium size, structured ing the mountain (statistics) and swimming the data. Our curriculum will focus on big data analytics. ocean (computer science, etc.). You can do both. It is to train researchers with a statistics background to analyze massive structured or unstructured data Describe the employer demand for your to uncover hidden patterns; interesting, actionable associations; and other useful information for better graduates/students. decision-making. In addition to statistical inference Data scientists are in short supply, and the compen- and software, the new program has an interdisciplin- sation for data scientists is very high. A McKinsey ary component that combines the strength of statis- study predicts that, by 2018, the number of data tics and computer sciences. science jobs in the United States alone will exceed 490,000, but there will be fewer than 200,000 avail- What was your primary motivation(s) able data scientists to fill these positions. Data sci- for developing a doctoral data science/ entists can earn a base pay of $116,840 (Glassdoor, 2016) and an average base salary of $113,436 analytics program? What’s been the (Forbes, 2016). reaction from students so far? Started in 2001, the department’s data mining pro- Do you have any advice for institutions gram (MS level) is the oldest such program in the considering the establishment of such a United States. In recent years, we have seen a grow- degree? ing need for an educated and talented workforce of data scientists above the MS level who can contrib- A big data analyst needs to have the ability to use ute to industry, government, and academia through existing methods or develop new methods to uncov- innovative applications of data analysis methodolo- er true information from enormous amounts of data. gies. The PhD program we are developing pursues To do so, a program in data science needs to provide high levels of community and business engagement. students rigorous training in big data structure, pro- Our PhD Industry Advisory Board consists of mem- gramming skills, statistical methodologies, algorithm ber-participants from CFE Federal Credit Union, development, and interpreting and communicating Sodexo, UCF Institute for Simulation and Training, the information discovered in the data. We believe the Walt Disney Company, Johnson & Johnson, such a goal can only be achieved by developing a CitiGroup Inc., iCube Consultancy Services Inc., cross-department joint program, instead of an “add- on” program that only requires students to take a few UniKey Technologies, SAS, and Health First. The n board continuously provides feedback on industry- courses from other disciplines. driven competencies.

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PASTIMES OF STATISTICIANS What Does Doug Splitstone Like to Do When He Is Not Being a

Doug flying—Doug’s son was his first passenger and took the photo. Statistician?

member of the founding group impression that my whole career and first chair of the ASA’s ad has been one of learning about hoc Committee on Environment new things in order to help cli- Guidelines and Standards. That ents solve their problems. I has- ad hoc committee later became ten to add that my largest contri- Piper Warrior II (Photo Who are you, and what is the Continuing Committee on bution is often getting a client to courtesy of Doug) your statistics position? Statistics and the Environment and adequately define their problem. The framed certificate on the wall has now morphed into the Section of my office recognizes Doug on Statistics and the Environment. Tell us about what you like Splitstone’s 50th anniversary of With the downsizing of the to do for fun when you are membership in the ASA. This year steel industry in the early 1980s, I not being a statistician. marks 52 years. joined—in succession—two major I fly airplanes. Usually a I began my career as a profes- environmental consulting firms. single-engine Piper Warrior II sional statistician designing met- This required coming to grips with (PA28-161). allurgical and chemical experi- the statistical issues of dealing with ments and performing subsequent hazardous waste and radioactive What drew you to this data analyses at U. S. Steel (USS) contamination. Estimation of the hobby, and what keeps Research. In late 1969 or early extent of contamination and vol- you interested? 1970, I was asked, “What num- umes of contaminated material The short answer is the urging of ber should U. S. Steel agree to in required becoming knowledge- my son, who has been a licensed negotiating a US Army Corp of able in geostatistical techniques, private pilot for many years. I took Doug Splitstone Engineers wastewater discharge as well as the sampling theory of my first flight lesson at age 64 and permit?” The answer to that ques- Pierre Gy. earned my private pilot’s license at tion started me on a career odys- Twenty-four years ago, I went age 69. And it is just a neat thing sey that continues today. It also into independent practice. My to do. fixes my career of dealing with client base largely remains major Becoming a pilot requires con- problems of the environment as industry, their environmental tinual learning and practice to predating the US Environmental consulting firms, and/or their maintain skills. In addition to con- Protection Agency, founded in outside counsel. I have also had tinued education to become a bet- December 1970. the pleasure of serving on several ter pilot, at 74 years young, I am It was during my tenure with panels of the USEPA’s Science pursuing an instrument rating so I USS that I also learned the intri- Advisory Board. can fly through clouds, as well as cacies of atmospheric dispersion Outside of the environmental below and above them. Flying also modeling and the monitoring of arena, I have provided statistical provides the opportunity for a total air quality. Dealing with water support for the calorimetric cali- escape. There is only one thing to and air discharges necessitated bration of a small nuclear reactor think about when flying an air- teaching myself the techniques of and completed several PhD dis- plane, and that is flying the air- time series analysis. sertations in education and one plane. Everything else has to wait Also during that period (1974), in marriage counseling. until you are back on the ground I was fortunate enough to be a Those who have stuck with and the plane is in the hangar. n the above narrative might get the

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STATtr@k How to Write an Effective Cover Letter and Résumé “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” When it comes to applying for jobs, this adage is gospel.

our résumé and cover letter may be your only chance to interest a prospective employer. Accordingly, your cover letter should clearly andY concisely state why the details included in your résumé make you a good fit for the specific company and position for which you apply. Even though the unemployment rate is steadily decreas- ing, it is safe to assume many qualified statisticians will apply for any given position (especially for entry-level jobs). Your cover letter and résumé • If you choose to include hobbies on your résu- should illustrate your unique qualifications and dif- mé, try to make them as neutral as possible. ferentiate you from your competition. Note: Including an objective is outdated and has The foundation of your comprehensive appli- been widely replaced with the cover letter. cation should be a polished résumé or curriculum A CV will typically run at least a few pages. It vitae (“CV”). The job description or posting will will include the above mentioned items and a com- most likely state which is preferred, but if not, con- bination of the following: tact the hiring manager to clarify. Generally speak- Dawn Eash is an ing, a résumé is more appropriate for junior-level 4. A short biography describing your associate director in positions outside academia, and a CV for senior- areas of interest and expertise Berkeley Research Group’s Los Angeles level or academic positions. 5. Published articles Century City office, A résumé should consist of a single page and where she consults accurately itemize the following: 6. Articles under review on matters in labor and employment, 1. Education 7. Honors and awards intellectual property, • List the degree(s) earned, educational commercial damages, 8. Invited presentations public policy, health institution(s), and major(s). Optionally, care, technology, and include graduation dates, GPA, and honors. securities. She earned 9. Past and previous affiliations and her bachelor’s in finance 2. Relevant work experience associations, along with positions and statistics from • List each position beginning with the most held California Polytechnic University, San Luis recent. Include the job title, employer, dates Your résumé or CV should accurately summarize Obispo, and her master’s employed, and duties performed. your skills and experience textually, but should also in statistics from North aesthetically convey your ability to organize effective Carolina State University. 3. Relevant skills written communication. These tips are a good start: • List all skills, including software knowledge. Be • Use margins and spacing to comfortably fit sure to list your proficiency at each language, as text onto one page well. For example, R (expert), SAS (proficient), Python (competent), Tableau (advanced begin- • Use a standard typeface (e.g., Times New ner), and MapReduce (novice). Roman or Arial) with font size 11 • Allow white space so the page does not feel • List significant accomplishments or profi- cluttered, but try to avoid any white gaping ciencies with a software knowledge as appli- holes cable to the job description. Visually, you should balance simple text and • If you are a new graduate and do not have white space in your résumé. Clearly label the sec- much relevant experience, consider also includ- tions noted above to allow for simple navigation. ing sections for relevant coursework and/or Résumés can often be used to weed out applicants exams passed. december 2017 amstat news 17 columns

who are unqualified; if the hiring manager cannot If you apply for a job where your prior experi- easily distinguish your qualifications, your résumé ence is not clearly relevant, it is doubly important may be passed over completely. to address why you are interested in segueing into a Although a complete and well-structured résumé new field and what skills you bring. For example, if or CV is necessary to be considered for an interview, you apply to the private sector, but currently work an exceptional cover letter can move your applica- at a government agency, you should directly discuss tion to the top of the heap. Your cover letter should why you are interested in transitioning and which follow these basic guidelines: of your skills are transferable. If you have been out • Include your personal information at the top of of the work force for an extended period of time, the page. address what you did in the interim and why you are looking to re-enter the workforce. • Include the date. The first few sentences may be all anyone reads • Identify the company to which you are apply- of your cover letter, so these sentences should be a ing, along with the name of the hiring man- candid statement of why you are the best person ager, if possible. for the job. While sample cover letters are amply available online, take the time to be sure this section Modify the company name for each appli- clearly and concisely articulates your goals instead cation. Although the employer knows of relying on generic verbiage (i.e., gobbledygook). cover letters are often recycled, there is no Last, include a paragraph or two to detail your need to highlight this fact. previous experience. Highlight important skills you • Adhere to formal letter-writing etiquette (e.g., possess, special achievements, and managerial expe- “Dear Sir or Madam,” “Sincerely”). rience. This section should feature a specific project or your most recent position and detail more clearly If you know the name of the hiring manag- what makes you a distinctive candidate. If you apply er or their title, be as specific as possible in to the same type of position at different companies, the greeting (e.g., “Dear Ms. Eash,” “Dear this section should be for the most part static, but Hiring Manager”). scan through before sending out each application • Use correct spelling and proper grammar. to be sure it is relevant for the particular position. For example, if the position requires predominantly Spell check, spell check, and spell check. client interaction, you shouldn’t highlight your love Pay particular attention to words a spell for debugging code instead of the six-month con- check will not properly differentiate (e.g., sulting project you just completed. their/there, its/it’s) and for properly spelled Once you finish these steps and have a cover but misplaced words (e.g., and/hand). Have letter and résumé, do not be shy about getting your friends and colleagues proof not only it proofed. It is entirely more preferable for your spelling, but also grammar. Effective com- coworker, career center counselor, or mom to catch munication is an essential part of every stat- your spelling, grammar, or formatting mistake than istician’s career, and your cover letter should your potential employer. display that ability. Unfortunately, even a Once you are ready to send, follow the job post- small typo diminishes from the efficacy of ing instructions for submitting an application. your cover letter. If English is your second If none exists, it is customary to attach your final language, be even more rigorous with this cover letter and résumé as PDF or Word documents step to ensure your cover letter is effective. to an email. Be sure to include a formal greeting and • Limit the length to one page. a short sentence stating the position you are applying for and that you have attached your cover let- In the text of your cover letter, include a custom- ter and résumé. The attachments should be clearly ized section for each application you send out. In labeled with your name (e.g., “Dawn Eash Résumé. these first few sentences, clearly state the position of pdf” and “Dawn Eash Cover Letter.pdf”). interest and how your experience makes you a good The time and research you put into your cover fit not only for the position, but also for the com- letter and résumé will be obvious to the employ- pany. Do some internet research on the company, er and will make your application a great first and address what you find most exciting or attrac- impression. Now all you have to do is get your tive about working for that establishment. suit ready, and don’t forget to send a thank you email after the interview! n

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2018 Internships

• Must not be employed at the any companies are looking for 2018 interns. In fact, time the internship starts there are so many, the list is too long to print. Instead, Only candidates who apply we included the full descriptions for all internships on via http://careers.amgen.com will be STATMtr@k at http://stattrak.amstat.org. You’ll see from this list that considered. Search the database by there is something for everyone, from positions at pharmaceutical position title or requisition 46108. companies to a summer spent studying at media organizations Contact: Ali Hernandez, nation-wide. If you are interested in improving your programming [email protected] techniques, making connections, or honing your data analysis skills, apply for one of these opportunities. Astellas Pharma Inc. Northbrook, Illinois AbbVie This 10-week summer pro- Positions: 1–2 Lake County, North Chicago, Illinois gram places mathematics students FULL DESCRIPTIONS Type of Student: PhD candidate in ONLINE Positions: Multiple at media organizations nationwide. statistics or related discipline Fellows receive a $5,000 stipend Find full descriptions Type of Student: Graduate/3rd or 4th Deadline: January 31, 2018 for these internships year into PhD program for the 10 weeks, and the expenses on STATtr@k at http:// of travel to their fellowship site and Full-time internships available stattrak.amstat.org Deadline: January 31, 2018 Washington, DC, for orientation in the summer for 10–12 weeks. Internships will begin in May/ and wrap up are covered. Applicants must have complet- June and are 10–12 weeks. Contact: Rebekah Corlew, ed at least two years of graduate- Basic Requirements [email protected] level course work and be working • Be enrolled in a graduate-level toward a PhD in statistics or bio- curriculum leading to a PhD in statistics. The applicant must be statistics, biostatistics, bioinfor- Amgen Inc. legally authorized to work in the matics, or highly related field Thousand Oaks, California US. In addition, applicants should • Have completed at least two full Positions: 1 have a good working knowledge of years of graduate study prior to Type of Student: PhD R, S-Plus, or SAS. the start of the internship Deadline: February 1, 2018 Send CV, personal statement • GPA: 3.0/4.0 Amgen’s 10–12 week intern- of interest, and a letter of recom- • Be in good academic standing ship program offers project experi- mendation to Biostat.Intern@ within your graduate program Astellas.com. and overall at your university ences that affect patients’ lives. • Have a track record of accom- Basic Qualifications plishment • Must be 18 years or older Bayer Pharmaceuticals • Be authorized to work in the US • Must have a bachelor’s degree Whippany, New Jersey from an accredited college or Positions: 3 • Continue to be enrolled in grad Type of Student: PhD candidates in university and have a 3.0 mini- school for at least one semester (bio)statistics or related field following the internship mum GPA or equivalent The intern will present their Our science intern positions are • Must have completed one year research project to the statistics posted on our website: www. of graduate school before intern- abbviecareers.com. department and a nonstatistical ship starts and be enrolled in an audience. MBA program for an MBA Required Skills American Association for the internship OR a master’s program for a master’s internship • Must be a high performer inter- Advancement of Science OR a PharmD program for a ested in the interactions between Various placements around the country PharmD internship OR a PhD science and policy. such as NPR in Washington DC, the • Good oral and written commu- LA Times in Los Angeles, Scientific for a PhD internship from an American in New York, and Univision accredited college or university nication skills in Miami • Must be enrolled in an accred- • Good working knowledge of Positions: 1 ited university following the SAS and/or R Type of Student: Undergraduate, potential internship or co-op • Must be available for a three- graduate, postdoc assignment month assignment at Bayer’s Deadline: January 15, 2018 New Jersey site from June 2018 until the end of August 2018 december 2017 amstat news 19 education

• Must provide documentation • MS or PhD candidate with at week in Silver Spring, Maryland. showing proof of eligibility to least two years of study You are expected to have excel- work in the United States • Good written and oral commu- lent oral/written communication Housing stipends are available. nications skills skills, interpersonal and teamwork To apply, visit www.career.bayer. • Demonstrated proficiency in skills, strong problem-solving us/en and search for clinical statis- conducting statistical analyses skills, strong computational skills, tics intern. using SAS or R creativity and innovation, and self- management skills. Candidates Applicants should go to https:// should have proficiency with MS goo.gl/E76kCe or visit www. Biogen Office and programming experi- boehringer-ingelheim.com, click Cambridge, Massachusetts ence with SAS and/or R. Also, the “careers,” and search for job num- Positions: 4 intern will prepare a written report MORE ONLINE ber 1711539. Find full descriptions Type of Student: PhD student in and a 30-minute presentation. for these internships biostatistics, or related field Candidates must be eligible to on STATtr@k at http:// Deadline: February 28, 2018, with Bristol Myers Squibb work in the US. This paid intern- stattrak.amstat.org. rolling offers Princeton, New Jersey; Hopewell, New ship may also include a transporta- Internship positions avail- Jersey tion allowance. able for 12 weeks in the sum- Positions: Multiple Send CV and cover letter mer of 2018. Type of Student: PhD candidates in to CDER-OTS-Biostatistics- Candidates must have com- statistics or biostatistics [email protected] with pleted two years of graduate work Deadline: May 2018 APPLICATION ORISE 2018 and passed a doctorate qualifica- Full-time internships are avail- in the subject line by March 31, tion exam prior to the start of able in the summer and last 10–12 2018. If you have a question, use the internship, must return to weeks. Part-time internships are QUESTION ORISE 2018 as school in fall 2018, and must be available during the school year. the subject. legally eligible to work in the US. To be considered, you must Candidates should also have an have completed at least two years Division of Biostatistics, understanding of statistical infer- of course work and be working on ence, working knowledge of SAS your dissertation toward a PhD in CDRH, FDA Silver Spring, Maryland and/or R, good interpersonal skills, statistics or biostatistics. and the ability to effectively com- Positions: 3–5 Candidates must have effective Type of Student: Advanced PhD municate research results. oral and written communication students To apply, send a CV to Ying skills and good working knowl- Deadline: April 30, 2018 Zhu, [email protected]. edge of SAS and/or R. The Division of Biostatistics To apply, send unofficial gradu- CDRH, FDA, plans to hire 3–5 Boehringer Ingelheim ate transcripts, a résumé, and a advanced PhD graduate students cover letter to Rose Elcsics, Rose. Ridgefield, Connecticut in biostatistics/statistics as interns [email protected] Positions: Up to 5 from June through August 2018. Preference will be given to senior Type of Student: MS or PhD in biostatistics, statistics, or a related degree Center for Drug Evaluation doctoral candidates with a strong program background in statistical methods and Research, Office of and good computational and pro- Deadline: January 31, 2018 Biostatistics, US Food and Drug Multiple full-time summer graming skills. biostatistics internship openings Administration (OB) Send CV and cover letter to Silver Spring, Maryland ram.tiwari@fda. for approximately 12 weeks (May/ Ram Tiwari at Positions: hhs.gov. June to August). Multiple Requirements Type of Student: Graduate students in statistics or biostatistics; completion of • Must be a graduate student doctoral pre-qualifying exams preferred. Eli Lilly and Company in fields related to statistics, Deadline: March 31, 2018, with rolling Indianapolis, Indiana cumulative GPA must be at offers Positions: Multiple least 3.0 Multiple internship positions Type of Student: Candidates are • Must have completed 12 available from June 1 through enrolled in a graduate-level curriculum credit hours within a related August 31, 2018. leading to a PhD or master’s in statistics major and/or other related or biostatistics. PhD students are You will be expected to partici- required to have completed at least course work pate in the internship 40 hours per

20 amstat news december 2017 education three years graduate work by May Genentech Inc. To apply, visit the GSK web- 2018. Master’s students must be South San Francisco, California site (http://us.gsk.com/en-us/careers/ US-authorized workers and must have internships-and-co-ops) and search completed at least one year of graduate Positions: 4–6 study by May 2018. Type of Student: Graduate students for “Co-op/Statistical Sciences.” Deadline: January 15, 2018 pursuing PhD degree in statistics or related fields The internships start in either Google.com May or June and last 12 weeks. Deadline: January 26, 2018 Kirkland, Washington; Seattle, Washington; Preferred skills include dem- The biostatistics summer Mountain View, California; San Francisco, onstrated leadership and ability to interns will work for 10–12 weeks California; New York City, New York influence; excellent communica- under the supervision of experi- Positions: TBD tion, teamwork, and interpersonal enced biostatisticians. Type of Student: PhD MORE ONLINE skills; strong problem-solving Applicants must be current Deadline: January 5–22, 2018 Find full descriptions skills; strong computational skills; graduate students pursuing a PhD Minimum Qualifications for these internships in statistics or related field who on STATtr@k at http:// creativity and innovation; and self- • Must be enrolled in a full-time have completed at least one year of stattrak.amstat.org. management skills. degree program and returning to graduate work by May 2018 and PhD students should visit the program after the internship https://goo.gl/uFqX5L to apply. who will be returning to school in the fall of 2018. The applicant • Currently pursuing a PhD in Master’s students should visit statistics, or another discipline https://goo.gl/Xbys6i to apply. must be legally authorized to work in the US and have good working involving experimental design knowledge of R, S-Plus, or SAS. and quantitative analysis of The Emmes Corporation Send CV, personal statement of experimental data Rockville, Maryland interest, and a letter of recommen- • Experience using technology Positions: 3–5 positions dation to gnebiostatsummerintern@ to work with data sets such as Type of Student: MS or PhD in gene.com scripting, Python, statistical soft- biostatistics ware packages (R, S-Plus, SAS, Deadline: March 30, 2018 or similar) GlaxoSmithKline To apply, visit https://goo.gl/ Primary Responsibilities Collegeville, Pennsylvania iupEsR. • Perform descriptive and inferen- Positions: 2 tial statistical analysis Type of Student: MS or PhD • Summarize results using tables Deadline: November 30 for January Institute for Defense and graphs for presentation hiring; May 31 for June hiring Analyses (IDA) to biomedical investigators or Alexandria, Virginia manuscript preparation The co-op student will work under the supervision of statisti- Positions: 5 • Edit and finalize research data- cians and have the opportunity to Type of Student: Graduate and PhD bases for statistical analysis do the following: Deadline: January 6, 2018 Experience, Competencies, and • Advise on design, sample size, IDA is seeking applicants with Education and other aspects of statistical statistical expertise for summer asso- • Currently enrolled master’s/ relevance in the planning of ciate positions. Positions are avail- PhD student in statistics or bio- studies statistics able with a variety of foci. • Provide statistical analysis, Applicants are required to sub- • Excellent analytical/problem- reporting, and interpretation of solving skills mit a résumé and transcripts. Those results of studies selected will be subject to a security • Attention to detail • Provide statistical computing investigation and must meet eli- • Ability to manage priorities programs for use either within gibility requirements for access to effectively statistical sciences or by other classified information. US citizen- • Familiarity with SAS or R R&D staff ship is required. Submit your résumé and apply This position is full time for Apply at https://goo.gl/NBV9Gm directly through website at https:// five to six months. The position Contact: Lamarr Colvin Jr., secure.emmes.com/emmesweb. from January–June is posted in [email protected] early October and the position from June–December is posted in late March.

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Janssen R&D, a Division of For undergraduate students proven statistical/mathematical Johnson & Johnson (or those with an undergraduate and analytical skills as acquired Spring House, Pennsylvania; Titusville, degree), any degree program is through the pursuit of a master’s New Jersey; Raritan, New Jersey acceptable, but applicants should or PhD degree and a record of Positions: 10 have strong mathematical and ana- academic achievement, includ- Type of Student: PhD candidate lytical skills and at least one course ing a minimum 3.5 cumulative in computer programming. GPA. Solid oral/written com- Deadline: February 15, 2018 For graduate students (or those munication skills and the ability Qualifications holding a graduate degree), the to work in both a team environ- • Candidates must be enrolled in degree program should be statis- ment and independently are an accredited college (not neces- tics, biostatistics, or a similar quan- desired. Proficiency in SAS, R, sarily taking classes) and pursu- titative field. or Python preferred. ing a PhD in biostatistics, statis- Apply at https://goo.gl/tWxohp. To apply, visit https://goo. tics, or a related discipline Requests for interviews will be sent gl/8YN1EW. A housing subsidy is MORE ONLINE • Student must be available for by March 15. available for eligible candidates. Find full descriptions for these internships 10–12 weeks from May through on STATtr@k at http:// August and have the ability to JPMorgan Chase & Co. – Chase The Lubrizol Corporation stattrak.amstat.org. work full time Finance Modeling Wickliffe, Ohio • A minimum 3.0 GPA Columbus, Ohio Positions: Multiple • Students must be able to pro- Positions: 5 Type of Student: All levels vide their own transportation Type of Student: PhD Deadline: February 2, 2018 to/from their work location Deadline: March 1, 2018 Apply for data scientist intern https://jobs.jnj.com/jobs Visit for positions at www.lubrizol.jobs. a full description and to apply. Use The intern in this position will focus on building models to Contact: Allison Rajakumar, the search term “SDS” without [email protected] the quotes. answer questions and create fore- casts for groups across finance. Past internship projects have included Mayo Clinic the following: Jefferson University Rochester, Minnesota Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Building a model to forecast Positions: 10–12 Positions: 3 debit card activity Type of Student: Undergraduate, Type of Student: Undergraduate, • Forecasting account closure graduate, PhD graduate rates for business banking cus- Deadline: January 15, 2018 Deadline: February 15, 2018 tomers The Mayo Clinic has sum- Interns will: • Identifying which branches have the highest risk of bank robbery mer internship opportunities for • Apply statistical thinking to undergraduate students who have research in the biomedical sci- • Predicting the fraction of certifi- completed their junior year and ences cates of deposits that will close graduate students at all levels. • Analyze and interpret real-world early Internships of 6–9 months may biomedical data Contact: Rebecca Sela, also be offered. • Develop statistical program- [email protected] To apply, submit an unofficial ming skills in SAS, R, and other transcript, résumé, and cover let- languages Liberty Mutual Insurance ter at https://goo.gl/Y7HMZ7. For • Practice communication of Boston, Massachusetts; Seattle, Washington information, visit https://goo.gl/ MZFNqT. statistical methods and results Positions: 18–20 through written and oral pre- Contact: Bud Harris, Harris. Type of Student: Master’s or PhD [email protected] sentations candidates in mathematics, statistics, • Receive guidance and economics, operations research, or mentoring regarding future a related field. For PhD candidates, completion of doctoral prequalifying Mental Health in the Country studies and career trajectory exams is preferred. of Ukraine The internship will run for Deadline: N/A Kiev, Ukraine (2 weeks); Sioux Center, 8–10 weeks from June to August. Iowa (8 weeks) Interns will be paid a small stipend. In this 10–12 week internship, Positions: 9 Applicants may be current stu- you will solve real business prob- Type of Student: Undergraduate dents or recent graduates. lems. Candidates will demonstrate Deadline: January 31, 2018

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Visit the Ukraine REU website mostly on the nexus among ran- at www.dordt.edu/events/ukraine- domization methods, allocation The National Center for Health reu to apply. concealment, and selection bias. Statistics (NCHS) Participants will receive a Familiarize yourself with this area Hyattsville, Maryland $5,000 stipend for the 10-week of research before making contact. Positions: Multiple program, which runs from May Contact: Vance Berger, Type of Student: High-school, college, 24 to July 27, 2018. The first ~two [email protected] master’s, or PhD student, US citizens or weeks of the program will be spent noncitizens with permanent residency in Ukraine. The remaining eight Deadline: Three months before start weeks of the program will be spent The National Center for Health date in Sioux Center, Iowa. Statistics / Division of the Gain educational and research Some projects are for students National Health and Nutrition experience at the nation’s principal with more statistical background Examination Surveys health statistics agency. Visit www. and others for students with less, Hyattsville, Maryland cdc.gov/nchs/about/employ.htm. Contact: NCHS Recruitment, so all levels of students are encour- Positions: 2 MORE ONLINE [email protected] aged to apply. Applicants must be Type of Student: Master’s or PhD Find full descriptions US citizens. student in biostatistics or mathematical for these internships Contact: Cindy Nederhoff, statistics, U.S. citizens or noncitizens National Science Foundation’s on STATtr@k at http:// [email protected] with permanent residency stattrak.amstat.org. Deadline: Three months before start Mathematical Sciences Internship Merck Research Laboratories date Gain educational and research Location: Varies – National laboratories Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania; Rahway, nationwide experience by applying for one of New Jersey; Kenilworth, New Jersey Positions: 40 Positions: Approximately 10 our two unpaid internships. The intern will engage with Type of Student: PhD students Type of Student: Graduate statisticians and survey method- Deadline: February 1, 2018 Deadline: Rolling deadline ologists on work of substantial This is a 10-week program for Required importance. (www.cdc.gov/nchs/ graduate students pursuing a doc- • Must have completed at least nhanes/index.htm) Knowledge and toral degree in mathematics, statis- two semesters of graduate work experience in statistical software tics, or applied mathematics. toward an MS or PhD in statis- packages such as Stata, SAS, or R Applicants must be enrolled as tics or biostatistics by May 30, will be necessary. a graduate student at an accredited 2018 Contact: Tala Fakhouri, US college or university and have a • Must be available for 9–12 [email protected] cumulative GPA of 3.30. Selected weeks, beginning June 2018 participants will receive a stipend • Must be returning to school in of $1,200 per week and autho- fall 2018 The National Center for Health rized travel allowance. Visit https:// orise.orau.gov/nsf-msgi. Eligible • Must have effective oral and Statistics (NCHS) candidates can submit applica- written communication skills Hyattsville, Maryland Positions: Multiple tions at www.zintellect.com/Posting/ • Must have a good working Details/3602. knowledge of SAS, S-Plus, and/ Type of Student: Master’s or PhD student; US citizens or noncitizens with or R permanent residency Visit www.merck.com/careers Deadline: Three months before start Novartis East Hanover, New Jersey; Cambridge, to create a profile and submit date your résumé. Résumés will not be Massachusetts; Fort Worth, Texas; Visit www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/ Princeton, New Jersey accepted via email. employ.htm. We are looking for fel- Positions: Multiple lows in the field of epidemiology, Type of Student: Graduate, PhD health science, statistics, and/or National Cancer Institute Deadline: January 31, 2018 Rockville, Maryland social science. Positions: 2 Contact: NCHS Recruitment, Internship positions available Type of Student: Flexible [email protected] for approximately 12 weeks (May Deadline: Three months before you to August; dates flexible). want to start Candidates must be enrolled in See https://goo.gl/mTDjzL. a graduate-level program working This is an unpaid intern- toward a PhD in biostatistics, sta- ship. Recently, we have focused tistics, or a related discipline and

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have completed at least 1.5 years QST Consultations, LTD • Experience with R (second- of course work. Candidates must Allendale, Michigan ary preference for MATLAB/ have excellent oral and written Positions: 2 Python) communication skills and strong Type of Student: Master’s or PhD in • Experience with Linux systems problem-solving skills. Working statistics, or related field and bash command line and knowledge of SAS is preferred, Deadline: January 15, 2018 basic knowledge of networking and some projects require a back- The internship is a 12-week • Experience with ETL applica- ground in R. tions Send CV and cover letter to program starting May 21, 2018. • Major in computer science, biostatistics.summerinternships@ Ideal candidates are those who: electrical engineering, or a relat- novartis.com • Are pursuing a master’s degree or PhD in statistics, or related ed field field Part time: ~20 hours per week. Pfizer Inc. • Have basic competency with Duration: 10+ weeks La Jolla, California; Groton, Connecticut; SAS Send a cover letter and Collegeville, Pennsylvania; Cambridge, • Have experience with Excel and résumé to Christian Rivero, Massachusetts; New York, New York; [email protected] Andover, Massachusetts; Pearl River, New Microsoft Office York • Have basic to advanced under- Engineering Software Intern Positions: 15 standing of applied statistics • Experience with R Type of Student: Graduate student in • Are interested in learning about • Knowledge of modeling, simu- statistics, or related field clinical trials and the analysis lation, or data science Deadline: February 23, 2018 and organization of the data MORE ONLINE • Major in computer science, Find full descriptions The internship will consist of • Can commit to 40 hours engineering, statistics, applied for these internships up to 480 hours of work com- per week for the summer in math, or a related field on STATtr@k at http:// mencing as early as April and Allendale, MI Part-time: 20 hours per week stattrak.amstat.org. ending as late as December. The Send your résumé/CV and/ Duration: 10+ weeks intern’s project will be biophar- or cover letter to Katie Everett at Send a cover letter and résumé maceutically oriented, with one- [email protected]. to Karl Critz, [email protected] on-one supervision. To apply, send application by email to Xun Lin [email protected]. REsurety, Inc. Sanofi US Inc. Boston, Massachusetts Bridgewater, New Jersey Positions: 3 Precision Bioassay, Inc. Positions: Multiple Type of Student: Undergrad/graduate Type of Student: PhD candidates in Burlington, Vermont Deadline: Until filled statistics or biostatistics Positions: 1–2 Wind Data Intern, Commercial Deadline: February 5, 2018 Type of Student: 2nd year or later PhD Operations Candidates must have com- Deadline: April 15, 2017 • A passion for driving down the pleted at least two years of graduate The job requires experience cost of energy from renewable course work and be working on a with R, mixed models, linear and sources dissertation toward a PhD in statis- nonlinear models, and at least • Major in atmospheric science, tics or biostatistics. one year of theory and one year meteorology, power systems Email résumé and unofficial of methods in statistics or a closely engineering, or a related field graduate transcript to Myrna related field. • Self-motivated and detail orient- Roberts, Myrna.Roberts@sanofi. Visit www.precisionbioassay.com. com Applications should include ed, capable of executing com- a cover letter, résumé, and brief plex analyses with little oversight description of at least one consult- Full time during summer SAS Institute Inc. ing projects. Applications without months, part time during school Cary, North Carolina a description of consulting proj- year. Duration: 10+ weeks. Send Positions: 2 ects will not be considered. Salary a cover letter and résumé to Adam Type of Student: PhD students is competitive. There is a travel Reeve, [email protected] studying in the US who have completed allowance. Data Engineer Intern at least two years of graduate work by Contact: David Lansky, • 1+ years of experience directly the end of the spring semester 2018 [email protected] related to the key responsibili- Deadline: January 31, 2018 ties above

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We are interested in candidates University of Iowa Travelers with research experience in com- www.public-health.uiowa.edu/isib Hartford, Connecticut; St. Paul, putational aspects of one of the University of Colorado-Denver Minnesota following areas: Bayesian model- www.ucdenver.edu/biostatistics/ Positions: 25 ing; causal inference methods; cosibs Type of Student: MS, PhD HAVE AN complex survey methods; joint University of Minnesota Deadline: February 2018 INTERNSHIP? modeling; latent variable models; If your organization www.sph.umn.edu/academics/ This 10–12-week pro- missing data methods; nonlinear would like to include institutes/sibs gram allows students to acquire mixed models; sparse methods an internship Emory University advanced analytical experience. opportunity on our for high-dimensional modeling; http://sph.emory.edu/departments/ Primary responsibilities include: website, complete structural equations modeling; bios/sibs/index.html the form online at or survival analysis. • Working in a collaborative environment, providing recom- www.amstat.org/ASA/ The program provides a sal- Education/Internships- ary and stipend for a 12-week Social and Decision Analytics mendations to management on and-Fellowships.aspx. internship at SAS headquarters in projects that deal with advanced Interested students will Laboratory, Biocomplexity send a letter of inquiry North Carolina, during the sum- analytical concepts Institute of Virginia Tech • Designing and building statisti- and résumé directly to mer of 2018. the contact and location Apply sas.com/summer National Capital Region cal models at the right level of you list. fellowships. Arlington, Virginia complexity to produce relevant Positions: 4+ results for the business You must also ensure that Type of Student: Graduate, PhD • Identifying, integrating, and two faculty members from your Deadline: January 31, 2018 graduate program send a letter structuring complex data flows Details about the DSPG proof recommendation via PDF to • Identifying new opportunities gram and application information [email protected] by January for analytic solutions can be found at www.bi.vt.edu/ 31, 2018. • Validating, manipulating, and Contact: [email protected] sdal/projects/data-science-for-the- public-good-program. performing data analysis tasks The online application will • Providing qualitative and quan- Summer Institute in request a résumé, transcript, cover titative data support to ensure Biostatistics (SIBS) letter stating why this internship is accuracy of metrics Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; of interest to you, and two refer- Contact: www.travelers.com/ Denver, Colorado; Iowa City, Iowa; ence letters. careers - Job Posting Number Minneapolis, Minnesota; Raleigh/ 12695BR; Kathy Ziff, kziff@ Durham, North Carolina travelers.com Positions: Up to 25 at each site Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Type of Student: Undergraduates Cambridge, Massachusetts majoring in mathematics, statistics, Positions: Multiple Undergraduate Research biology, or other science who have Type of Student: PhD Program in Statistical Genetics interest in quantitative methods. Those Deadline: Open until all positions filled Sioux Center, Iowa who already have a baccalaureate Positions: Candidates must be enrolled in 5–6 degree are eligible to apply, but priority Type of Student: Undergraduate will be given to undergraduates at the a PhD statistics program (which Deadline: January 31, 2018 time of application. US citizenship or includes biostatistics, bioinformat- permanent resident status required. ics, and mathematics programs Applicants will work with a Deadline: Early March 2018 with an emphasis on statistics). team of other students on prob- The program will be offered at Candidate PhD students must lems in statistical genetics leading six sites in the summer of 2018. have passed qualification exams. to publication in journals and pre- Applications should be made to Interns will give a presentation sentations at conferences. each program site separately: at the end of the program. Visit the website at www.dordt. edu/statgen for information. NHLBI Contact: Intern Coordinator, [email protected] Participants will receive a www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/ $4,000 stipend for the ~eight-week training/redbook/sibsweb.htm program, which runs from June 6 Boston University to July 27, 2018. Free apartment- http://sph.bu.edu/sibs style housing and funds for travel NC State University - Duke to/from Iowa, will be provided. University Applicants must be US citizens. www.stat.ncsu.edu/sibs Contact: Nathan Tintle, [email protected]

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University of Arkansas US Census Bureau, Data the program. To be eligible for Medical Sciences/ Science Fellows for conversion, interns must do Arkansas Children’s Research Suitland, Maryland the following: Positions: Multiple • Complete at least 640 hours Institute—Dept. of Pediatrics Type of Student: Recent graduates of work experience acquired Little Rock, Arkansas and current students with experience through the internship program Positions: 1–2 doing predictive modeling or machine • Complete their degree or certifi- Type of Student: Graduate learning using large, unstructured, and “dirty” data sets cate requirements Deadline: January 30, 2018 Deadline: Quarterly rolling deadlines • Meet the qualification standards Candidates must be enrolled (November, February, May, August) for the position to which the in a graduate program at an Fellows may be eligible intern will be converted accredited institution leading to for two-year positions, which • Meet agency-specific require- a master’s or PhD in statistics or may be extended to four years. ments as specified in the partici- biostatistics. Candidates must Fellows are not eligible for non- pant’s agreement have had a minimum of two full competitive conversion. • Have a performance rating that semesters of graduate-level statis- Contact: www.census.gov/ is “fully successful” tics courses or equivalent prior to MORE ONLINE about/census-careers/opportunities/ Contact: Pathways Program starting their summer internship Find full descriptions programs/student.html Coordinator, jennifer.a.avant@ and must be returning to school for these internships census.gov on STATtr@k at http:// in fall 2018. Candidates must have stattrak.amstat.org. a strong statistical/methodologi- University of Pennsylvania cal background, strong analytical Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USDA/Economic Research skills, the ability to work under Positions: 1 Service minimum supervision, ability to Type of Student: Graduate or Washington, DC work in a team, and excellent com- Undergraduate Positions: 20–25 (summer internship munication skills. Experience with Deadline: May 1, 2018 only; not to exceed September 30, SAS/R/STATA is highly preferred. The intern will work under the 2018) To apply, complete the survey close guidance of an experienced Type of Student: Economics - at https://base.uams.edu/redcap/ statistician. Candidates should be undergraduate, master’s, and PhD surveys/?s=RC3HJTTRHL. candidate; Information Specialist - available to meet at least once per undergraduate and master’s week. Self-motivated and disci- Deadline: February 2018 University of Pennsylvania plined candidates are required for Multiple grade levels for econom- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this position. ics: These positions require indi- Positions: This opportunity may turn into Multiple viduals with a foundation in Type of Student: Undergraduate a paid and/or permanent position. Contact: Jesse L. Chittams, economic theory and quantita- Deadline: February 1, 2018 [email protected] tive skills. The Summer Undergraduate Multiple grade levels for infor- Internship Program (SUIP) and mation specialist: The student will Summer Undergraduate Minority US Census Bureau, Pathways focus on installing and configuring Research (SUMR) program are Internship the agency’s operating system, soft- accepting applications for under- Suitland, Maryland ware installation and updates. graduate students to participate in Positions: Multiple These positions are for the summer research. Type of Student: Current students summer only. The student can SUIP is a 10-week program in an accredited high school; college start working in May and work from early June to mid-August. (including four-year colleges/ until September 30, 2018. Jobs are universities, community colleges, and announced via USAJobs.gov only. Applicants may apply at www. junior colleges); professional, technical, med.upenn.edu/suip. Application vocational, and trade schools; advanced Résumés and transcripts will not deadline is February 1, 2018. degree programs; or other qualifying be accepted at the agency. n The SUMR program will educational institution pursuing a run for 12 weeks from May 29 qualifying degree or certificate through August 17. The applica- Deadline: February 2018 tion deadline is February 1, 2018. Interns may be converted to a Application details may found permanent position within 120 at https://ldi.upenn.edu/sumr/ days of successful completion of application.

26 amstat news december 2017 education Educational Ambassadors from Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam Sought

he ASA Committee on recorded webinars related to the International Relations in CE course material.) Statistics is seeking qualified • Submit a report by December Tnationals from Pakistan, Thailand, 2019 to the ASA through the and/or Vietnam to serve as 2018 Committee on International Educational Ambassadors (www. Relations in Statistics and the amstat.org/ASA/Education/ ambassador’s home institution Educational-Ambassador.aspx). New describing how the transfer of in 2018, the ASA will select two knowledge was accomplished educational ambassadors to receive and how the ambassadors invit- funding to attend the Joint Statistical ed statisticians from their coun- Meetings and take one or more con- try to work with them on the tinuing education (CE) courses in subject matter of their course. an emerging area of research. The ambassadors will then return to The ASA will arrange and pay teach the subject matter in their for the selected ambassadors’ air- home country and/or region. fare, hotel, meeting registration, The nomination deadline is and CE course registration. The December 31. ASA also will reimburse the visa Selected ambassadors will be application fee and provide a expected to complete the following by $500 stipend. December 2019: Candidates for the ambas- • Attend the 2018 Joint Statistical sadorship must hold a PhD or Meetings in Vancouver, BC, equivalent degree in statistics or a Canada, to take CE courses in an related field and be employed at emerging area of statistics research the level of assistant or associate (view CE courses offered in professor at a recognized univer- 2017 at ww2.amstat.org/meetings/ sity or research organization pro- jsm/2017/ce.cfm). moting the teaching and applica- • Return to their home country tion of statistics. and, within the next year, teach a Interested candidates should one-semester master’s-level class send the following to committee with no fewer than 10 students chair Geert Molenberghs at geert. on the subject matter of the CE [email protected]: course and write lecture notes in • A curriculum vitae the language locally deemed most • A proposal (at most two pages) appropriate. Ambassadors will describing how the ambassa- need to repeat the class the fol- dorship will help disseminate lowing semester. (The committee knowledge of statistics in your understands there can be practical country and how the ASA’s and organizational considerations expectation set forth above will that make it difficult to meet this be implemented upon your requirement. Should these arise, return home the committee is prepared to work with the ambassadors to devise an • A letter from the head of your alternative plan. The ASA will also academic unit (e.g., department investigate the possibility of pro- chair, director, or dean) indicat- viding further assistance through ing institutional support for your dissemination plan n

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JSM 2018: Contribute to the Program Christian Léger, JSM 2018 Program Chair

to medicine, government, sports, and other areas. It will also feature a number of sessions about important policy issues relevant to our profession. The process leading to the selection of the 181 invited sessions was competitive, with many good sessions having to be left out (fewer than half the proposals could be accepted). But there are still many ways in which you can get on the JSM 2018 program. Speed Sessions A speed presentation is a four-minute oral presentation advertising an electronic poster (e-poster) that will be presented in a later session. A speed BE PART session consists of 20 oral presentations with a five- OF minute break after the first set of 10 talks. THE The idea is that the oral presentation hits the main point of the work to pique interest, and then PRJSMOGRAM the e-poster—lasting 45 minutes—provides an ABSTRACT SUBMISSION opportunity to present details customized to the IS NOW OPEN! interests and backgrounds of the viewers. The best speed session presentations do not try to squeeze too much information into the four- minute oral presentation, but just enough to give #LeadWithStatistics the big picture and attract viewers to the e-posters. ww2.amstat.org/jsm Speakers are invited to use their creativity to get their message across by using the greater flexibility offered by the electronic nature of the presentation, n 2018, one of the largest statistical events in such as video files and software demonstrations. In the world will take place in Canada. The 2018 fact, it is not a good idea to prepare a “regular” Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) will be held in poster, given that the e-poster is shown on a screen, Vancouver,I British Columbia, from July 28 to rather than a large poster board. It also frees you August 2. The theme for the meeting is from the hassle and cost associated with printing “#LeadWithStatistics,” promoting the idea that or transporting a poster. using statistics in the right way will improve any When you submit your contributed abstract, leaders’ chances of success, including the new gen- simply select “Speed” as the sub-type. eration of statisticians and data scientists who will become the future leaders of our field. Poster Sessions Thanks to your efforts and those of the JSM In many fields, the main way to present research 2018 Program Committee, the invited program is through a poster. Statisticians should consider is almost complete. The 181 invited sessions will presenting a poster at JSM. It allows face-to-face cover a wide spectrum of applied and theoretical extended discussion with individuals or small topics to address spatiotemporal, multi-omics, and groups interested in the topic, providing research- various other types of complex data via Bayesian, ers with more direct feedback than is typically nonparametric, machine learning, or many other possible with a contributed paper talk. I strongly types of statistical methodology with applications encourage you to consider this format.

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Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of the largest statistical events in the world!

The JSM 2018 program committee is accepting abstracts based on the theme #LeadWithStatistics through February 1, 2018 (11:59 p.m. EST). ww2.amstat.org/jsm

Yang Ni of The University of Texas at Austin presents his poster to a JSM 2017 attendee in Baltimore, Maryland.

Contributed Sessions minutes of presentation time, instead of 15 min- Contributed paper sessions consist of seven papers utes. Organizers must select a theme, invite five with 15 minutes of presentation time for each, speakers, and ensure speakers’ commitments prior including the introduction of the speaker and to the submission deadline of January 11, 2018. questions. Although this is still the preferred way to present research for many JSM participants (near- Abstract Submission ly half of JSM sessions are contributed sessions), The online abstract submission system will close the short duration of the talks, relative difficulty February 1, 2018. This deadline is firm, so please interacting with the audience, and large number submit your title and abstract ahead of time. To of parallel sessions should lead many researchers ensure a well-organized program, speakers must to consider trying a speed session or poster session. register for JSM when they submit their abstracts. Whether you submit an abstract for a speed ses- Topic-Contributed Sessions sion, poster session, or contributed session, you For the previous modes of presentation, a par- have to provide the choice of the ASA section or ticipant simply submits a title and abstract by the JSM partner society most closely associated with deadline (see below) and several presentations are the topic of your paper (topic-contributed sessions put together into cohesive sessions by the JSM will have been selected by a section or society). The 2018 Program Committee. But if you can put system will be reopened for abstract editing from together five speakers on a common theme— March 29 to April 18, 2018. either five papers or four papers with one discus- sant—then you can submit a proposal for a topic- Session Chairs contributed session. All JSM sessions require a chair to ensure speak- Topic-contributed sessions are allocated on ers are well informed about the session in advance, a competitive basis, however, and each ASA sec- introduce speakers, and manage time for each tion, committee, interest group, or partner society speaker. Chairing a session is a great way to get (ENAR, WNAR, IMS, SSC, ICSA, IISA, KISS, involved with JSM and network with other profes- ISBA, RSS, or ISI) has a limited number of them. sionals in your field. I especially encourage people So, before submitting a proposal to a section or who are new to the profession to consider chairing society, organizers are invited to get in touch with sessions by volunteering to the program committee their JSM 2018 Program Committee members to members of their section or society (see ww2.amstat. let them know of their interest. org/meetings/jsm/2018/programcommittee.cfm). Because of the selection process, topic-contributed Finally, I hope you will participate in JSM 2018 sessions are often more cohesive than regular con- at the beautiful Vancouver Convention Centre. Its tributed paper sessions and feature high-quality success depends on your involvement. I am glad to papers. The advantage is that each speaker has 20 receive any feedback at [email protected]. n

december 2017 amstat news 29 What I Learned at the Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference Donna LaLonde, ASA Director of Strategic Initiatives and Outreach

“The Women in Statistics and Data Science At the celebration banquet, Again this year, the more than Donna Brogan described her life of 400 conference participants had (WSDS) Conference is a great venue for young, learning and encouraged us to do the opportunity to attend tech- female statisticians like myself to build and the same. And as the conference’s nical and professional develop- closing plenary, Bonnie Ray’s talk, ment presentations, panel pre- strengthen connections.” ~ Comment from a “Questions I Should Have Asked,” sentations, and speed sessions. graduate student who attended WSDS provided excellent advice for mak- Presentations included “Statistics ing career choices. in the Courts” by Alicia Laura From the different paths pur- Carriquiry, “Visualization of young colleague who was sued by these talented women, I Large-Scale Simulations for not able to attend the learned that a productive career is a Scientific Discovery” by Joanne Women in Statistics and mix of successes, challenges, compro- R. Wendelberger, “Move Out DataA Science conference (WSDS) mises, and definitely a willingness to of the Comfort Zone and asked me about it, which made take risks. TextM for Crowdsourcing” by me reflect on my experiences. In Members of the conference’s Jiayang Sun, and “Navigating this recap, I want to share what I executive committee worked tire- Minefields to Claim the Right learned. Of course, I want to lessly to plan the conference pro- to Exercise Creative Thinking” know what you learned, so please gram and coordinate the travel by Nancy Flournoy. send your comments to me or awards. Throughout the confer- A range of issues were also add comments online. ence, these women continued to explored during invigorating The keynote address was given Donna LaLonde focus on ensuring a positive confer- panels, including “Call Her by Donna Jean Brogan, and the ence experience for all participants. Madam President: A Discussion plenary talks were presented by I learned that my talented colleagues with Women Leaders in the Susmita Data, Jeri Mulrow, and are exceptional multi-taskers, gener- Statistics Community,” moderat- Photos by ASA Bonnie Ray. Susmita Datta pre- ous with their time and energy, and ed by Kim Sellers with panelists Graphic Designers sented the opening plenary and, committed to celebrating women in Scarlett Bellamy, Anne Lindblad, Sara Davidson and through sharing her story, high- Meg Ruyle statistics and data science. and Nalini Ravishanker, and lighted the themes of the con- “I’m always more excited than “‘Too Young’ to Lead … but ference—knowledge, influence, nervous to give talks because Stepping Up Anyway: Shifting and community. I’m so interested in how well the Leadership Pendulum in During her talk, Jeri Mulrow the material I prepare will be (Bio)Statistics and Data Science,” showed a slide indicating her received.” This comment was moderated by Emma Benn with career path had been nonlinear, shared with me from one of the panelists Leslie Ain McClure, which generated laughter and 2017 Travel Award recipients. Merlise A. Clyde, Dionne L. applause. She went on to encour- I suspect it captures the feelings Price, and Elizabeth A. Stuart. age the audience to “know where of all the presenters, regardless of The complete program is avail- you fit.” their career stage. able at https://goo.gl/Z8Sa9A.

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Jeri Mulrow of the Bureau of Justice Dalene Stangl gives her concurrent Throughout the confer- Statistics answers questions after session talk, “Power Dynamics in the ence, we asked attendees her talk: “Statistical Leadership in the Classroom: The Influence of Gender to describe in a word or and Consequences for Promotion.” Federal Govenment” two—or 12—what WSDS means to them. Visit the ASA’s Facebook page at https://goo.gl/gMvK4j to view all the photos. Take a look, and please tag yourself!

Priya Kohi, and Yun You completed a preliminary analysis of trafficking trends by country and prosecutions by year. Building on their backgrounds Brava! in econometrics, Jessica Dutra We have video (this and Fulya Ozcan completed a conference was our pilot for livestreaming talks) preliminary analysis of human to celebrate WSDS 2017. trafficking as repugnant markets. Visit the ASA’s Hackathon participants The team from NC State har- (@AmstatNews) web nessed Twitter data to inform page on Periscope to anti-trafficking policy. Team view the talks: www. In addition to the formal Samantha Katherine Allen, Iris pscp.tv/AmstatNews/ WSDS 2016, with members 1ZkKzdPOXRvJv. program, participants had the Chiu contributing many hours Bennett, Jocelyn Cui, Lili Wu, option of participating in a to its development. Of course, and Joyce Yu developed a web- pre-conference short course. the sponsorship from Microsoft, site (www4.ncsu.edu/~jtchi/ This year, the courses were including T-shirts, was great. The wsds2017) as part of their project. Calibrating Your ‘GPS’ (Growth teams presented their work dur- Aziza Salako, competing in in Professionalism - Strategies), ing the closing session, and the her first hackathon, presented her taught by Rochelle Tractenberg, audience affirmed that the proj- project investigating the potential and Writing R Functions for ects were amazing. connection between child home- Fun and Profit, taught by Jenny Lucy D’Agostino McGowan, lessness and trafficking. Bryan. From all the amazing pre- Mine Dogucu, and Jacquelyn Everyone agreed all the entries sentations and the informal conver- Neal scraped the web to pres- were “winning,” so each team will sations, I learned a lot! ent a preliminary analysis of the designate an organization and a The first WSDS hackathon for California legislature’s efforts donation will be made in its service focused on the problem of related to human trafficking. name. I learned first attempts can human trafficking. Planning for The team of Nada Abdalla, exceed expectations and set a high the hackathon began shortly after Jingchen Hu, Yongmei Huang, bar for future events. n

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Asian Initiative Workshop Concludes with Sage Advice Amarjot Kaur, David Morganstein, Cyrus Mehta, Tony Cai, Donsig Jang, Barry Nussbaum, and Donna LaLonde

“Coming together is a beginning; from NORC at the University career stages of the Asian statisti- of Chicago and KISS president- cian. Kaur weighed in on commu- keeping together is progress; working elect. The discussion was moder- nication and leadership skills and together is success.” ated by Amarjot Kaur from Merck shared anecdotes from her journey. — Henry Ford Research Labs and past-president Typically, the early struggle for of IISA. Nussbaum made the Asian statisticians includes lan- opening remarks and provided guage and cultural barriers, along motivation behind the initiative. with the general fight for survival. uring the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings Topics Considered Sage Advice (JSM) in Baltimore, the The statistical leaders’ diverse Volunteer Your Time DAmerican Statistical Association, backgrounds affected their • Join committees of statistical International Indian Statistical own professional experiences, societies. Association (IISA), International challenges, and ability to over- • Organize sessions at confer- Chinese Statistical Association come cultural barriers. They ences. (ICSA), and Korean International discussed unique challenges • Show up at other peoples’ Statistical Society (KISS) orga- they encountered due to differ- presentations. nized a workshop on career devel- ent cultural backgrounds and • If chairing sessions, prepare opment and leadership skills. The communication skills and the questions in advance. workshop was organized by the approaches they took to over- • Look for apprenticeships and taskforce created under ASA come them, professional ben- internships. President Barry Nussbaum’s ini- efits of working with statisti- tiative to identify ways the soci- cians with diverse backgrounds, Find a Mentor and Network eties could collaborate to identify and the important skill set of • Get involved in professional and address distinctive needs and Asian statisticians and potential societies. concerns of Asian statisticians areas of improvement. • Find a local mentor. Receiving and to help enhance their profes- Morganstein provided his per- mentoring and reinforcement sional growth. spective as a native speaker during from senior members of the The workshop was success- both his interactions with family profession helps. ful in providing an opportunity members from Asia and colleagues Learn to Communicate to interact with and learn from at Westat. He emphasized com- • Talk in English at professional the leaders who are passionate munication skills and networking meetings, especially when other about the development of Asian and shared solutions to overcome colleagues do not speak your statisticians. The keen interest barriers, such as joining in ASA native language. of the audience of more than 30 and other society activities. Cai • Socialize with locals was exemplified with their active focused on new researchers in aca- —Don’t hang out solely with participation, leaving no time for demia and gave practical advice for colleagues from ‘back home.’ the prepared questions. And that research and journal publications • When English is not the was great! based on his experience as past mother tongue, focus on the The distinguished panelists, editor of the Annals of Statistics. following: representing all four societies, Mehta emphasized presentation —Accent reduction, while included David Morganstein and leadership skills that are fun- acknowledging that good from Westat and former ASA damental to entrepreneurship. He communication is not merely president, Cyrus Mehta from brought in the perspective of Cytel accent reduction Cytel and former IISA president, employees. Jang emphasized col- —Writing style; join writing Tony Cai from the University of laborative skills and that clients workshops Pennsylvania and current ICSA define the true value of statisti- —Logical presentation president, and Donsig Jang cians. He also described various • Give talks 32 amstat news december 2017 meetings

—Seek feedback. All these activities can help build —Practice and do dry runs. confidence, develop social • Write papers and presentation skills, and • Learn to be influential increase the chances of find- —Speak up at meetings. ing the right path toward your —Know when to intervene. professional goals. —Overcome a sense of inferiority. Looking Forward —Realize that technical prow- Statistical societies such as the ess alone is not sufficient. ASA provide encouragement to young statisticians by offer- Partner with Colleagues and ing opportunities to network Collaborate and enhance statistical skills • Partner with colleagues whose when attending conferences, knowledge and skills comple- workshops, and other statisti- ment your own. cal activities. Determining the • Be a team player. specific needs of statisticians This workshop was • Be willing to let go of control. with an Asian background is an organized by the important first step to paving Asian Taskforce Publication Pointers the way for further discussion Sub-Team on Workshops to • Do a good job writing your and development of future sta- manuscript. Make sure the Support Professional tistical leaders. Development: submission version is of good The ‘Asian Initiative’ task- Seonjin Kim, Amarjot quality. force led by Morganstein includ- Kaur, Mei-ling • Pay attention to the referees’ ed two members each from the Ting Lee, David comments and follow up Morganstein, and four societies (ASA, IISA, ICSA, Donna LaLonde. thoughtfully when responding and KISS). They identified sev- to journal comments. eral actions that might enhance • The good effort of authors further growth of Asian statisti- does eventually get noticed. cians. Two broader areas of early action include career develop- Imbibe the Culture and ment and leadership skills train- Socialize ing and increased involvement • Read novels. of Asian statisticians with the • Watch movies and sports. ASA committees. • Go to mixers and parties. This workshop was the Other Professional Tips first step toward career devel- • Have passion for your pro- opment and leadership skills fession. training, and there are plans • Understand the big picture to offer such workshops at and be willing to help out- future ASA-sponsored confer- side of your roles/assign- ences such as the Conference ments for the quality of the on Statistical Practice. The task- end product. force will continue to evaluate • Approach your assignments the effectiveness of the planned as if quality of the end activities. If you have additional product is up to you. ideas for the taskforce to con- • Develop a keen understand- sider, contact Morganstein at ing of your value in the [email protected], appropriate context (wheth- Kaur at amarjot_kaur@merck. er methods or technology). com, or Donna LaLonde at • Mange your time well. [email protected]. n • Develop good judgment • Know what you know and what you don’t. december 2017 amstat news 33 awards & deadlines

2017 SPAIG Award Winners Announced Fanni Natanegara of Eli Lilly and Company, Willis Jensen of WL Gore and Associates, and Ying Ding of the University of Pittsburgh on behalf of the ASA SPAIG Committee

stablished in 2002, the SPAIG Award high- publicly available. In addition, many students have lights outstanding partnerships among aca- been trained in critical methodological areas, and deme, industry, and government organiza- the program has created a robust source of new tal- tions.E It also promotes new partnerships among ent much needed by US statistical agencies.” these organizations. This award is distinct from In support of this nomination, John Thompson, other ASA awards in that it recognizes outstanding director of the US Census Bureau, said, “I believe collaborations between organizations, while recog- the NSF Census Research Network has helped nizing key individual contributors. bridge the gap between statistical practice and After a few years of hiatus, the SPAIG (Statistical theory. It has also shown how important the inte- Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and gration of other disciplines—such as information Government) Committee received a number of science, computer science, and modern geo-spatial high-quality nominations in 2017. Two awards science—are to the work we do.” were selected; both have equally demonstrated out- This collaboration has won the SPAIG Award standing partnership across two or more sectors. due to its broad impact due to many NCRN research activities over the past six years. The SPAIG Award #1: National Science Committee was impressed by the diverse achieve- Foundation-Census Research ments, including the novel method that significant- Network (NCRN) ly improves the accuracy of the tabulations from the NCRN has addressed methodological questions of Economic Census, production of synthetic business interest to the federal statistical system and is train- micro-data sets, and effective training of the next gen- ing future generations to design, conduct, analyze, eration of statisticians. As evidenced by strong letters and report official statistics. Established in 2011 in of support, the NCRN was an innovative collabora- partnership with the National Science Foundation tion that has had comprehensive benefits for students, (NSF), NCRN is a highly effective, innovative researchers, and the broader statistical community. academic-government partnership involving eight Key contributors include the following: academic institutions, their partners from other Robert Groves, Georgetown University universities, and the US Census Bureau. This partnership provides support for a set of research nodes, Myron Gutmann, University of Colorado each of which is staffed by teams of researchers con- Cheryl Eavey, National Science Foundation ducting interdisciplinary research and educational Daniel Weinberg, DHW Consulting activities on methodological questions of interest and significance to the research community and Matthew D. Shapiro on behalf of the University federal statistical system. of Michigan Direct collaborations with the US Census Bruce Spencer on behalf of Northwestern Bureau have resulted in applied solutions to University existing problems. For example, collaborations between the agency, Cornell, and Duke University Lars Vilhuber on behalf of Cornell University researchers have advanced the agency’s ability to Jerome P. Reiter on behalf of Duke University produce synthetic business data, enabling our Scott H. Holan on behalf of the University of public-use access to microdata without compro- Missouri mising confidentiality. In terms of the productivity and impact of Kristin Olson on behalf of the University of NCRN, Sarah Nusser, vice president for research Nebraska - Lincoln and professor of statistics at Iowa State University, William Eddy on behalf of Carnegie Mellon said, “[Productivity] has been impressive, includ- University ing many publications in high-impact journals and David Folch on behalf of the University of statistical software (such as R packages) that are Colorado/University of Tennessee

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Michael Bender accepted the Kay Moore accepted the SPAIG Alyson Wilson accepted the SPAIG Award for the National Award for the National Science SPAIG Award for the Laboratory Science Foundation and US Foundation and US Census for Analytic Sciences and North Census Bureau. Bureau. Carolina University.

Award #2: Laboratory for Analytical Highlighting the international collaboration Sciences (LAS) is D’Arcy Walsh, science adviser of the Canadian Led by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Communications Security Establishment (CSE). North Carolina State University (NCSU), LAS He said, “Through the LAS collaboration model, partners broadly across academia, industry, and there has been a two-way relationship support- Nominations for the 2018 ing the work of graduate students in both Canada SPAIG Award are due March government to apply quantitative methodology and 1, 2018. Visit https://goo. data science to improve national security. and the United States. Through VENUS (Virtual gl/y6NRyt for nomination The LAS, established in 2013 on the NCSU cam- Environment for Networks of Ubiquitous Security), forms and selection criteria. pus, was conceptualized as a ground-breaking initia- the LAS commissioned graduate students in Canada tive for the NSA—the establishment of a research to investigate cyber safety concerns related to the center at a university that would conduct classified convergence of operational technology and infor- and unclassified research on new technologies and mation technology, machine learning, and open- tradecraft that would help intelligence analysts solve source systems engineering initiatives. To comple- future big data intelligence problems. ment planned LAS investments, CSE commissioned What makes the initiative at LAS unique is its graduate students in the United States to investigate ability to do the following: online privacy, cyber training, and anticipatory • Establish academic-industry-intelligence thinking linked to smart cities.” experts on research teams and have them work The breadth and depth of the projects LAS has collaboratively to design and develop big data collaborated on from May 2013 to early 2017 are innovations of interest to the intelligence com- both impressive and impactful. By late 2016, 52 munity (IC) in the US, Canada, and UK over government research, technical, and mission staff a multi-year period members were at LAS to work with 11 industry partners and 42 professors and their students from • Co-locate research, technical, and mission staff 11 universities. from the IC to work together on these teams Different organizations across multiple countries • Integrate science, technology, social science, provided strong support as part of the nomination business, and humanities expertise to create package. The SPAIG Committee was also impressed a truly interdisciplinary research program at by the extensive and diverse nature of LAS, such the lab as the engagement of many kinds of scientists, the massive embedding of NSA personnel with aca- • Do this work in a largely unclassified setting demic and industry researchers, and the widespread Each year, the LAS conducts about 30 projects. appearance of LAS research outputs in statistical Recent projects include an adversarial risk analysis and other journals and professional meetings. Key of the security of a water distribution system; topo- contributors include the following: logical data analysis to discover suspicious patterns Alyson Wilson, North Carolina State University of transportation behavior at public events; and a Michael Bender, Laboratory for Analytic Science combination of sentiment analysis, network modeling, and topic modeling applied to political blogs to Forrest Allen, North Carolina State University study polarization. Kay Moore, Laboratory for Analytic Science David Harris, Department of Defense n

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Deadlines and Contact Information for ASA National Awards, Special Lectureships, and COPSS Awards

Ellis R. Ott Scholarship AWARD DEADLINE NOMINATIONS QUESTIONS COPSS Presidents’ Award January 15, 2018 http://bit.ly/2y9MWPi The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality is COPSS F.N. David Award January 15, 2018 http://bit.ly/2y9MWPi offering $7,500 scholarships to COPSS Snedecor Award January 15, 2018 http://bit.ly/2y9MWPi support students enrolled in or accepted into a master’s degree ASA Karl E. Peace Award for Outstanding Statistical Paul S. Albert February 1, 2018 [email protected] or higher program with a con- Contributions for the [email protected] centration in applied statistics Betterment of Society and/or quality management. ASA W. J. Dixon Award for This includes the theory and Frank Harrell Excellence February 1, 2018 [email protected] [email protected] application of statistical infer- in Statistical Consulting ence, statistical decision-making, ASA Causality in Statistics experimental design, analysis February 15, 2018 [email protected] [email protected] and interpretation of data, sta- Education Award tistical process control, qual- ASA Harry V. Roberts Pandurang Kulkarni ity control, quality assurance, Statistical February 15, 2018 [email protected] kulkarni_andurang_m quality improvement, quality Advocate of the Year Award @lilly.com management, and related fields. ASA Samuel S. Wilks Memo- Steven G. Heeringa February 15, 2018 [email protected] Studies must take place at US rial Medal [email protected] or Canadian institutions; online ASA Waller Distinguished [email protected] Bradley A. Hartlaub February 15, 2018 programs are excluded. Teaching Career Award [email protected] Qualified applicants must ASA Waller Education Bradley A. Hartlaub February 15, 2018 [email protected] have graduated in good aca- Award [email protected] demic standing in any field ASA W. J. Youden Award in Blaza Toman of undergraduate study. February 15, 2018 [email protected] Scholarship awards are based Interlaboratory Testing [email protected] ASA Statistics in Physical on demonstrated ability, aca- Ming Li Ming Li and Engineering February 20, 2018 demic achievement, industrial [email protected] [email protected] and teaching experience, involve- Sciences Award ment in student or professional ASA Gertrude M. Cox Eloise E. Kaizar February 23, 2018 [email protected] organizations, faculty recommen- Scholarship [email protected] dations, and career objectives. Jill (Montaquila) During the last 20 years, ASA Edward C. Bryant DeMetteis March 1, 2018 [email protected] scholarships totaling more than Scholarship JillDematteis@westat. $300,000 have been awarded to com 54 students. Last year’s scholar- ASA Excellence in Alan R. Tupek March 1, 2018 [email protected] ship winners are Ruth Sirkin of Statistical Reporting Award [email protected] North Carolina State University Paul Gallo www.amstat.org/ in the MS category and Claire ASA Fellows March 1, 2018 paul.gallo@novartis. awards Kelling of The Pennsylvania State com University in the PhD category. Barry Nussbaum Application instructions and ASA Mentoring Award March 1, 2018 [email protected] statisticsbarry@gmail. forms can be downloaded from com the statistics division website ASA Outstanding Statistical Jung-Ying Tzeng at http://asq.org/statistics/about/ March 1, 2018 [email protected] Application Award [email protected] awards-statistics.html. Forms for the 2018–2019 academic year Statistical Partnerships among Academe, Kelly Zou will be accepted until April 1. March 1, 2018 [email protected] Industry, and Government [email protected] For more information, contact (SPAIG) Award Lynne B. Hare at lynne.hare@ Barry Nussbaum comcast.net. n ASA Founders Award March 15, 2018 [email protected] [email protected] ASA Biopharmaceutical March 15, 2018 http://bit.ly/2kBDPUg Section Scholarship Award

36 amstat news december 2017 people news

Bani K. Mallick, distinguished professor and Susan M. Students Experience Summer of Arseven Chair of Statistics at Texas A&M, has been selected to receive State-of-the-Art Data Science Research a Fulbright Distinguished Chair for the 2017–2018 year. Fulbright Distinguished Chair Awards are viewed as among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. Only about 40 awards are given globally each year to eminent scholars who have a significant publication and teaching record. Mallick has been recognized with the Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Chair, named to honor his host country India and From left: Ellen Kulinsky, University of California, Berkeley; Sastry Pantula, its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Oregon State University; Aaron Huang, University of Washington; Betsy Nehru. As part of the chair, he will Hensel, University of Virginia; Shelby Taylor, Brigham Young University spend four months later this year Photo by Megan Griffiths conducting research and lecturing at institutes across India on big Oregon State University was chosen by the ASA as one of three REU data cancer research, which he spe- sites this past summer and hosted students from across the country cifically selected. n from June 19 until August 25. The four REU participants were selected Stanford University’s from more than 100 applicants in a highly competitive process. Emmanuel Candès, the To read more about the students and their experience, visit OSU’s Barnum-Simons Chair in website at https://goo.gl/peCxus. Mathematics and Statistics, has been named a MacArthur Fellow. The prestigious recognition is a improvements in many devices five-year grant to individuals who that make use of signal and image Department of Biostatistics and show exceptional creativity in their processing methods. Bioinformatics, served as the work and the prospect for still Read more about Candès and master of ceremonies. Invited more in the future. It is designed the MacArthur award winners at speakers in addition to Waller to provide recipients with flex- https://goo.gl/kw5cVq. n included Rollins School of Public ibility to pursue their own artistic, On October 23, the depart- Health dean, James Curran; for- intellectual, and professional activ- ment of biostatistics and bioinfor- mer department chair E.C. Hall; ities without specific obligations or matics in the Emory University and senior executive associate reporting requirements. Rollins School of Public Health dean for academic affairs Richard One of 24 recipients in presented the 2016 Kutner Levinson. John Neter, profes- the class of 2017, Candès is rec- Distinguished Alumni Award sor emeritus of the University ognized for exploring the limits of to Scott Clark, senior direc- of Georgia, and Fadlo Khuri, signal recovery and matrix com- tor of statistics at Eli Lilly & president of American University, pletion from incomplete data sets Company, and the 2017 Kutner Beirut, Lebanon, sent congratula- with implications for high-impact Distinguished Alumni Award to tory letters. applications in multiple fields. His Brent Blumenstein, founder and Kutner, in his closing remarks, research focuses on reconstructing president of TriARC Consulting. thanked all the speakers and high-resolution images from small The award, given annually to a attendees for their participation. numbers of random measure- former graduate of the depart- He then gave a brief account of ments, as well as recovering the ment, is for distinguished service his most important and influ- missing entries in massive data to the discipline. ential research projects while tables. At the interface of applied The event also honored the at Emory University and when and theoretical mathematics, his 40+-year exemplary Emory career he chaired the department of work is generating new lines of of Kutner, Rollins professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at research in information theory, as biostatistics. Lance Waller, Rollins the Cleveland Clinic Foundation n well as laying the groundwork for professor and chair of the Emory (1994–1999).

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Tennessee Chapter Introduces High-School Students to Statistics

Dale Bowman (left), who led the program, watches Yu Jiang Jun Shi from the West Tennessee Chapter of the ASA speaks to students. speak in front of high-school students during the West Tennessee Chapter Bring a Student to Work Day.

s part of a member initia- St. Jude Children’s Research ask questions and interact with tive award from the ASA, Hospital; Joyce Jiang, vice local statisticians and students members of the West president of WTASA; biostat- as they learned about the various TennesseeA Chapter (WTASA) isticians in the school of pub- branches of statistics, the aver- and graduate students in statis- lic health at the University of age salaries statisticians earn, the tics at the University of Memphis Memphis; and Dale Bowman, skills needed to be a statistician, visited Central High School and chapter representative and and the importance of statisti- White Station High School on assistant professor at the cians in the world today. consecutive Fridays in October University of Memphis, vis- Students are being recruited for to host several sessions designed ited statistics and applied math the second part of the program, to introduce local high-school classes at the two high schools. where they will shadow volunteer students to the many opportuni- Also visiting were WTASA WTASA mentors to see what a ties in the field of statistics. members Fridtjof Thomas from typical statistician’s day looks like. The initiative consists of the UT Health Science Center, Jun These students will then work with following two parts: Shi from AutoZone, and Chris their mentors to prepare a poster • Working statisticians visit Pfeiffer from Tegra Analytics to highlighting their experience that local classrooms to share share their experiences as work- they will have the opportunity to information about statistics ing statisticians. enter into a poster contest. careers and their experiences Graduate students in statistics ASA members and groups being a statistician at the University of Memphis are invited to submit propos- • “Bring a Student to Work Robert Vaughn, John Appiah als for initiatives that sup- Day,” in which WTASA stat- Kubi, Yunusa Olufadi, Camden port the mission of the asso- isticians are paired with inter- Harrell, and Andrew Ott were on ciation. For information about ested students and invite the hand to give a student’s perspec- 2018 initiatives, visit the students to shadow them for tive of studying statistics beyond ASA website at ww2.amstat. a day or more high school. org/aboutMemberInitiatives n Hui Zhang, president of During the one-hour presenta- Instructions.cfm. WTASA; biostatisticians at tion, students had the chance to

38 amstat news december 2017 section • chapter • committee news sectionnews Physical and Engineering Sciences Funding Available for Speakers on Applied Joanne Wendelberger, Joint Research Conference Statistics Chair, and Greg Piepel, Marquardt Memorial Speakers Program Chair The SPES Marquardt Memorial Speakers Program facilitates visits of experienced applied statisticians to colleges and universities to give a The 2018 Joint Research Conference will be seminar and meet with students and professors. held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 11–14. SPES reimburses the host institution up to $1,000 This conference is a joint meeting of the Spring to cover the expenses of the speaker’s visit. Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Speakers provide information to students about Technology, sponsored by the ASA Section on the following: Physical and Engineering Sciences and the Institute • What an applied statistician does of Mathematical Statistics, and the Quality and • How applied statisticians solve problems in Productivity Research Conference, sponsored by science, engineering, technology, and business the ASA Section on Quality and Productivity. Program chairs Xinwei Deng and Brian Weaver • What nontechnical skills are required to be are putting together a program with the help of successful as an applied statistician program committee members Anne Hansen, Matt The Marquardt Industrial Speakers Program was Pratola, C. Devon Lin, and Shane Reese. A website established by SPES in the early 1990s to encourage announcement and call for contributed papers and careers in applied statistics. If you are an institution posters is forthcoming. interested in having a speaker or a SPES member For further information, contact conference interested in being on the speakers list (or working chair, Joanne Wendelberger, at [email protected]. directly with a local institution to set up a visit), contact Vaneeta Grover at [email protected]. n

december 2017 amstat news 39 professional opportunities

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Applicants must Employers are expected to acknowledge all responses resulting from have a doctorate in statistics, mathematics, publication of their ads. Personnel advertising is accepted with the under- social sciences, or the health sciences and standing that the advertiser does not discriminate among applicants on experience applying quantitative methods the basis of race, sex, religion, age, color, national origin, handicap, or sex- to address problems in the social, behav- ual orientation. ioral, or health sciences. Proficiency in Also, look for job ads on the ASA website at www.amstat.org/jobweb. statistics and research methods is required. We look forward to reading your application! Please apply online: https://careers. callutheran.edu/postings/3903. EOE. Complete job description and applica- professor, PhD program in big data ana- n Department of Statistics & Applied tion: https://apply.interfolio.com/46344. lytics for August 2018. Preference will Probability, University of California, UD is an Equal Opportunity Employer be given to those with expertise in data Santa Barbara Invites applications for a and Title IX institution. The University’s mining and big data analytics, statisti- tenure track open level professor position Notice of Non-Discrimination can be cal machine learning, and willingness to in statistics with emphasis on data sci- found at http://www.udel.edu/aboutus/ teach courses in these areas. Apply online ence; starting 7/1/2018. Qualifications: legalnotices.html. at www.jobswithucf.com/postings/51107. research/teaching excellence; PhD in Review of applications will begin imme- statistics, biostatistics or related fields. Florida diately and continue until the position is Candidates who can contribute to the n University of Florida is recruiting a filled. UCF is an equal opportunity/affir- diversity of excellence of the academic mative action employer. community through research, teach- non-tenure-track assistant, associate or ing and service are encouraged to apply. full professor level position within the https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01097. department of biostatistics, administered Georgia EO/AA employer. by College of Medicine and College of n Tenure-track assistant professor- Public Health and Health Professions. ship in statistical machine learning, Qualifications include a doctoral degree in Delaware Department of Statistics, University biostatistics or related quantitative disci- of Georgia, starting August 2018. n The Department of Applied Economics pline, demonstrated excellence in teaching Requires PhD in statistics or related and Statistics at University of Delaware and service with an interest in biostatistics discipline by 8/1/2018. To apply, visit invites applications for a full time, tenure- education in the health sciences. Please http://facultyjobs.uga.edu/postings/2909. track assistant professor in statistics. apply at http://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/cw/en-us/ Applications received by 01/02/2018, 9-month, academic-year appointment job/502836. The University of Florida is are assured consideration. EOE. (approximately 60% of time devoted to an equal opportunity institution dedi- research, 40% of time devoted to teach- cated to building a broadly diverse and n Lecturer of statistics and business ing). PhD in statistics (or related field) inclusive faculty and staff. statistics, Department of Statistics, w/research interests in theoretical and University of Georgia, starting August applied statistics, bioinformatics, biostatis- n The Department of Statistics at UCF 2018. Requires PhD in statistics or tics, data science, or economics required. expects to hire a nine-month, assistant related discipline by 8/1/2018. 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40 amstat news december 2017 visit http://facultyjobs.uga.edu/postings/2907. Applications received by 01/02/2018, are assured consideration. EOE.

Hawaii n The University of Hawaii at Manoa is searching for three tenure track faculty positions in the departments of mathematics, botany, and biology, respectively. These three positions are part of a college-wide effort to build capacity in data and computational science. Go to http://workatuh.hawaii.edu and search position numbers 84558 (mathematics, dept. of mathematics) or 85019 (computational biology, dept. of botany), or dept. of biology. workatuh.hawaii.edu. The University of Hawaii is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, genetic information, marital status, breastfeeding, income assignment for child support, arrest and court record

Iowa n The Department of Statistics at Iowa State University invites applications for a tenure- track assistant professor position, beginning 8/16/2018. Duties include undergraduate and graduate teaching, graduate student advising, and developing and sustaining a high-impact research program that can compete for external funding. A PhD or equivalent degree in statistics or a closely related discipline is required. To assure consideration, applications must be received by 11/27/2017. www.iastatejobs.com/ postings/28404. EOE. n The Department of Statistics at Iowa State University is seeking candidates for one open-rank tenure-track faculty position. The appointment will be affiliated with the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence. Duties of a successful candidate will include statistics research related to forensic sciences, undergraduate and graduate teaching, graduate advising, and professional and institutional service. The complete position posting at www.iastatejobs.com/postings/27805 Iowa State University is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer.

december 2017 amstat news 41 Kansas n The Department of Biostatistics at the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA University of Kansas Medical Center is recruiting an assistant professor rank faculty PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE member who will be responsible for collaborative research, independent research, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOSTATISTICS, teaching and mentoring. The department consists of 12 Ph.D. statisticians, 4 teaching CLINICIAN-EDUCATOR TRACK associates, 12 staff members and over 50 The Department of Biostatistics and graduate students. To apply go to https://jobs. Epidemiology at the Perelman School of kumc.edu/ and search position 01201654. Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Kansas University Medical Center is an seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor equal opportunity employer. position in the non-tenure clinician-educator track. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree.

Kentucky Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2017 and continue until the position is lled. n The Department of Statistics, University The expected start date is July 2018 or later, pending the availability of funds. of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky seeks a tenure-track, assistant or associate professor Applicants with statistical methods and collaborative expertise in health services and policy research, clinical research, and/or translational science are especially encouraged to apply. to begin August 2018. Areas of statistics Candidates are expected to have a strong commitment to teaching. Primary teaching and/or probability with experience in com- responsibilities include participation in departmental PhD and MS training programs. putational and/or mathematical statistics is encouraged. Required: PhD in statistics We seek candidates who embrace and reect diversity in the broadest sense. or related field. CV, teaching statement, Apply for this position online at: ttt research statement and contact information for three references are required. See https:// The University of Pennsylvania is an EOE. Minorities/Women/Individuals with disabilities/Protected Veterans are ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/162906. Selection encouraged to apply. begins December 1, 2017. Email statjobs@ uky.edu with questions. EOE.

Johns Hopkins Health Institutions (Schools of Public Health, Medicine, and Nursing, and the Johns Hopkins Hospital) are among the top worldwide and provide a research environment in which energetic faculty can achieve scienti c excellence. Today, the Department comprises 23 tenure track faculty members, 21 research track faculty members, 15 postdoctoral fellows, 42 PhD students, 14 full-time master degree students, and 7 students pursuing joint master degrees together with doctorates in other DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS departments. Emphases of the department include statistical inference and methods, massive and real-time measurement, The Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg data science, educational innovation and subject-area content for School of Public Health is seeking an outstanding applicant to genomics, population health, environmental health, behavioral join our tenure track faculty. Rank of appointment will be health, and clinical applications in a diverse variety of medical commensurate with experience, and new PhDs and recent specialty areas. postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to apply. Candidates should have a PhD or equivalent in statistics, biostatistics, or a compara- TO APPLY ble eld. Women and under-represented minority candidates are Email cover letter, CV, contact information for three references, a particularly encouraged to apply. statement of research interests and goals, a teaching statement, and two manuscripts or articles representing your most import- The Hopkins Department of Biostatistics, founded in 1918, was ant work to: Faculty Search Committee at [email protected]. the rst degree-granting department of statistical science in the US and has ranked among the best throughout its history. The The Johns Hopkins University is an a rmative action/equal opportunity employer.

42 amstat news december 2017 Maryland refer to the following announcement for presenting and implementing results; and n The Department of Epidemiology, Johns more details: http://easyurl.net/87053. EOE. conducting research on various implementa- Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public tion aspects of investment strategies. Please Health seeks a self-directed biostatistician Massachusetts apply here: https://mancareers.resourcesolu- with a strong background in statistical prin- tions.com/gold/iapply/index.cfm?event=jobs. n The Department of Mathematical ciples and analytic methods to perform data detail&jobid=899056 . Sciences at Bentley University-an indepen- analyses in a longitudinal, multi-site cohort dent, private business-oriented university n study of HIV-infection, aging and cardio- Applications are invited for a tenure-track located in suburban Boston-invites appli- vascular health. Knowledge of Stata, SAS, position in statistics at Amherst College to cations for a tenure track position begin- S-plus or R required. Opportunities to pres- begin July 2018: see the full ad and require- ning fall 2018. The rank and salary will be ent work and coauthor publications. Apply ments at MathJobs.Org. We seek faculty commensurate with experience. Senior on-line http://jobs.jhu.edu; requisition ID with broad intellectual interests, a strong appointments will be considered. Must 1359 or 349. Johns Hopkins University is commitment to research, and a passion hold a PhD in statistics or related disci- an EO/AA employer committed to recruit- about teaching statistics and data science to pline. Application Instructions: In order ing, supporting, and fostering a diverse com- undergraduates. Applications received by to apply to this position, please submit an munity. October 8, 2017 will be guaranteed con- online application directly to jobs.bentley. sideration. Questions can be addressed to n The FDA Center for Biologics edu/postings/3200. Bentley University is an [email protected]. Amherst College is Evaluation and Research (CBER) seeks bio- Equal Opportunity Employer an equal opportunity employer. statisticians to work on review and research n Man Numeric Investors is seeking for vaccines, blood products, and advanced Michigan Associate Quantitative Researchers to n therapeutics such as gene therapies. Potential The Department of Statistics and develop and improve quantitative strate- research topics include innovative clinical Probability and the Department of gies in financial markets by identifying trial design, biomarkers, meta-analysis, and Computational Mathematics, Science and investment ideas or data sources; gathering data standards. CBER-regulated products Engineering at Michigan State University and refining complex data for modeling; touch the lives of every American and plan to fill at least two joint tenure-track coding and performing statistical analysis address critical public health needs. Please or tenured faculty positions beginning Fall to build and refine models; interpreting, 2018. One position will have majority appointment in STT and the other having majority in CMSE. For full description/application for these positions, go to: www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/10998. Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of The ideal candidate will have the ability to work MSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal autonomously on several dierent projects with a Dental Medicine invites applicants for a full-time Opportunity employer. Biostatistician Faculty position, Open Rank. range of investigators across a variety of clinical Responsibilities involve teaching, mentoring, data disciplines. Excellent oral and written communica- n The Department of Biostatistics at the analysis, and service. The successful candidate will: tion skills are required. Salary and rank will be University of Michigan is seeking applicants commensurate with experience. Candidates must be 1) provide expert statistical consultation on study for a tenure-track assistant professor faculty available to begin employment on July 1, 2018. design, implementation, analysis and the prepara- position for fall 2018. Candidates must have tion of protocols, grants and manuscripts for Application materials should be addressed to Dr. a strong research background with a doctoral multiple projects; 2) plan and oversee analyses for Belinda Borrelli, Chair of the Search Committee, and many types of data and studies; 3) train faculty, degree in biostatistics, statistics, mathemat- include a cover letter describing how the candidate’s residents and students in biostatistics and study ics, the computational sciences or a related quali cations and interests t the position description, design and 4) provide curriculum development field. Candidates will be expected to develop CV, teaching statement, and names of 3 professional and instruction in biostatistics at the pre-and an outstanding research and teaching pro- references, emailed to Ms. Lisa Case ([email protected]). post-doctoral levels. gram. For further details, visit: https://sph. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until umich.edu/biostat/faculty-research/job_postings. Requirements include: an earned PhD in Biostatistics or the position is lled. html The University of Michigan is an affir- Statistics, pro ciency with SAS, SPSS, Stata, R, and/or The Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine is mative action/equal opportunity employer. S-plus, previous experience teaching at the graduate located within the Boston University Medical Campus Applications from women and minorities level as a course leader and developing course(s), in Boston’s South End and oers faculty robust are welcomed and strongly encouraged. peer-reviewed publications, experience mentoring opportunities for collaboration, advanced training, student research, minimum of three years of professional development and career growth. experience collaborating with experimental and clinical Missouri investigators, experience in study design and data Boston University is an equal opportunity employer and all quali ed applicants will receive consideration for employment n Assistant professor, Statistics Department, analysis for a wide range of experimental, observation- without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, University of Missouri, tenure track assistant al, clinical and longitudinal studies, experience with physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, position; all areas of statistics are encour- analysis of large medical data bases, experience in genetic information, military service, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by aged to apply. PhD in statistics required by participating in externally funded grant projects. law. Boston University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

december 2017 amstat news 43 August 15, 2018. Apply online at http://hrs. missouri.edu/find-a-job/academic. Upload cover letter, CV, research & teaching state- ments. Deadline: December 1, 2017. Have three letters of recommendation sent to [email protected]. The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action/ADA Employer. New Jersey n Tenure-track faculty positions. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. The Rutgers Department of Statistics & Biostatistics invites applications for tenure- track assistant and associate professors to start fall 2018. Applicants must have a PhD The Biostatistics Research Branch at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious in statistics or related fields. Responsibilities Diseases is seeking candidates with a Ph.D. in statistics or Biostatistics. Statisticians in of the position: student teaching/supervis- the group have three main functions: conducting independent research on statistical ing and conducting research in statistics, methodology, oversight of large collaborative medical studies, and small-scale particular strength in data science, sta- collaborations with individual researchers. Collaborative opportunities include tistical computing, spatial statistics are preferred. See details on application site bio-defense, HIV/AIDS, immunology, transplantation, vaccine development, and http://apply.interfolio.com/45771. Rutgers bioinformatics. This is a pre-application announcement to gauge interest. University is an equal opportunity/affirma- Applicants should send their resume and three references tive action employer. to Dean Follmann, Chief BRB at [email protected].

HHS, NIH, and NIAID are equal opportunity employers

ASSOCIATE OR FULL PROFESSOR POSITION IN CLINICAL TRIALS: DIVISION OF BIOSTATISTICS, DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION HEALTH, NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

The Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Population Health at NYU School POSITION QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must possess an earned doctorate in of Medicine advances scienti c knowledge to bene t individual and population biostatistics, statistics, or a related quantitative eld. They should be established health by creating, disseminating, and implementing rigorous, innovative statistical researchers with outstanding scholarship and a strong commitment to methodologies across the entire spectrum of biomedical research. teaching. Candidates must demonstrate evidence of successful leadership of The Division is posed for a phase of dynamic growth, with a newly restructured coordinating centers, core facilities, or other central trial-related resources, and doctoral program and rich opportunities for cross-institutional collaborations. show strong intellectual and organizational skills. Successful candidates will engage in both methodological and collaborative research with existing faculty The Department of Population Health (http://pophealth.med.nyu.edu/), founded at NYU School of Medicine and other Schools and Centers within NYU, have a in 2012, is a leader in the discovery and translation of new knowledge into policy commitment to team science, and possess outstanding oral and written and practice. Through its research, education, and service, the Department seeks to communication skills. Candidates are also expected to have a track record of advance population health and health equity. Core areas of Department strength externally funded, independent research. include healthful behavior change, early childhood health and development, comparative eectiveness and decision science, behavioral economics and health TO APPLY: Please submit the following (addressed to Dr. Andrea Troxel, policy, community health improvement, healthcare delivery science, epidemiology, Director of Biostatistics) http://apply.interfolio.com/46307 biostatistics, and medical ethics. NYU Langone Health is one of the nation’s premier • Cover letter academic medical centers. Our trifold mission to serve, teach, and discover is • Curriculum vitae achieved daily through an integrated academic culture devoted to excellence in patient care, education, and research. We seek candidates for a senior faculty • Statement of current and future research agenda position focused on innovative clinical trial design, with preference for experience APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applications will continue until the leading large-scale randomized trials and interest in complex cooperative projects. position is lled.

NYU Langone Health is an equal employment/a rmative action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital/or parental status, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status, or any other classication protected by applicable Federal, State, or Municipal Law. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.

44 amstat news december 2017 New York n Department of Statistics, Neuroscience n Department of Statistics, Columbia n Department of Statistics and The and MBBI, Columbia University. The University. The department of statistics School of Professional Studies, Columbia department of statistics, neuroscience and invites applications for a tenure track assis- University. The department of statistics MBBI invites applications for (tenured or tant professor position to begin July 1, 2018. and SPS invites applications for lecturer in tenure-track) at the assistant or associate pro- Applicants please initiate the application discipline to senior lecturer in discipline fessor level positions to begin July 1, 2018. process and obtain further instructions at: positions to begin July 1, 2018. Applicants Applicants please initiate the application https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/ please initiate the application process process and obtain further instructions at: Central?quickFind=65221. Inquiries may and obtain further instructions at: https:// https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/ be made to [email protected]. Review academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/ Central?quickFind=65242. Inquiries may begins December 1, 2017 and contin- Central?quickFind=65243. Inquiries may be made to [email protected]. Review ues until the position is filled. Columbia be made to [email protected]. Review begins December 1, 2017 and contin- University is an Equal Opportunity/ begins January 15, 2018 and continues until ues until the position is filled. Columbia Affirmative Action employer. the position is filled. Columbia University University is an Equal Opportunity/ n is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Affirmative Action employer. Seeking a graduate in biostatistics, sta- employer. tistics, or bioinformatics, interested in sta- n Department of Statistics, Columbia tistical cancer genomics, for a postdoctoral n Department of Statistics, Columbia University. The department of statistics position to work on large-scale sequencing University. The department of statistics invites applications for the newly created data from local and public resources. Send invites applications for four year term assis- distinguished postdoctoral fellowship to cover letter, CV and contact information for tant professor positions to begin July 1, begin July 1, 2018. Applicants please initiate 3 references to Katherine Cheung (for Drs 2018. Applicants please initiate the applica- the application process and obtain further Colin Begg and Ronglai Shen) at wongk1@ tion process and obtain further instructions instructions at: https://academicjobs.columbia. mskcc.org: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer at: https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/appli- edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=65253. Center, 485 Lexington Avenue, New York, cants/Central?quickFind=65223. Inquiries Inquiries may be made to dk@stat. NY 10017. EOE. may be made to [email protected]. columbia.edu. Review begins January 15, Review begins December 1, 2017 and con- 2018 and continues until the position is Oklahoma tinues until the position is filled. Columbia filled. Columbia University is an Equal n Department of Biostatistics and University is an Equal Opportunity/ Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Affirmative Action employer. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, seeks a tenure-track assistant professor of biostatistics. PhD in biostatistics or related field and 12 months collaborative research gained during training or employment required. Graduate teaching experience desired. Preferred expertise: statistical genetics, health services research, or big data. Attach letter of interest, CV, names of three references: Daniel Zhao, (daniel-zhao@ ouhsc.edu). The University of Oklahoma is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

Pennsylvania n The Wharton Statistics Department, University of Pennsylvania, seeks a postdoctoral researcher in statistics and/or probability. The position is for two years beginning in Summer 2018, with a possible extension to three. The primary focus is for the scholar to develop her/his research. A light teaching load is involved. A PhD is required. Please visit our website to apply: https://statistics. wharton.upenn.edu/recruiting/dept-postdoc- position. Please direct questions to stat.post- [email protected]. The University of Pennsylvania is an EOE.

december 2017 amstat news 45 n The University Of Pittsburgh sent to [email protected]. ACADEMIA SINICA Department of Statistics is seeking applica- The University of Pennsylvania is an EOE. tions for advanced associate or full professor INSTITUTE OF beginning October 2018, pending budget- n The University of Pittsburgh Department STATISTICAL SCIENCE ary approval. The Candidate should have of Statistics is seeking applications for two Regular Research Positions a strong methodological research program lecturers beginning September 2018, pend- in mainstream modern statistics, with a ing budgetary approval. Positions are outside The Institute of Statistical Science, Academia solid record of publications and research the tenure stream with the expectation of Sinica, is seeking candidates for tenure-track/ten- funding. The successful candidate must multiyear contract renewals. Candidates ured research positions at the level of assistant, should preferably have a PhD in statistics, associate or full research fellow available in 2018. also demonstrate excellence in teaching, Candidates should have a Ph.D. degree in mentoring graduate and/or undergraduate biostatistics or related field and a demon- statistics or related areas. Application materials students, and administration. Applicants can strated talent for teaching undergraduate must include (1) a curriculum vita, (2) three letters apply online: https://facultysearch.as.pitt. statistics courses and mentoring students. of recommendation, and (3) representative edu/apply/index/MjAw. The University of Position details are available at www.stat.pitt. publications and/or technical reports. Additional Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal edu/open-positions-department-statistics. The supporting materials such as transcripts for new University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Ph.D. degree recipients may also be included. Opportunity Employer. EEO/AA/M/F/ Electronic submissions are encouraged. Vets/Disable. Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. EEO/ Applications should be submitted to AA/M/F/Vets/Disable. n The Wharton Statistics Department, Dr. Yi-Hau Chen University of Pennsylvania, seeks applicants South Carolina Chair of the Search Committee for a full-time, tenure-track assistant profes- Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica n sor position, appointment beginning July The Hollings Cancer Center and the 128 Sec. 2 Academia Road, Taipei 11529, 2018. Applicants must show outstanding Department of Public Health Sciences at Taiwan, R.O.C. capacity and achievement in research, along the Medical University of South Carolina Fax: +886-2-27831523 with excellent teaching skills. Applicants invite applications for an assistant or associ- E-mail: [email protected] must have a PhD (expected completion by ate professor of biostatistics. This position is for biostatisticians with research interests Application materials should be received by June 30, 2019 is acceptable) from an accred- December 28, 2017 for consideration, but early in clinical and translational cancer research, ited institution. Please visit our website to submissions are encouraged. including novel early phase trial design. apply: https://statistics.wharton.upenn.edu/ recruiting/facultypositions. Questions can be A PhD in biostatistics or related field is

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions

The Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University seeks to hire two tenure-track Assistant professors to begin in August 2018. Exceptional candidates at the Associate and Full Professor ranks will also be considered.

Applicants with interests and expertise in theoretical or methodological research in any area of statistics or biostatistics will be considered. Candidates with interests in modern methods of data analysis are especially encouraged to apply. The ability and desire to supervise graduate student research and to pursue excellence in teaching are essential.

To apply, please visit http://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/91326 or http://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/91342.

The Department provides a dynamic environment for teaching, research and collaborations across disciplines. Inclusiveness and diversity are academic imperatives and are university goals. We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for students from underrepresented groups. The Department's location in the Research Triangle provides rich opportunities for interactions with industry; other universities, including Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and government agencies. Faculty enjoy collaborations with medical researchers at Duke, environmental scientists at the EPA research facility, pharmaceutical researchers at Glaxo-SmithKline, and software developers at SAS Institute, among many others. The Department is also a founding cooperator of the NSF-funded Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI), located nearby in Research Triangle Park.

All applicants must have a Ph.D. in Statistics or Biostatistics by the time of employment. Processing of applications will begin November 2017, and continue until the position is lled. Questions about the position may be directed to the Search Committee Chair ([email protected]).

Please submit recent transcripts as part of the application process. Please upload the names and contact information for your three letters of reference at www.stat.ncsu.edu/references so we can track the letters received from your references. All reference letters will be made available for review by the departmental voting faculty.

NC State University is an equal opportunity and a rmative action employer. Women and members of other underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. In addition, NC State University welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation or genetic information.

46 amstat news december 2017 required. Interested applicants can apply online: http://careers.pageuppeople.com/756/ cw/en-us/job/502998/univ-assistantassociate- professor-public-health-sciences. EOE.

Virginia n Department of Statistics, University of Virginia, invites applications for two positions, open-rank and assistant professor general faculty. Applicants must present evidence of outstanding accomplishments and promise in research and teaching as appropriate. Candidates should be dedicated to UVA’s mission of excellence in research, teaching graduate/undergraduate courses, and service. We expect substantial growth due to UVA President’s Big Data Initiative. See www.stat.virginia.edu University of Virginia is an EO/AA Employer. n

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