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Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics

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Frontiers of Statistics Committee Meeting on 12/11/25

December 11, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)

Closed
Meeting
Past

The committee will discuss reviewer comments.

Frontiers of Statistics Committee Meeting on 09/19/25

September 19, 2025
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (EDT)

Closed
Meeting
Past

The committee will discuss recommendations.

Frontiers of Statistics Committee Meeting on 09/16/25

September 16, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)

Closed
Meeting
Past

The committee will briefly discuss report editing.

Frontiers Meeting with Statistics Education Panel

September 9, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

Meeting
Past

The Frontiers of Statistics committee will meet with panelists about the frontiers of statistics education. Panelists include Donna Lalonde (ASA), Dave Hunter (Penn State), Beth Chance (Cal Poly), Mon...

Frontiers Meeting with Blockchain Panel

September 9, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)

Meeting
Past

The Frontiers of Statistics committee will meet with Yulia Gel (Virginia Tech) about statistics to enable blockchain. Please email Sam Koretsky (skoretsky@nas.edu) if you are interested in attending.

Frontiers of Statistics Committee Meeting on 09/02/25

September 2, 2025
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

Closed
Meeting
Past

The committee will briefly discuss editing the report.

Frontiers of Statistics Committee Meeting on 08/26/25

August 26, 2025
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

Closed
Meeting
Past

The committee will discuss report progress.

Frontiers of Statistics Committee Meeting on 07/22/25

July 22, 2025
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

Closed
Meeting
Past

Committee will discuss last week's meeting with ASA and the NSF@75 event.

Frontiers Meeting with the American Statistical Association's Caucus of Academic Representatives

July 10, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT)

Meeting
Past

The Frontiers of Statistics committee will meet with the American Statistical Association's Caucus of Academic Representatives to hear from members of the statistics community who are actively shaping...

Frontiers of Statistics Committee Meeting on 07/01/25

July 1, 2025
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

Closed
Meeting
Past

The committee will discuss the report draft.

Doing More with Less: Efficient Approaches to Data Scarcity

June 12, 2025
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)

Symposium
Past

This symposium will explore creative statistical methods for combining data to navigate incomplete records, work in low-resource settings, and characterize rare events. Panelists will discuss techniqu...