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Newsletter of the Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association )
Volume 60 Number 2 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE
  • ASA Luncheon Series October 25
  • New iPhone 4S is the Latest Attempt at Using Machine Learning to Improve Our Lives
  • Oracle Entering the Data Analysis Software Space
  • About the Parameter
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    Welcome Back Adam,

    ASA 2011/2012 season is off to a running start! Check out our upcoming luncheon and learn what's happening in the world of statistics!


    ASA Luncheon Series October 25
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    Join us for the second CCASA 2011-2012 luncheon!

    We are pleased to announce that our speaker will be Lihui Zhao, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.

    When comparing a new treatment with a control in a randomized clinical study, the treatment effect is generally assessed by evaluating a summary measure over a specific study population. The success of the trial heavily depends on the choice of such a population.

    Lihui Zhao will show a systematic, effective way to identify a promising population, for which the new treatment is expected to have a desired benefit, using the data from a current study involving similar comparator treatments.

    The proposals are illustrated with the data from two clinical trials in treating AIDS and cardiovascular diseases.

    Click the the link below to register for the luncheon!

    New iPhone 4S is the Latest Attempt at Using Machine Learning to Improve Our Lives

    October 6th, Appled announced the release of the iPhone 4S, complete with SIRI personal assistant technology. This assistant uses cutting edge machine learning techniques for language recognition.

    In addition to the iPhone 4S, machine learning applications are making our lives easier in a number of different personal assistant applications.

    Oracle Entering the Data Analysis Software Space

    On Monday October 3rd, Oracle unveiled the first offerings of its "Big Data Appliance". This appliance integrates business intelligence software, data storage and Oracle's own implementation of the popular R software package, which will be adapted for use on large scale data within the Oracle database.

    About the Parameter


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