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ASA Luncheon Series March 20 |
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The Role of Statistics in Electronic Discovery
Dave Lewis, PhD
David D. Lewis Consulting
March 20, 2012
Noon - 1:30 PM
The East Bank Club
500 N. Kingsbury, Chicago 60610
Abstract:
Changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in December 2006
led to an explosion in the amount of electronically stored information
that needs to
found and turned over in civil litigation in the United States.
Traditional manual review approaches (rooms full of lawyers reading
paper documents)
have collapsed under this burden, spawning a multi-billion
dollar electronic discovery (e-discovery) software and services
industry.
I will discuss two major roles that statistical techniques play
in this new industry. First, statistical information retrieval
techniques such as
supervised learning of text classifiers have seen intense
interest for their potential to reduce human effort and cost. Second,
random sampling and
statistical evaluation of the effectiveness of the review
process, regardless of how it is carried out, are increasingly playing a
role in legal cases.
Among other things, I will discuss results from cooperative
evaluation efforts, in particular the National Institute of Standards
TREC Legal Track.
Biography:
David D. Lewis, Ph.D. (www.DavidDLewis.com) is a Chicago-based
consulting computer scientist working in the areas of information
retrieval, data
mining, natural language processing, and the evaluation of
complex information systems. He formerly held research positions at
AT&T Labs, Bell
Labs, and the University of Chicago. He has published more than
75 scientific papers and 8 patents, and was elected a Fellow of the
American
Association for the Advancement of Science in 2006. He has
consulted to e-discovery software and services companies, and has served
as a consulting
expert and expert witness in US Federal Court cases.
Lunch is $30 for CCASA members, $35 for non-members.
Non-members, join the chapter for a year for only $15 and get the
discount plus all of the other
benefits of membership! As usual, the Lucile Derrick Fund will
purchase a limited number of tickets for students who wish to attend. If
you are a
student and would like to take advantage of this offer, please register
online below, and contact Gerald Funk, expressing your interest
708-957-1923 or gfunk@luc.edu
Questions
: Call Gerald Funk 708-957-1923 for more information
Reduced fee parking available at EBC with validation.
Please register for the luncheon by Friday March 16, 2012. Register Here
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March 30, 2012: Workshop "Tetrad: Machine Learning and Graphical Causal Models" |
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Richard Scheines, Carnegie Mellon University
Joseph Ramsey, Carnegie Mellon University
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
680 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60611
The CCASA is pleased to present to you our March 30th workshop, "Tetrad: Machine Learning and Graphical Causal Models".
This workshop should be of great use to researchers in many areas.
Abstract:
Tetrad (free software) contains over 20 algorithms for searching for
a variety of model classes, e.g., path analytic models, Bayes nets,
factor analytic and structural equation models, general latent variable
models of conditional independence structures, and Markov blankets. In
this workshop, we will briefly introduce graphical causal models, show
how to build, simulate data from, and estimate such models in Tetrad,
explain model search, teach how to use a variety of the search
algorithms in Tetrad on real and simulated data including fMRI data to
find causal relations between brain regions.
Who Should Attend:
Researchers in the social and behavioral sciences as well as in the life sciences could benefit from this class.
Note:
wireless access will be available at the venue, participants are encouraged to bring laptops or tablets.
Speaker Biographies:
Richard Scheines is the Head of Philosophy, with joint appointments in
Machine Learning and Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon
University. Along with Peter Spirtes and Clark Glymour, Scheines has
published several books and dozens of articles on graphical causal
models over the last 20 years. He has used model search in Tetrad to
model the effect of lead on IQ, the effect of online courseware on
student learning, and several other social scientific questions.
Scheines has also served on several IOM committees reviewing the
statistical evidence for causation in veteran's disability claims and
for the effect of food marketing on childhood obesity.
Joseph
Ramsey is a PhD in Philosophy of Science from the University of
California, San Diego, and is currently the Director of Research
Computing at Carnegie Mellon's Lab for Symbolic and Educational
Computing, as well as the chief developer of the Tetrad programs. Ramsey
has done extensive algorithm development and applied work in causal
modeling, including spectral identification of carbonate content, and
most recently the identification of causal pathways in brain processing
from fMRI data, work that is recently published in NeuroImage.
The
workshop is $200 for CCASA members, $250 for non-members, $50 for
students. Non-members, join the chapter for a year for only $15 and get
the discount plus all of the other benefits of membership
Questions: contact Tony Babinec, for more information at:
(708) 805-1409 or tbabinec@sbcglobal.net
Parking: Parking is located at Erie-Ontario Self Park, 321 E. Erie.
Please register for the seminar by Friday March 23rd, 2012.
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May 4, 2012- Conference: America the Predictable? |
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Different approaches to understanding and forecasting political election results.
Register:
Contact: John Vanderploeg (
John.Vanderploeg@arcww.com
, 312.220.1739)
Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Loyola University, Downtown Water Tower Campus
Conference Program
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Conference Welcome by John VanderPloeg, Conference VP
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Session One Speaker: Allan Lichtman
(Distinguished Professor of History, American University)
Title: The Keys to the White House: Forecast for 2012
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Morning break
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Session Two Speaker: John G. Geer
(Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University)
Topic: Political Attack Advertising
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Session Three Speaker: Scott Stantis
(Editorial Cartoonist, Chicago Tribune)
Topic:
Drawing the line: Cartooning the 2012 election
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Session Four Speaker: Forrest Nelson
(Professor, University of Iowa)
Topic: Iowa Electronic Markets
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Afternoon break
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Session Five Speaker : Filippo Menczer
(Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University)
Title: Tracking the Diffusion of Political Ideas in Social Media
Speaker Detail:
Speaker: Allan Lichtman (Distinguished Professor of History, American University)
Title: The Keys to the White House: Forecast for 2012
Learn more:
Allan J. Lichtman received his PhD from Harvard University
in 1973 with a specialty in modern American history and quantitative
methods. He became
an Assistant Professor of History at American University in
1973 and a Full Professor in 1980. He was the recipient of the
Scholar/Teacher of the
year award for 1992-93. He has published seven books and
several hundred popular and scholarly articles. He has lectured in the
US and
internationally and provided commentary for major US and
foreign networks and leading newspapers and magazines across the world.
He has been an
expert witness in more than 75 civil and voting rights
cases. His book, White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American
Conservative Movement was
a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in
nonfiction. His prediction system, the Keys to the White House, has
correctly predicted
the outcomes of all US presidential elections since 1984.
Speaker: John G. Geer (Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University)
Topic: Political Attack Advertising
Learn More:
John G. Geer (PhD, Princeton University) is the Gertrude Conaway
Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. He
has been a
visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic
Politics at Princeton University and a research fellow at the
Shorenstein Center at Harvard
University. Geer is the former editor of The Journal of
Politics. He has published numerous articles and several books,
including In Defense of
Negativity (2006), which won the Goldsmith Book prize from
Harvard University in 2008. He has provided extensive commentary in the
news media on
politics, including live nation-wide interviews for FOX, CNN,
NBC, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, and NPR. Geer has also written op-ed pieces for
Politico, The
Washington Post, LA Times, USA Today, and Chicago Tribune. His
lecturing has earned him a number of awards at Vanderbilt, including the
"Squirrel
Award." In 2005, he won The College of Arts and Sciences'
Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. In
2009, he won Vanderbilt
University's Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in
Classroom Teaching.
Speaker: Scott Stantis (Editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune and creator of the comic strip Prickly City)
Topic: Drawing the line: Cartooning the 2012 election
Learn more:
Since September 2009 Scott Stantis has been the editorial
cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune. Filling the spot left vacant for
nearly a decade by the
death of Jeff MacNelly. His work is syndicated to well over 180
newspapers and has been featured by Newsweek, U.S. News and World
Report, The New York
Times, The Los Angeles Times, CNN, "CBS This Morning" and
"Nightline." He has been an editorial cartoonist for the The Commercial
Appeal in Memphis,
Tennessee, The Arizona Republic and The Birmingham News.
Speaker: Forrest Nelson (Professor, University of Iowa)
Topic: Iowa Electronic Markets
Learn more:
Forrest Nelson is a Professor of Economics and Tippie Research
Fellow at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business. His
fields of interest
include Econometrics and Prediction Markets. He was one of
three founders in 1988 of the Iowa Electronic Market, the pioneer of all
prediction
markets, and has been involved with the extension of these
markets to health issues since 2003. Previous positions include
Assistant Professor at
California Institute of Technology and visiting Professor,
Aarhus University, Denmark.
Speaker: Filippo Menczer (Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University)
Title: Tracking the Diffusion of Political Ideas in Social Media
Learn more:
Filippo Menczer is a professor of informatics and computer
science, adjunct professor of physics, and a member of the cognitive
science program at
Indiana University, Bloomington. He holds a Laurea in Physics
from the University of Rome and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and
Cognitive Science from
the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Menczer has been
the recipient of Fulbright, Rotary Foundation, and NATO fellowships, and
a Career Award
from the National Science Foundation. He currently serves as
director of the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research. He
previously served as
division chair in the IUB School of Informatics and Computing,
as Fellow-at-large of the Santa Fe Institute, and as Lagrange Senior
Fellow at the
Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation in Torino,
Italy. His research is supported by the NSF and McDonnell Foundation,
and focuses on Web
science, social networks, social media, social computation, Web
mining, distributed and intelligent Web applications, and modeling of
complex
information networks.
Fee and Registration
Member $175
Non-Member $225
Student $95
Register:
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BMO Harris: Marketing Analyst |
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At
our company, we have been helping our customers and communities for
over 125 years. Working with us means being part of a team of talented,
passionate individuals with a shared focus on working together to
deliver great customer experiences. We stand behind your success with
the support you need to turn your potential into performance.
BMO Harris is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible
workplace. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diversity,
we gain strength through our people and our perspectives.
Our goal is to become the powerful, proactive analytical workforce that BMO Harris needs to succeed.
BMO Harris Analytics provides the organization with thought leadership.
We help the business to create linkages between the data and the
front-line. We listen to our clients, determine how the data can help
address what are clients want, and draw insights that can help solve
problems or create new opportunities.
Knowledge Desired:
Minimum of 2+ years of experience in marketing analytics and statistics required.
Bachelor level or higher degree in Quantitative Degree (e.g.,
Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering), Master's degree
preferred.
Retail and Commercial Banking knowledge preferred, but will consider
experience in Insurance, Credit Card, TeleComm, CPG, Retail and Pharma.
Skill Levels Desired:
Analytical thinking (Very High Proficiency)
Ability to translate business problems into analytic solutions that
drive and support business strategies and tactics (High Proficiency)
Communicating and presenting solutions to technical as well as
non-technical audiences, and to all levels of management, including
senior executives (High Proficiency)
Statistical Modeling and Data Mining (Strong Proficiency)
SAS, SQL, Excel, and database skills (Strong Proficiency)
Problem-solving skills (Strong Proficiency)
Ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to problems (Average Proficiency)
Strong project management skills with high attention to details (Average Proficiency)
Interpersonal and relationship skills with the ability to interact well
within group and across departments (Average Proficiency)
To explore this opportunity to join BMO Harris N.A., visit our website and apply for position #95241 at www.harrisbank.com.
BMO Harris thanks all applicants. We advise only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.
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BMO Harris: Senior Marketing Analyst |
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At
our company, we have been helping our customers and communities for
over 125 years. Working with us means being part of a team of talented,
passionate individuals with a shared focus on working together to
deliver great customer experiences. We stand behind your success with
the support you need to turn your potential into performance.
BMO Harris is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible
workplace. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diversity,
we gain strength through our people and our perspectives.
Our goal is to become the powerful, proactive analytical workforce that BMO Harris needs to succeed.
BMO Harris Analytics provides the organization with thought leadership.
We help the business to create linkages between the data and the
front-line. We listen to our clients, determine how the data can help
address what are clients want, and draw insights that can help solve
problems or create new opportunities.
Knowledge Desired:
Minimum of 6+ years of experience in marketing analytics and statistics required.
Bachelor level or higher degree in Quantitative Degree (e.g.,
Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering), Master's degree
preferred.
Retail and Commercial Banking knowledge preferred, but will consider
experience in Insurance, Credit Card, TeleComm, CPG, Retail and Pharma.
Skill Levels Desired:
Analytical thinking (Very High Proficiency)
Ability to translate business problems into analytic solutions that
drive and support business strategies and tactics (Very High
Proficiency)
Communicating and presenting solutions to technical as well as
non-technical audiences, and to all levels of management, including
senior executives (Very High Proficiency)
Statistical Modeling and Data Mining (High Proficiency)
SAS, SQL, Excel, and database skills (High Proficiency)
Problem-solving skills (High Proficiency)
Ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to problems (High Proficiency)
Strong project management skills with high attention to details (High Proficiency)
Interpersonal and relationship skills with the ability to interact well within group and across departments (Strong Proficiency)
To explore this opportunity to join BMO Harris N.A., visit our website and apply for position #95224 at www.harrisbank.com.
BMO Harris thanks all applicants. We advise only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.
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Visiting Senior Research Specialists (Biostatisticians) |
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Visiting Senior Research Specialists (Biostatisticians)
The Institute for Health Research and Policy (IHRP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago
seeks to expand its Methodology Research Core by adding two Visiting
Senior Research Specialists (SRS). Members of the Methodology Research
Core provide biostatistical support to principal investigators, from
study development through analysis and interpretation; and pursue their
own research interests. Quantitatively and qualitatively orientated
scholars are encouraged to apply. IHRP is engaged in a wide range of
health-related studies including community interventions, school-based
prevention, health behavior change; IHRP research incorporates diverse
urban populations.
The
SRS positions require a Ph.D. in biostatistics, statistics or a
relevant discipline with a substantial concentration in research
methodology and two years' training and demonstrated experience in a
scientific research environment.
For fullest consideration,
please send or e-mail a cover letter, CV, selected publications and the
names and contact information for three references to:
John Brach
SRS Search, IHRP-HR
1747 W. Roosevelt Rd., Rm. 558, M/C 275
Chicago, IL 60608
Or email jebrach@uic.edu
UIC is an AA/EOE.
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About the Parameter |
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PARAMETER, newsletter of the Chicago Chapter of
the American Statistical Association, is
published 10
times a year as a service to its members. To
submit
material for publication, contact the Editor,
Adam McElhinney, email:
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Available and Positions Wanted, the latter being free to Chapter
members. Companies may list positions for $75. Contact the Editor for
more information.
For additional information about Chicago Chapter
ASA, please visit us on the web at:
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Also, visit the National ASA
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