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CCASA December 17th Luncheon |
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December 17, 2013
Noon - 1:30 PM
The East Bank Club
500 N Kingsbury, Chicago 60610
Statistics without Borders; North Korea
Woody Carter
Lecturer in Public Policy
University of Chicago
Abstract:
Statistics Without Borders, an outreach group of ASA, runs a Michigan-Summer-Institute-style workshop at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, the only private university in North Korea. In 2012 a dozen statisticians from the U.S., Canada, and Europe went to Pyongyang to teach in the program. Woody will answer questions about the experience. He believes, counter-intuitively, that "we have a lot to learn from North Korea." He encourages all interested statisticians to learn more about Statistics Without Borders through their website and their LinkedIn group.
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Data Visualization Conference Agenda Announced! |
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2014 CASA Conference
The Big Picture: Data Visualization Techniques
Date: Friday, January 31, 2014
Location: 35 West Wacker DR, Chicago, IL
Conference Program
2014 CCASA Conference
The Big Picture: Data Visualization Techniques
Date: Friday, January 31, 2014
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: 35 West Wacker DR, Chicago, IL
Conference Program:
- 8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
- 9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Conference Welcome by John VanderPloeg, Conference VP
- 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Session One: Speaker: Dona Wong, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Morning break
- 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. Session Two: Speaker: Tom Schenk, Department of Innovation and Technology (City of Chicago)
- Lunch Session Three: Ink Factory
- 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Session Four: Speaker: Nicole Lazar, University of Georgia
- 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Session Five: Speaker: Veena Mendiratta, Alcatel - Lucent
- 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Afternoon break
- 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Session Six: Speaker : Heike Hofmann, Iowa State University
Conference Fee (Dona Wong's Book "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures") will be included for all attendees
Member $105
Non-Member $140
Student $70
Registration
Speaker Bios and More Info
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A visionary statistician shares a free tool for data visualization |
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Just in time for the conference, online magazine The Verge ran an article on data visualization guru, Edward Tufte's new visualization tool, ImageQuilts.
ImageQuilts works with the web browser Chrome. When searching Google Images, ImageQuilt will allow you to make an attractive collage that represents your search subject.
ImageQuilts
Verge Article
Chrome Extension |
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Hiring Director, Biostatistics & Data Management |
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Director, Biostatistics & Data Management
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
is leading healthcare company and one of the world's foremost providers of breakthrough products and services. We are currently looking for a head of biostatistics, statistical programming and data management across the Medical Products Division supporting both drugs and devices for global projects. This position will develop infrastructure to these teams including standardization of programs and processes. Ensure the team is up to speed on new technologies and software. Manage and continue to develop talent of biostatistics, programming and data management teams, including the internal and external statisticians and programmers supporting clinical trials. As a member of the Clinical Development & Operations (CD&O) Leadership Team, this position will play a key role in the establishment of current and future plans for the overall department.
PhD required. Minimum 8 - 10 years industry experience in biostatistics, including 5 years managerial experience with comparable responsibilities.
Baxter provides its employees with comprehensive compensation and benefits. For more information about Baxter and to apply for this position, please visit our website at www.careers.baxter.com Job Number: 64178BR.
Baxter is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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