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  • Two recent articles on Astrostatistics

    Check out the two recent articles written about Astrostatistics: 1. Jogesh Babu and Eric Feilgelson wrote an article "Planet Hunting to Sky Surveys, Astronomy and Statistics Realign," which is published on the Space.com website (http://www.space.com/27611-astrostatistics-drives-modern-astronomy.html) *This is the first of a possible series of articles about Astrostatistics for Space.com provided by ASA members who are involved in the Astrostatistics Interest Group. If you have any story ideas that may be of interest to media who follow astronomy and their audiences, please contact Jeff Myers (jeffrey@amstat.org). 2. Symmetry Magazine posted an article on "The rise of Astrostatistics," which can be found at http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/november-2014/the-rise-of-astrostatistics It focuses on the recent evolution of the field and includes quotes by Jogesh Babu and Joseph Hilbe.