Nonparametric Statistics Section

Dear Colleagues, The 80th Annual Deming Conference on Applied Statistics is just around the corner! This esteemed event will be held in Atlantic City, NJ, from December 8-12, 2025. This conference is a remarkable opportunity for anyone ... More

Will you be among the innovators contributing to the 2026 Symposium on Data Science & Statistics program? Artificial intelligence is redefining what's possible in data science and statistics, but progress depends on experts like you. Submit an abstract ... More

This is a call for action from faculty like me: senior professionals who came from Third World (today, the Global South) countries, to complete graduate degrees in the US. Many stayed and made a career here, but kept in contact with the Old Country. Now, ... More

Thank you, Jorge, for sharing your articles and perspectives on teaching statistics to engineers. I agree that not all engineering graduate programs emphasize statistics to the extent needed, even though real-world engineering problems inherently involve ... More

Dear Colleagues, For those of you attending JMM this year in Washington, DC, please consider signing up for the congressional visits day being organized by the American Mathematical Society: https://jointmathematicsmeetings.org/meetings/national/jmm2026/hill-visits ... More

A good first step would be to convince engineering departments to teach more graduate statistics, which would provide a necessary basis. I have taught statistics in engineering, for years. Usually, graduate students get two semesters: one with probability, ... More

This is not a review in any sense but provides examples where the bootstrap fails to provide accurate confidence intervals for the mean. It provides links to a couple of excellent reviews. ------------------------------ Frank Harrell Professor of ... More

Hi, I'm looking for up-to-date review of bootstrap methods that presents the current state of the art in this area. I'll be grateful for any suggestions. Thanks, David ------------------------------ David Zucker Department of Statistics and Data ... More

Dear all, This is a reminder that the application deadline for the 2026 SBSS Student Paper Competition is approaching ( November 15, 2025, by 5 pm ET) . Details can be found in the call for applications below. Best wishes, Francesco More

The Membership Engagement Committee of the ASA Section on Statistical Genomics and Genetics (SSGG) proudly presents: 🎙️ Speaker: Dr. George Tseng, Vice Chair for Research and Professor of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh 🧩 ... More