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Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers at JSM 2019 - register now

  • 1.  Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers at JSM 2019 - register now

    Posted 05-17-2019 11:16
    This is an opportunity for junior faculty or postdocs that you will not want them to miss!  Please forward this to recent graduates and researchers with a Ph.D. awarded or anticipated during 2013-2019 in statistics, biostatistics or related field.  Check out the list of confirmed mentors and speakers at the bottom of this note!  Hosted by NISS and supported by ASA and the other statistical societies!

    More information on the NISS website.
    Read on...  and apologies for cross-posting. 

    This is an opportunity for junior faculty or postdocs that you will not want them to miss!  Check out the list of confirmed mentors and speakers at the bottom of this note!  The workshop is designed for researchers with a Ph.D. awarded or anticipated during 2013-2019 in statistics, biostatistics or related field.  Please share information about this workshop with them!

    Sincerely,
    Lingzhou Xue
    NISS Assistant Director

    WRITING IS IMPORTANT!

    The ability to write well is critical in the professional life of statisticians. Research can only be valued when it is communicated to other researchers, and this is done broadly through peer-reviewed publications. An inability to write well can hinder publication of a researcher's results. This in turn slows the research process (and the researcher's career!) since others are not aware of these results.

    Knowing how to write for a journal involves understanding how the discourse is organized in a technical publication.  Writing articulately accelerates the publication process by obviating the need for excessive revisions and by speeding the reviewing and editorial processes. Preparing grant proposals may be another major part of a researcher's life that also demands good writing. The highly competitive nature of funding means that communicating one's ideas clearly is critical for obtaining an award. Excellent research ideas are not enough if reviewers must struggle to figure out what is being proposed.

    CAN THIS WORKSHOP HELP YOU?

    From 2007 to 2018, NISS has organized successful technical writing workshops for junior researchers in statistics, biostatistics and data science.  In fact, many of workshop graduates have become associate editors of major statistical and biostatistical journals, (with at least 23 associate editorships and one co-editorship among 109 recent graduates!)

    WHAT IS THE WORKSHOP'S FOCUS?

    The workshop includes presentations by senior statisticians, past editors for major journals, previous funding agency program directors and study section members experienced in grants preparation and grants review. They will share their experience with you regarding journal-specific issues and funding-agency expectations.  

    But the most valuable aspect of the workshop is the one-on-one editorial consultation for each participant. In advance of the workshop, each new researcher must submit a working paper intended for publication or for grant submission. Based on this work, the new researcher will be matched with a mentor (one of the cadre of senior statisticians) who will bring to the workshop a constructive review of this working paper. So, if you are working on something, why not take advantage of this experience and expertise!

    Pre-registration closes on June 1, 2019.  Register today!

    More information on the NISS website.



    Or, Download and Post this Flyer about the Workshop!
    Here is the list of the confirmed speakers and mentors for 2019 Writing Workshop!
    • Naomi S. Altman (Professor of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University) ​
    • Keith Crank (Program Officer at the National Science Foundation, retired)
    • Susan S. Ellenberg (Professor of Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine)
    • Daniel L. Gillen (NIH BMRD Study Section Chair, Chair and Professor of Statistics, University of California, Irvine) 
    • Xuming He (Chair and H.C. Carver Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan) 
    • Peter Imrey (Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic) 
    • Nicholas P. Jewell (Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) 
    • Nicole Lazar (Professor of Statistics, University of Georgia) 
    • David M. Rocke (Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics, University of California, Davis)  
    • Hal S. Stern (Chancellor's Professor of Statistics, University of California, Irvine) 
    • Leland Wilkinson (Chief Scientist, H2O.ai and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago) 







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    James Rosenberger
    Professor Emeritus of Statistics
    Pennsylvania State University and NISS
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