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San Francisco Bay Area Chapter

of  the

American Statistical Association

 

This is the home page of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the American Statistical Association (ASA). Its purpose is to act as a clearinghouse of information of interest to statisticians in the Bay Area. In it you will find announcements of local meetings and seminars, Bay Area job listings, and information on local jobseekers and consultants. 

The SFASA Chapter is officially a participant in the International Year of Statistics 2013      

 

Departments

 

Bay Area Employment Opportunities

Bay Area Statistical Consultants

Links to Bay Area Statistical Resources

Bay Area ASA Chapter Information and How to Join the Chapter

Training Seminars and User Groups 

 

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May 24 SFASA Seminar

 

A Simple Method for Detecting Interactions Between a Treatment and a Large Number of Covariates

 

Speaker:            Lu Tian , Assistant Professor, Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics

Date:                  Thursday, May 24th

Time:                 4:30 P.M. - 6:30 P.M.

Location:           Stanford University, Center for Clinical Sciences Research (CCSR), Room 4105

 

Abstract and Directions

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Student Travel Award Seminar & SFASA Business Meeting

Thursday, June 14, 2012

4:30pm – 6:30pm

Evans Hall, Room 1011 (Jerzy Neyman room), University of California, Berkeley

 

Student Travel Award Winners

 

Four winners of the student travel award of reimbursement up to $1000 for travel to the San Diego JSM have been selected after careful deliberation of four judges, Doris Shu (Treasurer), Lynn Eudey (Past President), Chris Barker (President) and Kit Lau (President Elect).

These students are

Sharmodeep Bhattacharyya - UC Berkeley                    Brianna Heggeseth- UC Berkeley

Tessa Childers-Day - UC Berkeley                 Christine Ho- UC Berkeley

 

The judges also decided to award $400 to two other students who have applied. One student is from UC Davis and one student is  from UC Santa Cruz.

These students are

Jairo Fuguene - UC Santa Cruz                        Kimihiro Noguchi - UC Davis

 

Congratulations to all our Graduate Student Travel Award Winners!

 

Abstracts and Details

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June 14 Student Travel Awards and Chapter Business Meeting - All Chapter Members Welcome to attend

 

On June 14, after the student travel awards, at UC Berkeley, the chapter will have a business meeting and dinner. The restaurant, to be in Berkeley, location will be announced before the chapter meeting.

 

Chapter Officer Nominations and Upcoming Election  Nominations are open for Chapter Officer Positions of, President Elect, Vice Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer.

Please send nominations to Chris Barker (chris.barker@barkerstats.com) or Dean Fearn (dean.fearn@csueastbay.edu)

 

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Upcoming SFASA Seminars and Short Courses for 2012

 

Evaluation of Short Course: Bayesian Inference, Prediction and Decision-Making II Nov 6, 2011

 

Bay Area Chapter Member Survey Statistical Summary               Bay Area Chapter Member Survey Questions

 

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Workshop:  Using Statistical Engineering to Solve Large, Unstructured Problems

Lecturers:   Roger W. Hoerl, PhD, GE Global Research and Ronald D. Snee, PhD, Snee Associates, LLC

Abstact Workshop postponed:  Date to be determined.

 

Mark Your Calendars for the 3nd Annual Pacific Coast Statisticians and Pharmacometricians Innovation Conference (PaSiPhIC) Details

Motto - Narrowing the distribution between stochastic scientists by bringing Statisticians and Pharmacometricians together 

Event Dates: Monday June 25 - Wednesday June 27          City: San Luis Obispo, CA

 

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Volunteer Statisticians to visit Kindergarten through 12th grade Mathematics, Science or AP Statistics classes. Announcement

The Bay Area chapter is organizing workshop for AP statistics teachers called ÒBeyond AP StatisticsÓ, that will be held July 12,13 at Aragon High School in San Mateo County.    Please go to the following page to register: http://www.sfasa.org/APStatisticsCourse.htm

 

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Notes for Meetings of The San Francisco Chapter of the American Statistical Association

 

Announcements of Some Meetings of Other Statistical Organizations

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New job listings posted as of 4/16/2012. See Bay Area Employment Opportunities

 

A link to an article by SFASA Pres. Chris Barker titled ÒChapter Hosts Inaugural Workshop for AP Statistics TeachersÓ was published on page 27 in the Nov. 1, 2011 issue of AMSTATNEWS.

 

Documents giving some of SFASAÕs history

 

Past Presidents

 

Chapter Officers, please refer to Bay Area ASA Chapter Information

 

Link to San Francisco Bay Area Chapter in linkedin.com.

 

Some old SFASA meeting Announcements

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Site last updated May 14, 2012.  
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