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. 

Student Travel Awards for the 2013 Joint Statistical Meetings in Montréal, Canada

For details click here

Biostatistics Symposium sponsored by SFASA

Speakers: Mike Crager, Ph.D., Genomic Health, Adam Olshen, Ph.D., UCSF, Elizabeth Purdom, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Hua Tang, Ph.D., Stanford, Yining Ye, Ph.D., Amgen and Houston Gilbert, Ph.D., Genentech

Pre-registration recommended: sfasaofficers@gmail.com

Time: June 1^st, 2013, Saturday 1pm - 5:40pm

(Free registration starts at 12:30pm) 

Location: Rm 101/102, Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, Stanford University

(Visiting parking is free)

click here for details

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 

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Volunteers Visit AP Statistics Classes in 2011 and 2012

Upcoming SFASA Seminars and Short Courses for 2013

On Monday 15 April 2013, the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), will host a short course at the UCSC campus on INLA (Integrated Nested Laplace Approximations) for Bayesian Statistical Inference and Prediction. The instructors for the course are Havard Rue and Daniel Simpson (of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU, in Trondheim)). For more details click here.

California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships places professional scientists and engineers in the California State Legislature for one-year appointments.

To apply click here: fellows.ccst.us. To see the announcement click here: CalSciFel.pdf Steve Pierson, Ph.D. Director of Science Policy

K12 Statistics Education Committee

This committee serves to strengthen statistics education in the Bay Area through the "Career to Classroom" Initiative and teacher professional development.

The SFSA Chapter is proud to announce it is participating in the International Year of Statistics a worldwide celebration of the contributions of statistical science to the advancement of our global society. More than 700 organizations—universities, research institutes, high schools, professional societies, government agencies and businesses—in nearly 100 countries are joining to celebrate and promote the importance of statistical science to the science community, businesses, governments, the news media, policymakers, employers, students and the public. During this yearlong celebration, the SFASA Chapter and the hundreds of other participating organizations around the world will be: * Increasing public awareness of the power and impact of statistics on all aspects of our society * Nurturing statistics as a profession, especially among high-school and college students * Promoting creativity and development in the sciences of probability and statistics Be sure to visit the International Year of Statistics 2013 website in the months ahead to learn more about how Statistics helps shape your everyday life.

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


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


Announcements of Some Meetings of Other Statistical Organizations

New job listings posted as of 2/21/13. See Bay Area Employment Opportunities

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

Documents giving some of SFASA’s 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

Site last updated May 11, 2013. 
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