JSM 2017 is almost here. I just landed in Maryland, and I finally managed to finish combing through the entire program. What a packed schedule! I like writing an itinerary post each year, mainly so I can come back to it during and after the event. I obviously won’t make it to all sessions listed for each time slot below, but my decision for which one(s) to attend during any time period will likely depend on proximity to previous session, and potentially also proximity to childcare area.
The focus of the sessions I selected are education, data science, computing, visualization, and social responsibility. In addition to talks on topics I actively work in, I also enjoy listening to talks in application areas I’m interested in, hence the last topic on this list.
If you have suggestions for other sessions (in these topics or other) that you think would be interested, let me know in the comments!
Sun, 7/30/2017
Sunday will be mostly meetings for me, and I’m skipping any evening stuff to see Andrew Bird & Belle and Sebastian!
Mon, 7/31/2017
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DataFest meeting: 10am - 12pm at H-Key Ballroom 9. Stop by if you’re already an ASA DataFest organizer, or if you’d like to be one in the future!
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First hour will be discussing what worked and what didn’t, any concerns, kudos, advice for new sites, etc.
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Second hour will be drop-in for addressing any questions regarding organizing an ASA DataFest at your institution.
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Computing and Graphics mixer: 6 - 8pm at H-Key Ballroom 1.
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Caucus for Women in Statistics Reception and Business Meeting: 6:30 - 8:30pm at H-Holiday Ballroom 1&2.
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
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93 - TRANScending Data Gaps: Advances in Transgender Research Using Survey and Administrative Data
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118 - SPEED: Data Challenge
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
2:00 PM - 3:50 PM
4:00 PM - 5:50 PM
ASA President’s Invited Speaker: It’s Not What You Said. It’s What They Heard - Jo Craven McGinty, The Wall Street Journal
Tue, 8/1/2017
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
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I’m talking in the session titled Novel Approaches to First Statistics / Data Science Course (266) so I won’t be able to see the other talks in this time slot, but if I could be in two places at once, I’d like to see the following:
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276 - The Role of Statistics and Social Media in Combating Terrorism
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280 - Climate Statistics: Studies on the Physics and Impacts of Climate Change Using Data Science
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303 - Big Data
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
2:00PM - 3:50 PM
4:00 PM - 5:50 PM
Deming Lecture: A Rake’s Progress Revisited - Fritz Scheuren, NORC-University of Chicago
Wed, 8/2/2017
- Statistical Education Business Meeting - 6-7:30pm
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
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I’m chairing the session titled Modernizing the Undergraduate Statistics Curriculum (480) so I won’t be able to see the other talks in this time slot, but if I could be in two places at once, I’d like to see the following:
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526 - Contributed Poster Presentations: Statistics Without Borders
2:00PM - 3:50 PM
4:00 PM - 5:50 PM
COPSS Awards and Fisher Lecture: The Importance of Statistics: Lessons from the Brain Sciences - Robert E. Kass, Carnegie Mellon University
