Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Biostatistics and ... KUDOS Raymond P. Bain, Ph.D., Vice President and Director, Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences, Merck & Company, Incorporated,

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KUDOS RaymondP.Bain,Ph.D.,VicePresidentandDirector,BiostatisticsandResearchDecisionSciences,Merck&Company,Incorporated,andBIOSAlumnusistheMichaelH.KutnerDistinguishedAlumniAwardWinnerfor2016.CongratulationstoRayandthankyoutoMikeforhissupportofthisaward!HaitaoChu,analumnusofourprogram,isnamedFellowofASAthisyear:http://www.sph.umn.edu/chu-named-2016-american-statistical-association-fellow/

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1 KUDOS 2 QUOTES 3 UPCOMING DEPARTMENT MEETINGS 3-4 WORKSHOPS & MEETINGS 5 STATS + STORIES PODCAST 5 JOB OPENINGS 6 JSM NEWS 7-8 STATISTICS CARTOONS

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“Don't run from a challenge. Instead run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

-Nadia Comaneci Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.”

- Alexander Pope It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”

- Albert Einstein You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

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UPCOMING DEPARTMENT MEETINGS

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WORKSHOPS & MEETINGS IntersectionBetweenDigitalHealthandMedicalDevices• Tuesday,May3,2016from7-9PM• GeorgiaTechAlumniAssociation-190NorthAvenueNW,Atlanta,GA30313• Whilethetechstartupsceneisfocusedoninformationtechnology,datafuelingthedigitalhealthrevolutioncomesfrom

sensorsanddevices.Thismonth,we’llexploretherichopportunitiesattheintersectionofhardwareandsoftwarewithapaneldiscussionfeaturingexpertsinmedicaldevicesanddigitalhealth.Joinusforaneveningofrefreshments,networking,andinsight.

o GariCliffordInterimChair,BiomedicalInformaticsatEmorySchoolofMedicine

o RichardPowersFounder&CEOatPanelLogistix,formerCIOatCardioMEMS(acquiredbySt.Jude)

o JacquelineEdwardsCOOMedicMobile

o SherryFarrugia(Moderator)ManagingDirector,HealthPartnershipsatGeorgiaTech

• Formoreinfo:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/salon-intersection-between-digital-health-and-medical-devices-tickets-24211604561?aff=email

GHC2016:CelebrationofWomeninComputing• WomeninterestedinCS:The2016GraceHopperCelebrationofWomeninComputingwilltakeplaceonWednesday,

October19throughFriday,October21inHouston,Texas.• Website:https://ghc.anitaborg.org/calendar/attend-ghc-2016/

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WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS RefiningtheConceptofScientificInferenceWhenWorkingWithBigData:AWorkshopTheCommitteeonAppliedandTheoreticalStatisticsinvitesyoutoattendatwo-dayworkshoponthechallengesofapplyingscientificinferencetobigdata.Theworkshopwillbringtogetherstatisticians,datascientistsanddomainresearchersfromdifferentbiomedicaldisciplinestoexplorefourkeyissuesofscientificinference:·Inferenceaboutcausaldiscoveriesdrivenbylargeobservationaldata·Inferenceaboutdiscoveriesfromdataonlargenetworks·Inferenceaboutdiscoveriesbasedonintegrationofdiversedatasets·Inferencewhenregularizationisusedtosimplifyfittingofhigh-dimensionalmodelsTheaimoftheworkshopistoidentifynewdevelopmentsthatholdsignificantpromiseandtohighlightpotentialresearchareasforthefuture.Formoreinformation,includingthepreliminaryprogram,checkouttheworkshopwebsite.Date:June8-9,2016Location:KeckCenter,Room100,500FifthSt.,N.W.,Washington,D.C.20001Thisworkshopwillbeprofessionallywebcast.Ifyouintendtojoinusinpersonoronline,pleaseregisterbyMonday,June6th.Forquestionsabouttheworkshop,[email protected].

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STATS + STORIES PODCAST

• Episode18("SportsReportingintheDigitalEra")ofS+Sisnowavailable.TerenceMoore(@TMooreSports)isanationalsportscolumnistandcommentatorwhoisaregulartelevisioncontributortoCNN,ESPN"OutsidetheLines"andMSNBC.HealsoisacolumnistforSportsonEarth.com,MLB.comandCNN.com.Inaddition,hedoestelevisionworkfortheNFLNetwork,andheappearseverySundaynightonalocallytop-ratedshowinAtlanta.Tolistennow,pleasevisitwww.statsandstories.netoriTunes.PleaseforwardinformationaboutS+Stoanyofyourcolleaguesorfriendswhomightenjoyconsideringthestatisticsbehindthestoriesandthestoriesbehindthestatistics.

JOB OPENINGS PostdocpositionatUT-Austinonanalysisofnetworks

• TheDepartmentofStatisticsandDataSciencesatTheUniversityofTexasatAustin(https://stat.utexas.edu/)invitesapplicationsforatwo-yearPostdoctoralFellowposition.ThepostdoctoralfellowwillbementoredbyProfessorPurnamritaSarkar.Thepostdoctoralfellowhastheopportunitytopotentiallyworkinoneormoreofthefollowing.(1)Algorithmsandasymptoticsforcommunitydetectionalgorithmsforstatisticalnetworksinpresenceofcovariateinformation,overlappingcommunitiesandmissingdata,(2)Designandanalysisofscalablenon-convexoptimizationalgorithmsfornetworkanalysis.(3)Changepointdetectionwithnetworks,classificationandregressionwithnetworkvalueddataandmodelingdynamicnetworks.

• CandidatesshouldhaveaPhDinstatisticsormathematicsorarelatedfieldalongwithastrongbackgroundinmathematicalstatisticsandcomputationalmethods.

• Salariesarecompetitiveandthepositioncomeswithoutstandingbenefitsincludingfullycoveredhealthinsurances(http://www.utexas.edu/hr/prospective/benefits.html).ThepositionisexpectedtostartinAugust.Allapplicantsshouldsubmitanapplicationto(purnadotsarkarataustindotutexasdotedu)bysendingacurriculumvitaeandthreereferenceletters.Thepositionwillremainopenuntilfilled.

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