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ASA Travel Fund Winners Talk Awards, CSP 2023
The ASA Student and Early Career Travel Fund provides merit and financial need–based monetary support for students and early-career professionals to attend ASA-sponsored conferences. Here, Lydia Gibson, former JEDI Outreach Group Student and Young Professionals Committee co-chair, interviews award recipients Nikhil Tarigonda, Kotomi Oda, and Alicia Alvarez about their experiences.
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84.51° Data Science Director Shares Advice, Skills Needed to Succeed
What skills does Chad Stripling use daily, and why did he choose data science as a career? He tells us here and offers advice for future data scientists.
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INFORMS Student Paper Competition Open for Submissions
INFORMS, the international association for operations research and analytics professionals, is sponsoring a competition to encourage student research called “Doing Good with Good OR.”
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Curiosity Cup Offers Analytics Skills Competition
The Curiosity Cup is a global SAS student competition that brings teams together to grow their knowledge of data science and analytics. Registration opens in October.
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Case Competition Open for Submissions
The competition is designed to encourage the creation, dissemination, and use of new, unpublished cases in operations research and the management sciences.
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Certification: One Way to Transition to a Data Science Career
Roger Peng, a professor in the department of biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, answers questions about earning a certification in data science as a way to pivot into the field.
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What to Ask About Graduate School in Biostatistics
When Simon Couch began applying to graduate school, he found he was only able to learn about some parts of the process through office hours, personal meetings, and social media messaging, so he decided to compile some of what he learned to help others apply.
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COVID-19 Job Search Tips for Early-Career Data Scientists, Analytics Pros
The past year has been a difficult time for many as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Following are some tips for those who want to proactively manage their early career and job search during this uncertain time.
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Spring 2020 Student Training Resources
A list of student opportunities related to social and behavioral science from the National Science Foundation for graduates, undergraduates, and postdocs
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Ellis R. Ott Scholarships Available
The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality is accepting applications for the Ellis R. Ott Scholarship, which supports students in a graduate program with a concentration in applied statistics and/or quality management.