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“One of the biggest challenges the statistical community faces is defining our role within the area known as data science.” An interview with ASA President Marie Davidian
15th October 2013
Marie Davidian is currently the President of the American Statistical Association. She received her Ph.D. in Statistics from the Department of Statistics at the University of North Carolina at...
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“This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance you have to shape a field that is begging to be reshaped after a century of neglect. Don’t miss it.” An interview with Judea Pearl
9th October 2013
Judea Pearl is currently Professor of Computer Science and Statistics and Director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory at UCLA where he joined in 1970. He achieved a B.S. degree in...
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Keeping it in the family: How children have followed their famous parents into statistics
12th September 2013
Authors: Vern Farewell and Joel Greenhouse When we were approached to write a short commentary related to children following a parent into work in statistics, we had the following three immediate...
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Nate Silver: What I need from statisticians
23rd August 2013
Exclusive interview: Nate Silver was the guest speaker at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings in Montreal, Canada where he gave the President’s Invited Address. He is currently the...
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“To some statisticians, a number is a number, but to me, a number is packed with history.” An interview with Professor Terry Speed
21st June 2013
Professor Terry Speed is a world-renowned statistician best known for his contributions to the applications of statistics to genetics and molecular biology, especially to the analysis of...
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“Statistics plays a central role in how we deal with crises and political events: Nicholas P. Jewell on being a young statistician during the AIDS epidemic
17th May 2013
Nicholas P. Jewell is Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh where he received a first class Honours...
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Radio 4’s More or Less: Behind the scenes with presenter Tim Harford
7th March 2013
More or Less is a BBC Radio 4 programme which discusses statistical issues raised in the news, politics and everyday life, as well as what's fun about numbers. The programme was originally presented...
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Leading biostatistician Marvin Zelen talks about his pioneering work in clinical trials and why he thinks current methods are wrong
20th February 2013
Professor Marvin Zelen, Lemuel Shattuck Research Professor of Statistical Sciences at Harvard University, is one of the world’s leading statisticians in biostatistics. He has worked on breakthrough...
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‘The world is the statistician’s oyster’: Professor Valerie Isham looks back on her RSS Presidency
7th January 2013
31st December 2012 marked the last day of Professor Valerie Isham’s presidency of the Royal Statistical Society before the baton was handed over to Mr John Pullinger, with whom an interview will...
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Can taking risks increase your chance of living? An interview with Professor David Spiegelhalter
2nd November 2012
Following on from the award-winning documentary ‘Joy of Stats’, on 18th October 2012, BBC Four broadcast a documentary called ‘Tails You Win: The Science of Chance’ presented by David...
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