Healthcare Simulation: A Guide for Operations Specialists – An interview with authors Laura Gantt and H. Michael Young
15th January 2016
This month, Wiley is proud to publish Healthcare Simulation: A Guide for Operations Specialists by Laura T. Gantt and H. Michael Young, which is a a focused guide for healthcare simulation...
Read MoreFundamentals of Statistical Experimental Design and Analysis: An interview with Robert Easterling
8th January 2016
Towards the end of last year, Wiley was proud to publish Fundamentals of Statistical Experimental Design and Analysis by Professor Rob Easterling. Professionals in all areas – business;...
Read MoreThe COP21 Climate Deal and 6 Alternative Solutions to Curb Global Warming
28th December 2015
Author: Lillian Pierson P.E. On December 12th at the 21st UN Conference of Parties (COP21) in Paris, France, almost 200 countries agreed to adopt The Paris Agreement - a UN plan that aims to...
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Artificial Intelligence: Solving the Chinese Room Problem
18th December 2015
Author and artwork: Patrick Rhodes Introduction Yesterday, the very best AI (artificial intelligence) had trouble beating a novice human chess player. Today, the very best human player has enormous...
Read MoreIs my bacon sandwich going to give me cancer?
3rd December 2015
Author: Dr Jennifer Rogers It is now about a month ago that the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released a statement declaring that processed meat...
Read MoreDecision Science for Housing and Community Development: An interview with co-author Michael Johnson
1st December 2015
Last month, Wiley was proud to publish Decision Science for Housing and Community Development: Localized and Evidence-Based Responses to Distressed Housing and Blighted Communities, which offers a...
Read MoreThe Art of Flowing Data: An interview with Dr Nathan Yau
25th November 2015
Dr Nathan Yau is best known for his popular blog, Flowing Data, which explores how statisticians, designers, data scientists, and others use analysis, visualization, and exploration to understand...
Read MoreCreated by statisticians for statisticians: How R took the world of statistics by storm
19th November 2015
Author: Carlos Alberto Gómez Grajales Any particular day seems to be fit to change history. For instance, on May 5, 1976, Argentine former football player Juan Pablo Sorín was born. He played for...
Read More“In most places, not only are statisticians not in control of Big Data efforts and data science, but sometimes they are totally excluded or at best, marginalised.” An interview with Stephen Fienberg
10th November 2015
Stephen Fienberg is one of the top social statisticians in the world and is currently the Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Social Science in the Department of Statistics, the...
Read MoreProviding data analysis for the highest chain of command: An interview with Christine Fox
2nd November 2015
At this year's Joint Statistical Meetings held in Seattle, USA, the President's Invited Address Speaker was Ms Christine Fox. Ms Fox is Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis at the John...
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