Journal of Time Series Analysis Distinguished Author Award
28th October 2020
In recognition of the authors who have made significant contributions to the journal, the Journal of Time Series Analysis is instigating a scheme to honour those authors by naming them a Journal of...
Read More
Pharmaceutical Statistics Virtual Issue on Estimands
28th October 2020
Pharmaceutical Statistics has just published a Virtual Issue on Estimands. Issue 16:1 (2017) of Pharmaceutical Statistics was deemed to be a special issue on the subject matter of estimands,...
Read More
October 2020 issue of Significance just published!
22nd October 2020
The October 2020 issue (17:5) of Significance has just been published. Included in this issue: Andrew Gustar explains how power laws describe patterns of musical success, from pop charts and...
Read More“The coupling of innovation and open data science tools for science has been fascinating to me and hard to tease apart”: An interview with Dr Julia Stewart-Lowndes
29th January 2020
Dr Julia Stewart-Lowndes is a marine ecologist, data scientist, and Senior Fellow at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California at Santa...
Read More“It feels to me like a very affirming community that people feel more comfortable saying this is the work I do”: An interview with R Studio’s Chief Technology Officer Joe Cheng
18th November 2019
Joe Cheng is the Chief Technology Officer at RStudio. Joe was the original creator of Shiny, and leads the team responsible for Shiny and Shiny Server. After studying a BS in Management -...
Read More
An interview with new Statistica Neerlandica Editor, Miroslav Ristic
13th November 2019
Miroslav Ristic is a professor in the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Nis, Serbia, specialising in time series analysis and statistical distribution theory. He has served as...
Read MoreHow Google is boosting the value of wind energy by using statistics
21st October 2019
Author: Carlos Grajales A few months ago, the International Energy Agency reported record high global carbon emissions in 2018 . Once again protesters turned to the streets; once again a debate of...
Read MoreElectric Cars: Where are they, where have they been, and where are they going?
30th September 2019
Author: Alison Goldstein These days, every device we own seems thirsty for electricity: our computers, our phones, lightbulbs, dishwashers. And yet most of our transportation still relies on other...
Read More“It’s important for Statistics to maintain its identity”: An interview with Alan Gelfand
23rd September 2019
Alan Gelfand is the James B. Duke Emeritus Professor of Statistics and Decision Sciences at Duke University and is best known for his significant contributions to the fields of Bayesian...
Read More“Alexa, what are the stats?”: How the Amazon Echo is powered by data science
10th September 2019
Author: Carlos Grajales About five years ago, Amazon released the first version of Echo, an internet-connected speaker, unique for its proprietary always-on voice assistant . At first glance, Echo...
Read More