Conference Proposal -- StatFest 2013

会议提案——StatFest 2013

• 批准号: 1431409
• 负责人: Javier Rojo
• 金额: $ 2.15万
• 依托单位: Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2014-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1431409&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Proposal; StatFest; 2013

StaFest conference will be held on October 12, 2013 at Rice University. The StaFest is an annual event partially supported by the American Statistical Association through the Committee on Minorities in Statistics. This year, the International Year of Statistics, this event will be especially significant. The goal of the StatFest is to showcase the work by statisticians in all realms of human endeavors, and by doing so, to encourage undergraduate students -- mostly non-traditional and underrepresented -- to pursue graduate careers in the statistical sciences. In addition, opportunities for graduate fellowships are discussed in the context of opportunities for graduate work in specific institutions. These goals are achieved by gathering a cadre of dynamic speakers who are top researchers in their respective domains (government, industry, academia, etc.) who are able to transmit their enthusiasm for the statistical sciences. In addition, a panel of graduate students discusses more specifically opportunities, challenges, and anecdotes that can be helpful for the soon-to-be graduate students. The conference also offers plenty of one-on-one discussion opportunities between undergraduate students and professional statisticians through communitarian meals (breakfast, lunch, and two coffee breaks) and, for the first time in the history of StatFests, an undergraduate research poster session at the end of the day. Students that will be recruited from across Texas. Traditionally the StatFest has recruited students from institutions in the host city. But this year, due to the International Year of Statistics, it is envisioned that the event will have more of a regional impact rather than a local one. The conference will assemble a group of top professional statisticians from academia, industry and government to showcase their activities with the purpose of enticing undergraduate students to pursue graduate careers in the statistical sciences. Students, mostly from underrepresented groups in the statistical sciences, engage in conversations about, and learn about cutting edge problems and solutions in, various realms of scientific inquiry, and most importantly, students come to appreciate the fundamental role that the statistical sciences play in supporting and guiding the fundamental scientific research and in the process get interested in pursuing graduate careers. The StatFest continues to have a major positive impact on the decisions of undergraduate students regarding graduate work. As a substantial percentage of those students attending the StatFest are from underrepresented groups in the statistical sciences, the StatFest -- clearly and compellingly-- provides a launching platform for many underrepresented students. These efforts will have an impact in helping to alleviate the well-documented national critical need to train more students from underrepresented groups in postgraduate careers in the mathematical sciences.

Stafest会议将于2013年10月12日在赖斯大学举行。 Stafest是一年一度的活动，由美国统计委员会的统计委员会部分支持美国统计协会。今年，国际统计年度这一活动将特别重要。 Statfest的目的是展示统计学家在人类努力的所有领域的作品，并通过这样做，鼓励本科生（主要是非传统和代表性不足）从事统计科学领域的研究生职业。此外，在特定机构的研究生工作机会的背景下，讨论了研究生奖学金的机会。这些目标是通过收集一群动态的演讲者来实现的，他们是各自领域（政府，工业，学术界等）中的顶级研究人员，他们能够传达对统计科学的热情。此外，一个研究生小组讨论了更具体的机会，挑战和轶事，这可能对即将成为研究生的研究生有所帮助。该会议还通过社区餐（早餐，午餐和两次咖啡休息时间）在本科生和专业统计学家之间提供了许多一对一的讨论机会，这是STATFEST历史上的第一次，这是当天结束时的本科研究海报会议。将从得克萨斯州各地招募的学生。传统上，Statfest招募了来自东道国机构的学生。但是今年，由于国际统计年度，可以预见，该活动将具有更多的区域影响力，而不是本地影响。该会议将组装一群来自学术界，行业和政府的顶级专业统计学家，以展示他们的活动，目的是吸引本科生从事统计科学的研究生职业。学生大多来自统计科学中代表性不足的群体，他们进行了有关尖端问题和解决方案的对话，科学探究的各种领域，最重要的是，学生们开始欣赏统计科学在支持和指导基本科学研究和指导基本科学研究以及在此过程中扮演的基本角色。 STATFEST继续对本科生关于研究生工作的决策产生重大积极影响。由于统计科学中代表性不足的群体中，大量的学生中有很大一部分是统计科学中代表性不足的小组，显然且令人震惊的是，为许多代表性不足的学生提供了一个启动平台。这些努力将有助于减轻有据可查的国家关键需求，以培训来自数学科学研究生职业不足小组的更多学生。