Graduate Statistics Education at a Crossroads

Webinar: October 26^th, 2018 noon - 1 pm ET (link to recording)

Please join us as we discuss the transformation of graduate education in Statistics. We will hear thoughts challenging current programs from leading researchers and educators and then move into breakout spaces where we can discuss amongst colleagues.  

The speakers will be:

Julie Novak, Senior Data Scientist, Netflix

Michael Rappa, Director of the Institute for Advanced Analytics, NCSU

Renata Rawlings-Goss, Director of the South Big Data Innovation Hub, Georgia Tech

Padhraic Smyth, Director of the Data Science Initiative, UC Irvine

The ideas submitted via the online meeting will inform the discussions at a subsequent 2-day workshop. 

The steering committee for the workshop consists of the following members:      

Jennifer Hill (New York University)

Nicholas Horton (Amherst College)

David Madigan (Columbia University)

Deb Nolan (University of California, Berkeley)

Daniela Witten (University of Washington)

Please take a moment to share your ideas (Big Ideas).