10:00 AM - 12:00 PM  on Sunday, August 6, 2023 

Location: InterContinental Toronto Centre | Room: I - Caledon 

Address: 225 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2X3, Canada

See full details here: https://www.niss.org/events/writing-workshop-and-gsn-networking-meetup-jsm

The 3rd Annual Graduate Student Research Conference took place on May 20-21, 2023! 

This annual conference is for graduate students to present either an oral presentation or a poster presentation within the following categories: 

• Original Research (their own research work)

• Literature Research (presentation of a published paper that is not authored by the presenter)

• Literature Review (presentation on recent developments in an area -- this would be a chance to present a couple of papers to highlight recent developments in an area of interest.)

In addition to presentations by graduate students, we had invited speaker sessions, short courses and a professional networking hour! 

Visit the the event page on the NISS website to learn more. 

Come join us for our NISS Graduate Student Network Social 2023!

GSN Socials offer graduate students to share their experiences and hear from other grads in our NISS Academic Affiliate departments to help form connections and build your network! 

We discuss ways to help students tackle the challenges of graduate programs and help with their future careers. Students can share their experiences regarding their programs or an internship they did, and discuss shared interests with other grads in the network!  

The social will take place over Zoom on Friday February 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM EST. 

Register on Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlfuGgpjMsGtQtdgaVX0e8TB5wPWbSVJTV

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Graduate Student Network Homework/Writing group! 

During this event, we participated in stretches of focused working time with other graduate students (25 minutes of focused working time followed by a 5-minute break/socializing). Students that attended brought their homework, writing, and other projects they were working on, and enjoyed some focused working time with peers.

Want to participate in another? Let us know if we should have another one of these events!

The 2nd Annual Graduate Student Research Conference took place on May 14-15, 2022! 

This annual conference is for graduate students to present either an oral presentation or a poster presentation within the following categories: 

• Original Research (their own research work)

• Literature Research (presentation of a published paper that is not authored by the presenter)

• Literature Review (presentation on recent developments in an area -- this would be a chance to present a couple of papers to highlight recent developments in an area of interest.)

In addition to presentations by graduate students, we had two panels and a social networking hour! 

Visit the the event page on the NISS website to learn more. 

Do you love to make insightful discoveries in education data and cutting-edge visualizations to display them? 

NISS has a New COMPETITION FOR YOU! By entering, you have the opportunity to design an innovative visualization that attracts the reader to explore the data more deeply - and helps them to do so!

Registration due March 25, 2022 & Entries due April 12, 2022 by Noon ET

More Info here

National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) Academic Affiliates Committee held a tutorial on "Rcpp (R and C++) with Dirk Eddelbuettel" on Friday, March 25, 2022, 1- 2 pm ET. 

This talk gently introduced going to compiled code without fear thanks to sophisticated tooling which makes otherwise complicated and sometimes feared steps of compiling, linking, loading and launching compiled code a relative breeze that is accessible directly from R---by leveraging the excellent and robust build toolchain supplied by R. Dirk also highlighted key aspects, and motivations, of using Rcpp---and also warned of a few common pitfalls.  Pointers for further study as well as to additional examples offered an opportunity for self-study following this introductory talk.

More info here.

Come and learn about postdoctoral positions in statistics, and reasons you might consider a postdoctoral position after graduation, from our panel of current and former postdoctoral fellows! 

Panelists: (More description here)

• Dr. Whitney Huang, Assistant Professor, Clemson University Department of Mathematics and Statistics

• Dr. Dayu Sun, Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University Department of Biostatistics

• Dr. Yibo Xu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Clemson University Department of Mathematics and Statistics

• Dr. Guillermo Basulto-Elias, Center for Transportation Research and Education, Iowa State University

The NISS Graduate Student Network and the NISS Academic Affiliates are excited to announce a special 2-hour event about internship opportunities for graduate students.

Panelists will share information about internship opportunities from their industries and also discuss the job description/qualifications/requirements for these types of positions. In addition, this event has been organized such that it occurs before the deadlines for internship applications from these companies.

If you are thinking about a future internship experience as part of your graduate studies then this event is for you!

For more information, visit the NISS website here: https://www.niss.org/events/internship-opportunities-graduate-students

If your have any questions before the event - please feel free to submit them here

Come to the NISS Graduate Student Conference that will take place on June 12-13, 2021. 

This will be a conference for graduate students to present either an oral presentation or a poster presentation within the following categories: 

• Original Research (their own research work), 

• Literature Research (presentation of a published paper that is not authored by the presenter), or 

• Literature Review (presentation on recent developments in an area -- this would be a chance to present a couple of papers to highlight recent developments in an area of interest.)

In addition to presentations by graduate students, we will also have a social networking hour and two invited speakers that will discuss "How to present your research?". 

For more information please go to https://www.niss.org/events/niss-graduate-student-research-conference

NISS hosted a Virtual Career Fair for Non-Clinical Biostatistics (NCB)!  Students at this NISS career fairs gained the opportunity to learn about the drug research and development process and how non-clinical statisticians are involved in each step.  Several experts shared and gave presentations on their experiences. 

This career fair took place on April 14, 2021 12 - 1:30 pm ET and was hosted by NISS.  To see more details visit: https://www.niss.org/events/virtual-career-fair-non-clinical-biostatistics-ncb

The NISS Graduate Student Network hosted an exciting virtual meet-up on computing tools that would be valuable to statistics or biostatistics Ph.D. students! In fact, understanding and being able to use these tools might be of value for faculty members as well! This overview included tools such as R shiny and tidyverse among others.

The goal of this session was to introduce an overview of these tools and make the students aware of the benefits of investing time to learn more about them.

Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel, (University of Edinburgh, Duke University, RStudio), gave an overview and then for the remainder of the session the floor was open for Questions & Answers.

Analisa Flores, (University of California, Riverside), moderated the event. 

The event took place over Zoom on Thursday, March 30th, 2021, 3 - 4 pm (EST). Find out more information here.

Come join us for the NISS Graduate Student Network Social! GSN Socials offer graduate students to share their experiences and hear from other grads in our NISS Academic Affiliate departments to help form connections and build your network! We discuss ways to help students tackle the challenges of graduate programs and help with their future careers. Students can share their experiences regarding their programs or an internship they did, and discuss shared interests with other grads in the network!  

This event is open to graduate students at NISS Affiliate departments or institutions. If you are not certain if your institution is a NISS Affiliate, please check the list of NISS Affiliate Academic Departments here: https://www.niss.org/affiliates-list

The social will take place over Zoom on Friday March 19, 2021 at 3:00 PM EST. The Zoom link is HERE.

Come join us for the NISS Graduate Student Network "How to Negotiate a Job Offer in Academia".  The social will take place over Zoom on Thursday, March 18th, 2021, 1:30 - 3 pm (EST).  The three distinguished panelists that will present on this topic include:

• Richard De Veaux (Williams College)

• Galin Jones (University of Minnesota)

• Bhramar Mukherjee (University of Michigan)

• Moderator: Esra Kurum (University of California, Riverside)

The meet-up is free to all and will use Zoom. Registration is required. Please go to https://www.niss.org/events/how-negotiate-job-offer to get more information and register for this event.

Come join us for the NISS Graduate Student Network Winter Social!  The social will take place over Zoom on Friday February 12, 2021 at 3:00 PM EST (12:00 PM PST).  The Zoom link is HERE.

Join us for "Meeting with the Alumni" on January 15, 2021  at 9:00 AM Pacific Time.  At this meeting alumni will be sharing their experiences in the job market and answer your questions. The Zoom Meeting link is HERE.

Alumni: 

• Lauren Cappiello (Assistant Professor at California State University Sacramento)

• Nancy Murray (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Please use this link (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjYS-X3j7GOiNORexi1Ddi-dUHImzdpCSp7o0Yzzm9w/edit?usp=sharing) to write down your questions. Thank you!

The goal is to create exciting, interactive graphics that simultaneously inform. NISS especially hopes that teaming education/social science students with data science/statistics students will produce creative graphics that tell a more complete story, even without the full report text.

Students must register by 21 December to get the data; contest ends 6 January, COB. The students will be provided with education data and public reports.  You can connect to more information and registration via this link:  https://www.niss.org/events/niss-statistically-accurate-interactive-displays-graphics

National Institute of Statistical Sciences Data Visualization Contest

In graduate school we often have opportunities to present to different audiences with various levels of knowledge and experience.  In this presentation we will discuss various presentation styles, tips, and strategies for presenting.  Come join us to learn from experienced professionals how to better your presentation in different settings. The presentation will happen on November 30, 2020 from 1:30pm-3:00pm ET. 

For more information click here. 

Join us for our first "Meeting with the Alumni" on November 19, 2020  at 10:00 AM Pacific Time.  At this meeting alumni will be sharing their experiences in the job market and answer your questions. The Zoom Meeting ID is 952-3599-7747 and passcode is 282100.  We look forward to seeing you (virtually) there! 

Alumni: 

• Ark Fang (Data Scientist, Google) 

• Ben Risk (Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University)

Please use this link (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjYS-X3j7GOiNORexi1Ddi-dUHImzdpCSp7o0Yzzm9w/edit?usp=sharing) to write down your questions. Thank you!

Come join us for the first ever NISS Graduate Student Network Fall Social!  The social will take place over Zoom On October 30, 2020 at 3:00 PM EST (12:00 PM PST).  The Zoom Meeting ID is 942-1525-0739 and passcode is 852735.  We look forward to seeing you (virtually) there!