Statistics and Biostatistics Department Chairs Workshop

该奖项为参加于2016年7月12日至13日在弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市美国统计协会举行的美国统计与生物统计学系主任研讨会的参与者提供旅费。在美国的大学里，统计学课程的注册人数和授予的统计学学位都在激增。授予统计学和生物统计学研究生和本科学位的大学数量达到了历史最高水平。与此同时，数据科学正在成为一个重要的研究项目，公共和私营部门对数据科学技能的需求正在迅速增加。由于统计学是数据科学的基础学科，统计学和生物统计学系主任需要确保统计学家是校内和校外大学数据科学项目的有效合作伙伴。本次研讨会汇集了统计和生物统计系主任，以应对当前的挑战，并直接向资助机构和私营部门代表学习数据科学和研究资助趋势，以帮助统计和生物统计部门确保采用全面的方法进行数据科学研究，并培训毕业生具备满足劳动力需求的技能。统计学家和统计学在推动科学发展方面发挥着非常重要的作用。本次研讨会为统计学、生物统计学和相关系主任提供了一个讨论当前趋势、挑战和机遇的机会，这些趋势与入学人数激增、劳动力需求、研究趋势、数据科学和其他问题有关。与会者将听取有关劳动力需求的私营部门代表、有关资助计划和趋势的资助机构代表、有关统计和数据科学教育的学术领袖以及有关跨校园研究和教育工作的大学管理人员的意见。由于该研讨会的目标是使系主任能够进一步参与跨校园跨学科研究和数据科学工作，因此该研讨会具有提高科学研究的强大潜力。讲习班的会议记录将以对与会者和更广泛的社区具有建设性的形式进行记录、总结和传播。更多信息可以在研讨会的网页上找到：https://www.amstat.org/meetings/dcworkshop/

This award supports travel for participants in the U.S. Statistics and Biostatistics Department Chairs Workshop held July 12-13, 2016 at the American Statistical Association in Alexandria, Virginia. Enrollments in statistics courses as well as statistics degrees awarded are surging across U.S. universities. The numbers of universities granting both graduate and undergraduate degrees in statistics and biostatistics are at all-time highs. At the same time, data science is emerging as an important research program and the demand for data science skills is rapidly increasing in the public and private sectors. Since statistics represents a foundational discipline in data science, statistics and biostatistics department chairs need to ensure statisticians are effective partners in intramural and extramural university data science programs. This workshop brings together statistics and biostatistics department chairs to address current challenges and learn directly from funding agency and private sector representatives about data science and research funding trends, in order to help statistics and biostatistics departments ensure a comprehensive approach both to data science research and to training graduates with skills that meet workforce demands. Statisticians and statistics play a very important role in advancing science. This workshop provides an opportunity for statistics, biostatistics, and related department chairs to discuss current trends, challenges, and opportunities relating to surging enrollments, workforce needs, research trends, data science, and other issues. To inform discussions, participants will hear from private sector representatives concerning workforce needs, funding agency representatives on funding programs and trends, academic leaders on statistics and data science education, and university administrators on cross-campus research and educational efforts. Because a goal of this workshop is to equip department chairs to further engage their faculty in cross-campus interdisciplinary research and data science efforts, the workshop has strong potential to improve scientific research. Proceedings of the workshop will be recorded, summarized, and disseminated in a format constructive to the participants and the broader community. More information can be found at the workshop web page:https://www.amstat.org/meetings/dcworkshop/