Statistics and Biostatistics Department Chairs Workshop

该奖项为参加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和生物统计部门主席研讨会的参与者提供旅费。统计课程的注册人数以及授予的统计学位在美国各大学都在激增。同时授予统计学和生物统计学研究生和本科生学位的大学数量创历史新高。与此同时，数据科学正在成为一项重要的研究项目，公共和私营部门对数据科学技能的需求正在迅速增长。由于统计学是数据科学的基础学科，统计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。这次讲习班汇集了统计和生物统计系主任，以应对当前的挑战，并直接从供资机构和私营部门代表那里学习数据科学和研究供资趋势，以帮助统计和生物统计部门确保对数据科学研究采取综合办法，并培训具有满足劳动力需求的技能的毕业生。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。该研讨会为统计学、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、挑战和机会涉及入学人数激增、劳动力需求、研究趋势、数据科学和其他问题。为了向讨论提供信息，与会者将听取私营部门代表关于劳动力需求的意见，资助机构代表关于资助计划和趋势的意见，统计和数据科学教育方面的学术领袖的意见，以及大学管理者关于跨校园研究和教育努力的意见。由于这个研讨会的目标是使系主任能够进一步让他们的教员参与到跨校园跨学科研究和数据科学的工作中来，所以这个研讨会在改善科学研究方面具有很大的潜力。研讨会的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。欲了解更多信息，请访问研讨会网站page: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/