In a recent hearing on the state of artificial intelligence (AI) of the Senate Commerce Committee, the Dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, Andrew Moore, … Continue reading “Statistics as a Building Block for Artificial Intelligence”
Please join us for a special presentation by a group of statisticians from the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim on Friday, December 9 at noon in the Biostats Conference Room. The group will … Continue reading “Special Seminar with Boehringer Ingelheim”
Assistant Professor JP Onnela has just launched his new HarvardX online course, Using Python for Research. This course will bridge the gap between introductory and advanced courses in Python by … Continue reading “New Online Course – Using Python for Research”
Please visit the BSCC website for more information! Doctoral student Emily Slade received a grant from the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching to create the Biostatistics Student Consulting Center … Continue reading “Biostatistics Student Consulting Center”
A well-structured internship program offers an opportunity to gain real-world experience and develop collaborations with cross-functional teams in real-world settings.  In a recent session of the 2016 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in … Continue reading “Fostering the Next Generation of Statisticians through Collaborative Internships”
Using Historical Data for Bayesian Sample Size Determination Wednesday, December 7, 2016 12:30pm – 1:30pm Bldg 2, Rm 426 – large conference room Dr. Kush Kapur Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Senior Biostatistician, … Continue reading “Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Journal Club”
Though much attention is focused on the long-term benefits of climate change mitigation, David Hunter and Francesca Dominici’s recent article published in the online news source STAT and featured on … Continue reading “Honoring Climate Change Agreements Will Save Millions of Lives”
The huge upswing in sequencing activity over the past few years was one of the main topics discussed at the 10th annual PQG (Program in Quantitative Genomics) conference held earlier this month … Continue reading “Reviewing the 2016 PQG Conference: A Genome Every 12 Minutes”
Nominations are due Friday, December 2nd for the Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science. This annual award, supported by colleagues, friends and family, was established to honor Dr. Marvin Zelen’s long … Continue reading “Zelen Award – Nominations Due Friday 12/2”
