The City College of New York (CCNY) Week of Science 2021 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI, MATHEMATICS: The Department of Mathematics honors Drs. Robert Aumann ('50), Herman Chernoff ('43) and Martin Davis ('48) with Distinguished Alumni Awards in an event that will bring together three great mathematical minds. Dr. Aumann was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences; Dr. Chernoff held faculty positions in mathematics at Stanford, MIT, and Harvard; and the American Mathematical Society calls Dr. Davis "one of the world's outstanding logicians." Professor Ethan Akin will moderate this very special event.
Dates for the Week of Science: Monday, April 19 through Friday, April 23, 2021 Date & Time for DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI, MATHEMATICS: Thursday, April 22, 2021, 12:30 PM (ET)
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ccny-week-of-science-2021-tickets-148236402069 Note about Registration: To register for the DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI, MATHEMATICS event, scroll down the registration page and select DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI, MATHEMATICS. Events are virtual and free.
ASA Business and Economic Statistics Section Web-Based Lecture Time Series: A First Course with Bootstrap Sampler
Presenter: Tucker McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
Dates and Times: This will be a four-part webinar presentation from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET) on these Thursdays in April: the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th. Register just once to receive the access information prior to each presentation date. Each session will be recorded and the links will be sent to all registered attendees after each session in case one has a conflict with any of the presentation times.
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 12:00 PM (ET)
ASA Web-Based Lecture Polygenic Risk Prediction and Equitable Disease Prevention
Sponsor: Section on Risk Analysis
Presenters: Nilanjan Chatterjee, PhD, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Date and Time: Thursday, April 22, 2021, 2:00 - 4:00 PM (ET)
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, April 21, 2021, 12:00 PM (ET)
ASA Web-Based Lecture Competing Frameworks and Methods for Competing Risks Data
Sponsor: Lifetime Data Science Section
Presenter: Douglas Schaubel, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Date and Time: Friday, April 30, 2021, 12:00 - 2:00 PM (ET)
Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 29, 2021, 12:00 PM (ET)
ASA Statistical Consulting Section Web-Based Lecture Learning from COVID-19 Data on Transmission, Health Outcomes, Interventions and Vaccination
Presenter: Xihong Lin, Department of Biostatistics and Department of Statistics Harvard University
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 3:00 - 5:00 PM (ET)
Registration Deadline: Monday, March 22, 2021, at 12:00 PM(ET)