Boston Chapter Concludes 175th Anniversary Celebrations with Symposium, Banquet

摘要

The Boston Chapter held a symposium and banquet December 6 to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the ASA in Boston on November 27, 1839. The event, with the theme "Future of Statistics," was held at Simmons College, only a few miles from the original ASA meeting place on 15 Cornhill. More than 80 participants were welcomed by Tom Lane, president of the Boston Chapter. This was followed by a brief history of the chapter, presented by Dominique Haughton of Bentley College. The symposium featured six panel discussions. Three focused on the future of statistics education at the K-12, undergraduate, and graduate levels. A parallel sequence of panel discussions focused on the future of statistics in sports, the health sciences, and industry and consulting. All the panel discussions were lively, thought provoking, and well attended. At each, attendees were asked to record what they regarded as die most intriguing forecast made by the panelists. Here are the most popular choices: At the symposium luncheon, ASA Executive Director Ronald Wasserstein presented greetings from the association before Lane announced that Scott Evans, senior scientist at the Harvard University School of Public Health, was the recipient of the 2015 Mosteller Statistician of the Year Award. Evans will be presented with the award at a banquet on February 17.