ASA Sections and Interest Groups Sections and

slide1. ASA Sections and Interest Groups<br>
slide2. Sections and Interest Groups are communities interested in a particular statistical theory, methodology, or application that is sufficiently broad to represent active professional interests<br>
slide3. Section & Interest Group Member Benefits Networking with members who have similar interests
Online discussions in dedicated ASA Community groups
In-person meetings at conference mixers
Mentoring programs
Keeping up-to-date in your area
Scientific program at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM)
Continuing education classes or webinars
Information on special interest conferences
Other benefits
Section newsletters
Best paper and poster awards at JSM
Leadership opportunities
Sponsored awards
Student competitions<br>
slide4. Differences between
Sections & Interest Groups Sections
There are 30 Sections (latest established Fall 2023)
Member fees (ranging from $5 to $12 per year)
Formal charter with elected chairs and other officers
Interest Groups
There are 12 Interest Groups (latest established Summer 2024)
No member fees
Can include non-ASA members<br>
slide5. ASA Sections<br>
slide6. Sections (with year established) Bayesian Statistical Science (est. 1992)
Biometrics (est. 1938)
Biopharmaceutical (est. 1981)
Business and Economic Statistics (est. 1950)
Statistical Computing (est. 1972)
Statistical Consulting (est. 1991)
Statistics and Data Science Education (est. 1948)
Statistics in Defense and National Security (est. 2004)
Statistics and the Environment (est. 1990)
Statistics in Epidemiology (est. 1992)
Statistics in Genomics and Genetics (est. 2015)
Government Statistics (est. 1988)
Statistical Graphics (est. 1985)
Health Policy Statistics (est. 1994)
Statistics in Imaging (est. 2012)

Statistical Learning and Data Science (est. 2009)
Lifetime Data Science Section (est. 2019)
Statistics in Marketing (est. 1991)
Medical Devices and Diagnostics (est. 2014)
Mental Health Statistics (est. 2013)
Nonparametric (est. 1999)
Physical and Engineering Sciences (est. 1954)
Statistical Programmers and Analysts (est. 2009)
Quality and Productivity (est. 1989)
Risk Analysis (est. 1994)
Social Statistics (est. 1953)
Statistics in Sports (est. 1992)
Survey Research Methods (est. 1978)
Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (est. 1991)
Text Analysis (est. 2023)<br>
slide7. Section on Bayesian
Statistical Science Networking opportunities, including emails about job openings and conferences
Provides generous support for student travel including the International Society for Bayesian Analysis meetings and co-sponsors the Mitchell Prize and the Savage Award
Offers terrific short courses at conferences<br>
slide8. Biometrics Section Provides opportunities to network with fellow statisticians, data scientists and quantitative analysts in areas of biological and biomedical research
Sponsors the annual David P. Byar Young Investigator Award, JSM student travel awards, and a variety of funding mechanisms for training, such as post-doctoral career-development awards
Co-sponsor of the Annie T. Randall Innovator Award
Offers grant opportunities to its membership for strategic initiatives<br>
slide9. Biopharmaceutical Section Provides continuing education through mentoring, podcasts, the Biopharm Report and sponsors the annual Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop
Supports a community of academic, industry and regulatory statisticians committed to the application of statistics to the development and use of therapeutic drugs, biologics and devices in humans and animals<br>
slide10. Business and Economic
Statistics Section Provides a forum for statisticians from industry, academia, and government to network and discuss topics involving the research and practice of business and economics statistics
Co-sponsors the Zellner Thesis Award, the Shiskin Award, and student paper awards, as well as the Seasonal Adjustment Practitioners Workshop
Organizes short courses, webinars, and focused conference sessions, as well as providing
opportunities for mentoring<br>
slide11. Section on
Statistical Computing Sponsors the John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award and the Statistical Computing and Graphics Award
Organizes a special poster session, The Data Expo, where all of the papers presented are reports of analyses of a common dataset
Co-sponsors other meetings that are relevant to statistical computing such as the Interface Conference and the Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference<br>
slide12. Section on
Statistical Consulting Provides networking opportunities for statistical consultants in all areas including industry, finance, and government, including both large and individual practices
Supports training, such as "role play," and education of effective statistical consultants and collaborators, including professional development and sharing of best practices
Works to understand and disseminate best practices at academic statistical consulting and
collaboration centers through the "pathways to promotion" committee<br>
slide13. Section on Statistics
and Data Science Education Offers opportunities for all statistics and data science educators to share and discuss ideas through professional meetings, online discussion groups, and personal connections made through the section
Provides education resources such as professional development, research findings, funding opportunities and sponsors the Waller Education Awards, the Ron Wasserstein and Speed Session Awards for presentations at JSM, and the Section Mentoring Program
Creates and shapes policies of the ASA and professional communities regarding
educational innovations<br>
slide14. Section on Statistics
in Defense and National Security Promotes the statistics profession and statistical best practices within the national defense and security sectors
Provides networking and training opportunities
Sponsors Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis Workshop (DATAWorks), focused on strengthening the community around statistical approaches to test, evaluation, and modeling and simulation for
defense and aerospace<br>
slide15. Section on Statistics
and the Environment Provides a community for statisticians to communicate on environmental science, academic and networking activities and events, career opportunities, emerging issues, polices on environmental issues, and etc. Engages and promotes our members and provides guidance to junior researchers interested in environmental science
Promotes environmental science research using cutting edge statistical and machine learning methods by sponsoring JSM sessions, workshops and conferences. Recognize outstanding researchers by Young Investigator Awards and Distinguished Achievement Medals, and supports the professional advancement of students and early career researchers.
Engages in outreach to other organizations, disciplines and groups to advance the use of sound statistical methods and practices in the environmental arena, and ensures continued mutual enrichment of statistical and environmental science through contributions to improved environmental understanding. Supports and seeks new ways to promote justice, equity,
diversity, and inclusion (JEDI).
Provides advice and guidance on issues in environmental science, management and regulation,
particularly regarding the design, collection, analysis, interpretation and integration of environmental
data and information.<br>
slide16. Section on Statistics
in Epidemiology Offers opportunities to network with fellow statisticians who conduct epidemiologic research
Sponsors the Nathan Mantel Award for Lifetime Contributions to Statistics in Epidemiology and Young Investigator Awards  
Promotes sound statistical practice in epidemiology, develops statistical methods appropriate to epidemiologic research, and advances substantive issues in public health<br>
slide17. Government Statistics Section Offers ongoing dialogues with statisticians involved in the development of techniques and practices related to government statistics and products, advancing knowledge sharing of cutting-edge practices
Provides opportunities for members to better understand the levels of quality, continuity, comparability, appropriateness, accessibility, relevance, and timeliness of governmental statistical activities and the role of professional statisticians in public programs
Co-sponsors the Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award, the Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship,
the Roger Herriot Award, and the Data Challenge. Sponsors the Pat Doyle Award.
Organizes topical workshops<br>
slide18. Section on
Statistical Graphics Offers opportunities to network with statisticians interested in computing and graphics from a diverse collection of institutions and companies
Co-sponsors annual “Data Expo” competition with Computing and Government sections
Co-sponsors prestigious Statistical Computing and Graphics Award (awarded every 2-6 years). This award carries with it a cash prize of $5,000 plus an allowance of up to $1,000 for travel to the annual
Joint Statistical Meetings<br>
slide19. Health Policy
Statistics Section Opportunities to get involved with a super friendly and open group of researchers who represent interdisciplinary fields that involve decision sciences, economics, ethics, management, and political analysis, as well as evaluative science and statistics
Sponsors the biennial International Conference on Health Policy Statistics
Develops and applies state-of-the-art statistical methods to design studies, analyze data, and
interpret results to inform health policy change; track the nation’s health; and measure
the effectiveness of interventions on a large scale<br>
slide20. Section on Statistics in Imaging Provides networking opportunities for statisticians working in imaging science
Sponsors student paper competitions
Sponsors sessions at JSM and other conferences highlighting modern problems in statistical imaging science and in associated areas of application<br>
slide21. Section on Statistical
Learning and Data Science Serves as the Association's focal point for Data Science and Statistical Learning issues
Creates forums for presentation and discussion of research in these fields
Builds cooperative relationships on behalf of the Association with other organizations that have interests in these fields<br>
slide22. Lifetime Data Science Section Focuses on analysis of time-to-event data with censoring, truncation and competing risks
Interested in counting processes, multi-state, multiple or clustered events, and longitudinal biomarker histories, and quality-of-life models
Recognizes interdisciplinary research in areas such as finance, economics, imaging, engineering, genomics and genetics<br>
slide23. Section on Statistics in Marketing Provides networking opportunities to discuss development and application of statistical methods in the marketing area
Provides opportunities to see state-of-the-art work involving statistics and marketing issues
Sponsors a doctoral dissertation award for applications of statistics in marketing<br>
slide24. Section on Medical
Devices and Diagnostics A strong community for statisticians collaborating in medical devices and diagnostics
Offers best and contributed paper awards at JSM and a mentoring program
Provides mechanisms to disseminate statistical innovations and best practices for clinical studies of medical devices and diagnostics<br>
slide25. Mental Health Statistics Section Provides a forum for individuals working across the broad field of statistical methods for mental health research, including psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, medicine, and public health
Co-sponsors the Thomas R. TenHave Symposium on Statistics in Mental Health
Facilitates methodological research in areas including longitudinal data analysis, measurement, latent variables, causal inference and missing data<br>
slide26. Section on Nonparametric Statistics Provides a stimulating environment to get engaged in modern nonparametric statistics in an integrated fashion
Co-sponsors conferences and workshops such as the International Society for Non-Parametric Statistics Conference and the Workshop on Nonparametric Statistics for Big Data
Sits at the nexus of theory and applications, in particular in the big data era; members represent research areas such as omics, neuroimaging, modern medicine, ranking/selection, machine learning, nonparametric Bayes, semiparametric/nonparametric survival analysis, data exploration/visualization or smoothing, function estimation, functional and longitudinal
data<br>
slide27. Section on Physical &
Engineering Sciences Provide opportunities to develop professional relationships among colleagues with interests in statistics for the physical and engineering sciences
Fosters the exchange of information among statisticians concerning statistical issues arising in the physical and engineering sciences
Sponsors events such as the Fall Technical Conference and the Spring Research Conference
and associated Short Courses to promote ongoing professional development<br>
slide28. Section for Statistical
Programmers and Analysts Provides networking opportunities to support each other regardless of business, stage of career, or geographic location
Provides a venue for statistical programmers to discuss interests, share experiences, knowledge and challenges, and to increase the awareness of their roles in the entire statistical and analytics community
Provides a conference grant for students and recent graduates<br>
slide29. Section on Quality
and Productivity Offers opportunities to network with fellow statisticians interested in the development, teaching and application of statistical tools and statistical thinking for improving quality and productivity
Provides two Mary G. and Joseph Natrella scholarships annually to help students further their graduate education, sponsors and provides student scholarships to attend the Quality and Productivity Research Conference and sponsors the Gerald J. Hahn Q&P Achievement Award
Provides opportunities for leadership and professional growth through volunteer and
elected positions
Co-sponsors and hosts an invited session at the Fall Technical Conference<br>
slide30. Risk Analysis Section Studies and develops the methodology of risk assessment and risk analysis
Develops applications of risk methodology to various subject matter areas
Organizes sessions at meetings of the ASA
Conducts workshops, webinars, and symposia<br>
slide31. Social Statistics Section Provides networking opportunities for statisticians in the social sciences
Co-sponsors the Jeanne E. Griffin Mentoring Award, the Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship, Roger Herriot Award, and Student Paper Awards
Sponsors workshops on cutting edge issues in the social sciences, such as the Adaptive Design Workshop<br>
slide32. Statistics in Sports Section Promotes content in sports statistics as a main sponsor of paper and poster sessions at the Joint Statistical Meetings and co-sponsor of events such as the Cascadia Symposium on Statistics in Sports, the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference, and the New England Symposium on Statistics in Sport (NESSIS)
Promotes publications that have content in sports statistics, especially the ASA-sponsored Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports
Increases the availability of information related to statistics in sports through the
section’s website, and through the activities of the section’s officers and members in
print and social media<br>
slide33. Survey Research
Methods Section Offers opportunities to network with fellow statisticians in the field of survey research
Recognizes outstanding graduate student research through the Edward C. Bryant Scholarship and the joint SRMS/GSS/SSS student paper competition, offers best poster awards and travel awards for students at JSM, and publishes free-of-charge on-line series for non-specialists What is a Survey?
Promotes opportunities to learn more about novel, cutting-edge research in survey methodology through section activities, including a section-specific JSM proceedings page and free member access to the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, an Oxford journal sponsored by ASA and AAPOR
Offers multiple webinars on state-of-the-art survey research methods each year, in
addition to providing free member access to past recordings of AAPOR webinars on
survey and public opinion research<br>
slide34. Section on Teaching
of Statistics in the Health Sciences Provides support and mentorship to teachers of statistics in the health sciences, especially those who are junior, isolated, or in need of resources
Promotes sharing of teaching materials through the TSHS Resources Portal, sponsors the Outstanding Teaching Award, the Young Investigator Award and the Distinguished Achievement Award
Offers access to leaders, researchers and innovators in the dissemination of modern resources,
methods and best practices for the teaching of statistics in the health sciences<br>
slide35. Text Analysis Section Conducts research into new methodology for text analysis, sentiment analysis, and related areas
Applies text analytics to high impact problems that benefit the world
Creates a community of scholarship of those who have an active interest in the areas of text analysis, text mining, natural language processing, and related areas of research at their intersection with statistics to teach best practices and to ensure ethical conduct in matters pertaining to text analysis
Increase awareness of statistical community in tools and methods of text analysis, promote
text analysis as an integral part of modern statistics education, and involve statisticians
in research in text analysis<br>
slide36. ASA Interest Groups<br>
slide37. Interest Groups (with year established) Statistics and Data Science in Aging (est. 2024)
Astrostatistics (est. 2014)
Statistical Auditing (est. 2017)
Business Analytics/Statistics Education (est. 2008)
Forensic Statistics (est. 2022)
History of Statistics (est. 2017)
Statistics and Pharmacometrics (est. 2014)
Privacy and Confidentiality (est. 2023)
Quantum Computing in Statistics and Machine Learning (est. 2018)
Record Linkage (est. 2021)
Transportation Statistics (est. 2003)
Uncertainty Quantification in Complex Systems (est. 2011)<br>
slide38. Astrostatistics Interest Group Exposes statisticians to astronomy as a fruitful area of collaborative methodological development and educate them as to the abundant, diverse, and challenging quantitative problems faced by astronomers
Advertise and promote conferences, workshops, summer schools, and events at the intersection of astronomy, astro-particle physics, astrophysics, computer science, cosmology, solar physics, and statistics
Establish and maintain connections with related working groups in astronomy in the U.S. and internationally, such as with the International Astrostatistics Association (IAA), and
including an affiliation with the Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics Portal (ASAIP)<br>
slide39. Statistical Auditing
Interest Group To support data analysts, auditors, management consultants, statisticians, programmers, regulators, computer audit specialists, data scientists, tax professionals, etc. that use quantitative methods for auditing, compliance, quality, risk management, assurance, advisory, tax, or regulatory purposes. Supporting the above through collaboration, training, research, thought leadership, community, and publications
Serves the members through the development of continuing education and a venue to
network with peers
Promotes the profession through activities such as collaborative events with other
organizations, research, and prompting certification<br>
slide40. Statistics in Business
Analytics/Statistics Education
Interest Group Develops the business statistics/analytics curriculum for the 21st century                       
Improves business statistics/analytics education to meet modern challenges                 
Improves the quality of instruction in teaching business statistics/analytics<br>
slide41. Forensic Statistics Interest Group Open to anyone interested in applying their statistical knowledge to forensic science
Aims to promote best statistical practices within the field of forensic evidence analysis, interpretation, and presentation
Offers members the opportunity for networking and professional growth
Forensic applications include DNA, firearms, fingerprints, digital evidence, and many more<br>
slide42. History of Statistics Interest Group Brings together individuals and groups with an active interest in the history of statistics, and provides informational and educational resources to enhance the teaching of statistics and statistical concepts
Provides and promotes activities and events that increase awareness of the role of the history of statistics in the development of current statistical thought
To forge relationships and maintain connections with related groups in other statistical and mathematical societies<br>
slide43. Statistics and
Pharmacometrics Interest Group Provides a venue for encouraging collaboration between pharmacometricians and statisticians
Offers opportunities to discuss and develop pharmacometrics methodology and share code
Promotes innovative approaches to model informed drug development<br>
slide44. Privacy and
Confidentiality Interest Group Exposes statisticians and others to privacy and confidentiality as a fruitful area of collaborative methodological development and introduces them to the abundant, diverse, and challenging problems in privacy and confidentiality.
Promotes training in methodology for privacy and confidentiality as a key component of modern statistical application, and best practices including equity and policy
Advertises and promote conferences, workshops, and other opportunities that intersect
privacy and confidentiality with statistics and data science
Establishes and maintains connections with related sections and committees within
ASA, as well as external groups working in related fields that intersect with privacy<br>
slide45. Record Linkage Interest Group Brings together individuals interested in deterministic and probabilistic record linkage, entity resolution, data fusion, and statistical matching
Exposes statisticians to Record Linkage as a fruitful area of collaborative methodological development and educates them as to the abundant, diverse, and challenging quantitative problems faced by those involved with Record Linkage
Advertises and promotes conferences, workshops, summer schools, and events at the
intersection of Record Linkage and its related areas and statistics
Promotes innovative approaches to Record Linkage and the evaluation of Record Linkage
operations and methods<br>
slide46. Provides opportunities to network with fellow statisticians in fields of transportation statistics
Offers low cost/free webinars and short courses, co-sponsors conferences, and organizes in-person meetings at both JSM and the Transportation Board Annual Meeting
Promotes connections with the Transportation Research Board of National Academies, Institute of Transportation Engineers, American Statistical Association, and a broad range of government and industry institutes Transportation Statistics Interest Group<br>
slide47. Uncertainty Quantification
in Complex Systems Interest Group Promotes the ASA-SIAM Journal on Uncertainty Quantification
Co-organizes multidisciplinary conferences, such as the SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification
Provides sessions at interdisciplinary conferences<br>