Tl;dr: We will host a Google Hangout of our popular JSM session October 30th 2-4 PM EST.
I organized a session at JSM 2015 called “The statistics identity crisis: am I really a data scientist?” The session turned out to be pretty popular:
Packed room of statisticians with identity crises at #JSM2015 session: are we really data scientists? pic.twitter.com/eLsGosoTCt
— Dr Ruth Etzioni (@retzioni) August 11, 2015
but it turns out not everyone fit in the room:
This is the closest I can get to @statpumpkin’s talk. #jsm2015 still had no clue how to predict session attendance. pic.twitter.com/gTb4OqdAo3
— sandy griffith (@sgrifter) August 11, 2015
Thankfully, Steve Pierson at the ASA had the awesome idea to re-run the session for people who couldn’t be there. So we will be hosting a Google Hangout with the following talks:
| ‘Am I a Data Scientist?’: The Applied Statistics Student’s Identity Crisis — Alyssa Frazee, Stripe | |
| How Industry Views Data Science Education in Statistics Departments — Chris Volinsky, AT&T | |
| Evaluating Data Science Contributions in Teaching and Research — Lance Waller, Emory University | |
| Teach Data Science and They Will Come — Jennifer Bryan, The University of British Columbia |
You can watch it on Youtube or Google Plus. Here is the link:
https://plus.google.com/events/chuviltukohj2inbqueap9h7228
The session will be held October 30th (tomorrow!) from 2-4PM EST. You can watch it live and discuss the talks using the hashtag or you can watch later as the video will remain on Youtube.