Fourth North American New Researchers Conference The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore August 4 - 7, 1999

Various senior statisticians will be speaking throughout the conference or participating in panel discussions. Here is the current schedule.

Speakers

• August 4 Invited Speaker
  Scott Zeger, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University
  
  "On mathematical biostatistics:" A survey designed to introduce new researchers in probability and statistics to the mathematical statistics career path in biostatistics.

• August 5 Banquet Speaker
  Emanuel Parzen, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University
  "Who should mentor young statisticians? Who is minding the statistical store?"
  
  I will be happy to answer questions about my 50 year career, and my current research on conditional quantile functions. In my talk I want to discuss the proposal that (1) mentoring is required by young statisticians for a successful and happy career, and (2) they should do it themselves! Young statisticians may resist the idea that they need a mentor because it sounds like a senior colleague telling them what to do. Senior faculty cannot be relied upon to look after the future of statistics; not that they lack good will but they may not know how. Young statisticians should demand annual written feedback from senior faculty and adminiustators about what counts and what does not count towards tenure and promotion. They should attend symposiums and workshops, and visit several major universities, to interact with distinguished faculty about research directions balancing core (disciplinary) and outreach (interdisciplinary) research. They must plan to become known by colleagues in diverse universities who will able to write letters for their promotion. They should expect that the culture of Statistics Departments should encourage discussions of future directions of statisticians and statistics curricula, consulting, and collaboration. How important is it that some introductory statistics courses teach quantitative literacy (and not be dumbed down)? When academic statisticians are not optimistic about the scientific and social importance and visibility of their field who is responsible to see that positive actions are taken for improvement. How is the desirability of an academic career in Statistics affected by attitudes of Statistics Departments about the role of grantsmanship in faculty hiring and retention? The diverse problems facing the discipline and profession of statistics should not be completely ignored by young statisticians who need to be aware that they are indispensable parts of the solution.
  
  Banquet guest: Joe Eaton, University of Minnesota

• August 6 Invited Speakers
  Alan Karr, NISS
  "Statistics and Information Technology"
  
  Michael Miller, Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins University
  
  "On mathematical statistics in imaging science:" A survey of the intersection between imaging science and mathematical statistics designed to introduce new researchers in probability and statistics to the burgeoning field of imaging science.

• Karen Kafadar, University of Colorado, Denver, representing Technometrics
• Adrian Raftery, University of Washington, representing JASA Applications
• Hans-Ruedi Kuensch, ETH Zurich representing the Annals of Statistics
• Leon Gleser, University of Pittsburgh, representing Statistical Science

• Dennis Healy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• Wendy Martinez, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
• Rosalie Smith, Assistant to Charles Osgood, National Security Agency (NSA)
• Jim Rosenberger and/or Keith Crank, National Science Foundation (NSF)