San Diego Chapter of the ASA Sixth Statistical Careers Day San Diego State University April 30, 2005

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• Conference logistics
• Schedule of events

• Keynote address:
  
  Professor Hal Stern, University of California, Irvine
  
  "Forensic Statistics: The Bullets Match .... But Who Cares"
  Forensic statistics refers to the quantitative analysis of courtroom evidence. The presentation and discussion of DNA evidence is one example. Recently the FBI's treatment of a variety of other evidence types including bullet lead, hair fibers, and fingerprints has been questioned. In particular a June 2004 report by the National Academy of Sciences raised serious concerns about the analysis of bullet lead evidence to match bullets found with a suspect to bullet fragments found at a crime scene. This talk reviews the concerns of the National Academy panel and attempts to address them.

• Panel of local statisticians on "What It's Like to be a Statistician":

  Chris Ake, VA
  Jan Callahan, Callahan Associates Inc.
  Mike Choukour, Statprobe
  Hal Stern, UC Irvine
  

• Poster competition

• Career fair