Events
The 2024 Spring event will be held at Can Can Wonderland on Wednesday, April 17th from 4:30-7:30pm. This event included a career panel, poster competition, networking opportunities and provided dinner. See attached flyer for more details on the itinerary, COVID restrictions, registration and poster competition.
Career Panel Speakers
Dr. Douglas Armstrong is Data Science Senior Manager at Securian Financial. https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-armstrong-99416289/
Dr. Biyue Dai is an Assistant Professor, Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science, Schoolo of Public Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities. https://directory.sph.umn.edu/bio/sph-a-z/biyue-dai
Dr. James Normington is Senior R&D Data Scientist at General Mills. https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-normington-61907759/
Mr. John Shen is President and CEO at OcTech Consulting, Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-shen-383469162/
Past Events
Twin Cities Chapter ASA Short Course
This year the Twin Cities Chapter will host an ASA Council of Chapters Traveling Course on Friday, September 30, 2022 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the University Club of Saint Paul. Instructors will include Emily Griffith, Julia Sharp and Zach Weller. Register on Eventbrite.
Navigating Tough Conversations in Statistical Collaboration
Statistical practitioners face difficult conversations in their interactions with their clients and collaborators. The topics of these conversations vary widely. There are no universal guidelines for navigating tough conversations. In this course, we engage with participants to effectively communicate with clients and customers when challenging topics of situations arise.
Schedule
-9:00 Continental breakfast
-9:30 Welcome and Introductions: instructors and attendees
-10:00 Conversation: A conversation among instructors and participants to define ``difficult conversations" share experiences, identify participants’ communication strengths and how they currently manage challenging conversations
-11:00 Focused Discussion: Explore specific scenarios through role-playing (script reading), discussion, and analyzing videos of meetings between a researcher and statistical collaborator
-12:00 Closing Discussion and Networking Luncheon
Instructors
Emily Griffith is an associate research professor of statistics at North Carolina State University. She is also a fellow in the Office of Research Innovation, working on development and strategy to further innovation in the university’s data science initiatives. In her free time, Griffith enjoys running (even in the North Carolina summer), cooking, and hanging out with her family.
Julia Sharp is an associate professor of statistics and the director of the Graybill Statistics and Data Science Laboratory at Colorado Stte University. She is a widely recognized expert in statistical collaboration and was recently awarded the Outstanding Mentor Award from the ASA’s Section on Statistical Consulting. When she is not working, Sharp enjoys baking, hiking, and enjoying the company of family and friends.
Zach Weller is an assistant professor of statistics at Colorado State University, where he works as a consultant in the Graybill Statistics and Data Science Laboratory. He also teachers statistics courses and advises undergraduates and graduate students on applied statistics projects. When he is not working, Weller enjoys hiking, camping, and fishing in the great outdoors of Colorado.
The 2022 Spring event was held at La Doña Cerveceria on Tuesday, April 19th from 4:30-7:30pm. This event included a career panel, poster competition, networking opportunities and provided dinner. See attached flyer for more details on the itinerary, COVID restrictions, registration and poster competition.
The 2021 Fall event was held in the Barrel Room at Urban Growler Brewing Company, St Paul. The event included boxed dinners and complementary drink tickets. For more details, see attached flyer.
The 2021 Spring event was held on April 15th, 2021 online via gather.town. This event included a poster competition for high school, undergraduate and graduate students. See attached flyer for details!
The 2020 Fall Event was an online workshop on November 6th and 7th. This workshop was designed for audiences with a statistics education background. This course bridged the gap between traditional statisticians and data scientists. See the attached flyer for detailed information.
The 2020 Spring Event was scheduled to be held at Van Cleve Recreation Center on Thursday, April 23rd at 5:45pm. See the attached flyer for more details.
The Twin Cities Chapter hosted a Fall Event on Friday, October 25th 2019 at Optum Conference Center in Eden Prairie, MN. This event included a short course on analysis of big healthcare databases hosted by Rebecca Hubbard as well as talks given by Nathan Paine, Jason Chan and Karen Hildebrand. See the attached flyer for more details.
Event speakers (left to right) Nathan Paine, Jason Chan, and Karen Hildebrand