Registration for the Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference (eUSR) is now open! This free conference will take place on Friday, November 3rd from 12:00-5:00pm EST and is open to all undergraduate students and faculty. This is a great opportunity for students at all stages of their undergraduate career to learn more about undergraduate statistics research. If you are currently attending JSM, stop by the Stat Ed booth (across from meeting room 309) to pick up a flyer for eUSR!
We have a great program in store. David Robinson of Stack Overflow will give a keynote address entitled “The Procrastinator’s Guide to a Data Science Career.” Plenary talks will be given by the winners of the Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition. And, we hope your students will share their statistics research by creating video presentations for the virtual presentation session! Abstract submission for video presentations is open, support for video creation will be provided, and students can see example presentations by watching last year’s videos. There is also a great slate of panel discussions on industry careers, graduate school, and diversity of the statistical workforce.
Audience involvement (e.g. asking a question, participating in a poll, commenting on a video presentation) is encouraged and door prizes will be given to participants at random throughout the day.
We hope you will consider setting up a ‘satellite viewing’ location at your own institution. You can do so by reserving a classroom that is equipped with a projector and audio support, promoting the event on-campus, and possibly offering snacks.
Thanks so much to our generous sponsors: the American Statistical Association, the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education, Google, and RStudio.
If you have any questions about eUSR, send an email to kmcconv1@swarthmore.edu.