Data Scientist ranked top U.S. job by Glassdoor
Data scientist proves to be the top job in America, again. The Harvard Business Review named it, “the sexist job of the 21st century” back in 2012. Then earlier this week, recruiting website Glassdoor released its annual ranking of the 50 best jobs in America; of particular interest, the 17 best jobs that pay over $100,000. On both Glassdoor lists, data scientist was ranked No. 1.
3 ICS researchers named AAAS fellows
Ramesh Jain, Hal Stern and Gene Tsudik are recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for contributions to their fields.
Los Angeles Times: “Why giving people $5 to take a government survey is money well spent” by Jessica Utts
To the editor: There has been a lot of research on incentives over the years; it is clear that they improve response rates to surveys, that nothing works as well as cash for this purpose, and that incentives often pay for themselves by reducing the number of attempts interviewers have to make to get people to respond. (“Your tax dollars at work: $5 bribes to take a government survey,” Oct. 21)
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Nuno, Pluta receive graduate statistics award
The two Ph.D. students were honored with Robert L. Newcomb Memorial Endowed Graduate Student Award
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ICS welcomes four new faculty members for fall 2016 quarter
The UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences hired four new faculty members who started in the fall 2016 quarter. All of them are recognized leaders in their communities and will help ICS maintain its strength in a broad array of information and computer science domains. Please help us welcome these talented researchers:
New dean named for ICS
Entrepreneur Marios Papaefthymiou, current chair of computer science & engineering at the University of Michigan, will begin his term as dean Jan. 1, 2017.
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WSJ: “Foreign Students Seen Cheating More Than Domestic Ones” (Hancock quoted)
Statistics Professor Stacey Hancock was recently interviewed by The Wall Street Journal for a June 5, 2016 article titled “Foreign Students Seen Cheating More Than Domestic Ones.” The in-depth article looks at the rise of alleged cheating by international students at public universities in the United States. Hancock was among several professors who were interviewed from around the country for the article. According to Hancock, a large portion of faculty time is spent trying to ensure academic honesty and deter cheating by putting safeguards in place such as randomized seating and offering multiple versions of a test.
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Jessica Utts: An ambassador for statistics
As ASA president, Utts looks forward to forging new relationships with statisticians and promoting the field worldwide.
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Statistics Ph.D. student receives ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award
Duy Ngo’s paper develops a systematic procedure for analyzing electroencephalograms collected across many trials.
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