HACASA Meeting, November 9, 2010 RSVP requested, not Required
Hadley Wickham
speaking on writing R packages. There are drinks and nibbles, and
Rice sponsors parking so you don't have to pay. A small donation is
appreciated but optional.
Hadley
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From: Houston Area Chapter of ASA Email <houst...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 8:40 AM
Subject: REMINDER: HACASA Meeting, November 9, 2010 RSVP requested, not Required
To:
Hi All,
Sending out a Reminder: Our next HACASA meeting is upon us! It will
be held tomorrow on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 on Rice University
campus. Details are given below and attached. All interested parties
welcome!
AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
HOUSTON AREA CHAPTER
NEWSLETTER
November 1, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Hadley Wickham
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics
Rice University
Making an R package
Abstract:
In this session I'll introduce you to the basics (and not-so-basics)
of building an R package. I've written over 20 R packages, and I'm
keen to share my experiences with you to make the experience as
painless as possible. You'll learn about the basic structure of a
package, producing function documentation with roxygen, the role of
package documentation, and how to release your package into the
wild...
HACASA meetings are open to the public! Please pass on copies of this
announcement to colleagues and friends and post on appropriate
bulletin boards.
WHEN and WHERE: Tuesday November 9, 2010 at Duncan Hall, Rice University
NEW TIME FOR THE TALK!
5:30pm - Social Time with light
snacks & drinks: Room 3092
6:30pm - Featured Presentation (Room 3092)
7:30 pm Close, dinner not provided.
RSVP requested, but not required. Please RSVP to Myrna Khan at
Houst...@gmail.com with Subject RSVP.
Duncan Hall (also known as the Computational Engineering Building) is
on the northeast side of the Rice University Campus. For parking
information and directions please refer to the Rice parking websites,
the following have been found helpful:
http://cohesion.rice.edu/campusservices/parktrans/parking/visitors.cfm
http://www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html
Thank you to Rice University and the Department of Statistics at Rice
University for their generous support of HACASA by allowing us the use
of their facilities for our gatherings, and sponsoring FREE PARKING.
See Hadley Wickham for a voucher at the meeting.
Introducing the officers!
As we start the new academic year of HACASA we want to introduce this
year's officers:
President: Abbas Jinnah (abbas....@gmail.com)
President-Elect: Jose-Miguel Yamal (Jose-Mig...@uth.tmc.edu)
Past President: Hadley Wickham (had...@rice.edu)
Secretary: Michael Swartz (Michael....@uth.tmc.edu)
Treasurer: Myrna Khan (myrn...@gmail.com)
Science Fair Coordinator: Erin Hodgess (Hodg...@uhd.edu)
ASA Chapter Representative: Nancy Glenn (gle...@tsu.edu)
Reminder!
membership dues: Students: $1, and non-students: $8.
Welcome New Members!
Please take a moment at this month’s meeting to welcome new members!
Mark Your Calendars!
This year we will try to bring back the monthly meeting schedule. We
will try to have a general meeting on the second Tuesday of EVERY
month this year for the academic year, except January. Please let us
know what you think! The dates for the meetings are:
September 14, 2010
October 12, 2010
November 9, 2010
December 14, 2010 - holiday happy hour, location TBA
February 8, 2011
March 8, 2011
April 12, 2011
May 10, 2011
Let us know what you think!
Send comments to Michael Swartz at Houst...@gmail.com with the
subject COMMENTS. Or Send comments / additions / corrections
concerning the HACASA newsletter to Michael Swartz at
Michael....@uth.tmc.edu
Job Opportunities/ Announcements
From Previous Annoucnements:
UH clear lake: We are looking for adjunct faculty to cover some
statistics courses. We are now preparing the spring schedule and need
instructors to teach one graduate level statistics course for
non-majors and a few undergraduate statistics courses. We would
highly appreciate if you can spread out the word to the members of
HACASA. If any member (or any member knows someone who) is interested
in such teaching experience. Please let anyone who is interested
contact me via email L...@uhcl.edu. Compensation will be discussed
further with qualified applicants.
Children’s Nutrition Research Center: We are seeking to hire a
statistician to work with a group of 9 behavioral-nutrition
scientists to analyze data from grant funded (mostly NIH and USDA)
research projects. We are seeking either a recent PhD or an advanced
masters person with experience in analyzing behavioral data. Analyses
will include scale psychometrics, cluster-unit experiments,
multivariate analyses (e.g. structural equation models), and
longitudinal survey analyses. Tasks also require power calculations
and write ups for grant applications and working with data managers
and project management staff. A junior faculty appointment is possible
for the qualified candidate. Attached please find a more detailed job
description. Please have any interested candidates email a CV and
letter of interest to Tom Baranowski, PhD, tbar...@bcm.edu. Baylor
COM and the CNRC are equal opportunity employers and encourage ethnic
minority candidates to apply. Official job description attached.
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Assistant Professor / Dobelman Family Junior Chair
Department of Statistics / Rice University
http://had.co.nz/