The Albuquerque Chapter of the American Statistical Association (ACASA) serves Northern New Mexico. The Chapter
meets once each year, and these meetings serve to bring together those who are interested in statistics in this
region. If you are interested in joining the Chapter, please contact any of the Chapter officers or visit the
American Statistical association membership web site.
Since 2006, ACASA is affiliated with Mu Sigma Rho, the national honorary society for statistics (ACASA/MSR).
2009
Upcoming Events
There are several upcoming events this year.
First prize ($100): Kevin Wymer (environmental sciences), "The Effects of Agricultural and Urban Development on Bacterial Populations in the Rio Grande River", Rio Rancho High School
Second prize ($75): Megan Johnson (behavioral and social sciences) "How We Think, Who We Are: Who We Learn?", Rio Rancho High School
Third prize ($50): Amber Porter (behavioral and social sciences) "Who's Got the Power? Political Election Analysis - Phase II", Rio Rancho High School
2007
The 2007 Albuquerque
Chapter meeting
was held on October 12 at Bishop's Lodge Resort & Spa in Santa Fe.
This year's theme was the "Metrology" with guest speakers
from UNM, LANL, SNL, and U of Chicago.
Kary Myers reported on the Intel Science fair and Scott Vander Wiel reported on the NM state science fair.
Elections and other activities completed the meeting.
Meeting Speakers
Rob Easterling (Itinerant Visiting Professor), "Passion-Driven Statistics"
Jenifer Hoffman (Los Alamos National Laboratory), "Risk-Based Prioritization for Nuclear Material Disposition - An Approach Combining Decision and Statistical Science Techniques"
Michele Guindani (University of New Mexico), "The Optimal Discovery Procedure and Bayesian Decision Rules"
Rob McCulloch (University of Chicago), "Fully Non-parametric Bayesian Ensemble Modelling"
Floyd Spencer (Sandia National Laboratories), "Wrinkles in Statistical Applications for Reliability Analysis of Nondestructive Inspection"
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Winners
Judges: Erik Erhardt, Oleg Makhnin, Xiaomei Qiu and friend, Scott Vander Wiel
Francesca Garcia (behavior and social sciences), "The Word Factor: Studying the Effect of Age on Odor. Interpretation Phase II"
Alexander Caldwell (microbiology), "Does Bisphenol-A Present in Plastic Water Bottles Stimulate Bacterial Growth?"
Suzanna Wood (behavior and social sciences), "What Family Factors Affect a Student's High School GPA?"
2006
The 2006 Albuquerque
Chapter meeting
was held on September 29 at Sunrise
Springs in Santa Fe. This year's theme was the "Role of the
Statistician" with guest speakers
representing academia, government, industry, and consulting.
Additionally, technical talks were held in the afternoon, as well as
the Mu-Sigma-Rho certificate presentation, elections, and other
activities.
Guest speakers
Gabriel Huerta – statistician role in academia.
Science Fair Winners
Judges: Erik Erhardt, Larry Pratt, Cedric Sallaberry (others?)
Zachariah Harris (Los Lunas High School), "To
Flea or Not to Flea: Phase II"
Rachel Clements and Leah Crowder (Hope
Christian School - Albuquerque), "War on a Weed: Exterminating the
Saltcedar"
Ayesha Sharrif (Rio Rancho High School), "The
Obesity Epidemic"
We affiliated
with Mu Sigma Rho:
The National Statistics Honorary Society. Undergraduate and
Graduate students check the qualifications
and visit the ACASA Mu Sigma Rho website to
become a member.
2005
The 2005 Albuquerque Chapter meeting
was held on September 16 at the Santa Fe
Hilton in Santa Fe. Two ASA past presidents, the current
president, and the president elect were present. The speakers were
Fritz Scheuren, "The Pro Bono Role of Statisticians",
Sallie Keller-McNulty, "From Data to Policy: Scientific
Excellence Is Our Future",
Bob Mason, "Future Trends in Statistical Science",
Kevin Anderson, Intel, "On Yield Modeling in the
Semiconductor Industry",
Calvin Chiu, LANL, "A Dempster-Shafer Approach to System
Reliability: Modeling and Prediction",
Joanne Wendelberger, LANL, "Spectral Data and Functional
Data Analysis", and
Gabriel Huerta, UNM, "Time-Varying models for Extreme
Values".
The Albuquerque chapter of the ASA sponsored the short course September
22 presented by Tim
Hesterberg
(Insightful) entitled "Bootstrap Methods and
Permutation Tests."
The 2003 Albuquerque Chapter meeting
was held on April 10, 2003 at Intel in Rio Rancho. The meeting
consisted of a short course given by Dr. Luis A. Escobar entitled
"Statistical Methods for Reliability Data." The course was
jointly sponsored by the ASA, the Department of Mathematics and
Statistics at UNM, Los Alamos National Labs, and Intel.
Short course: Dr. Luis A. Escobar, "Statistical Methods for
Reliability Data."
2002
The 2002 Spring Chapter Meeting was held on April 11, 2002 at Sunrise
Springs Resort in Santa Fe. The speakers were
David Higdon (Los Alamos
National Laboratory) on "A Space-Time Model that Combines Simulations
and Flight Test Data for Assessing Missile Launches from the F-22
Prototype Aircraft";
Larry Pratt (Intel Corporation) on "Development
and Proliferation of a Sampling Frequency Optimization Tool in
Industry"; and
Valen Johnson (Los Alamos National Laboratory) on
"Bayesian Analysis of Rank Data with Application to Primate
Intelligence Experiments."
2001
The 2001 Spring Chapter Meeting was held on April 19, 2001 at Sunrise
Springs Resort in Santa Fe. The speakers were
Tom Kepler (Santa Fe
Institute) on "Gene Expression, DNA Microarrays, and Data Analysis";
Laura Salter (University of New Mexico) on "Phylogenetic
Inference in
the Era of the Human Genome Project"; and
Kevin Anderson (Intel
Corporation) on "The Power of Positive Spatial Statistics."
Science Fair Winners
At the 2001
New Mexico Science
and Engineering Fair Saturday April 7, 2001 at NM Tech, Socorro, the
winners in the ASA Statistics Special
Awards Category were:
Megan Lockwood, Junior
Division, "Let them have cake and eat it 2"
Christopher Alme, Junior
Division, "Am I a bell-shaped marksman?"
Daniel Appel, Junior Division,
"BioPol: Extraction of biodegradable PHA polymers from transgenic
arabidopsis thaliana"
2000
Science Fair Winners
At the 2000 New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair, the winners in the
ASA Statistics Special Awards Category were:
Brianne Douthit, "Trafalgar: A Statistical Probability
Model of the Historic
Naval Battle" (Senior Division)
Marian Daigle, "Multiple Intelligences: A Key to Increasing
Student
Performance" (Senior Division)
Michelle Carroll, "Learning Disabilities Awareness: What
Every Teacher Should
Know" (Senior Division)
Dan Appel, "Eubacterial Responses to Extremophilic
Environments" (Junior Division)
