1st General Meeting 16th Sept 2015

Boston University Statistics Club

Who we are THE E-Board of 2015-2016

•  President: Connie Chang, BA Mathematics, Computer Science minor. !

•  Executive Vice President: Kevin Choi, BA Statistics !

•  VP of Operations: Jessica Hung Hoi Yau, BA Economics, BS Business Administration.

•  VP of Marketing: Sophia Wedeen, BA Economics, BA Poltical Science !

•  VP of Media and Technology: Fan Feng, BA Mathematics, BA Computer Science.

•  VP of Communications: Julia Matta, BA Economics, computer Science minor !

This past year we: •  Organized our own

data competition •  Hosted Graduate panel •  Invited Guest Speakers •  Created the Data Analytics Unit

Who we are:

“I keep saying the sexy job in the next ten years will be statisticians.”

Hal Varian Google’s chief economist

The “hottest skill” that got people hired in 2014? Statistical Analysis Source Linkedin

Why care about statistics?

Industries that use statistics A LOT:

Finance

Technology Health Science Life Sciences Engineering Journalism

Social Sciences

Career Opportunities:

Data Scientist Risk Analyst Statistician

Why care about statistics?

•  Connect Boston University Students with the world of statistics. •  Workshops

•  Guest Speaker Events

•  Newsletters

•  Raise awareness for the importance of statistics in academics, careers, and everyday life. •  Data competition

•  Undergraduate Intern Panel

•  Networking events

Our mission statement

Game!

Considering going to Graduate school to study statistics?

Join us on October 7th/14th!

Graduate Panel Event

Undergraduate Interns Panel (Mid Oct)

Speaker Series

Networking and Social Event

Harvard Statistics Undergraduate Meet and Greet

BUCASA Jillian’s and Lucky Strike Lanes (Oct 5th)

Upcoming events

•  R workshop

•  A commonly used statistical software

•  Free and open source (contain package for different functions)

•  Good for organizing, visualizing big amount of data

Beginners Advanced

Oct Session 1

Nov Session 2

Workshops

World Statistics Day Oct 20th

Boston Data Festival Sept 18th-23th

Boston and worldwide opportunities

http://www.bustats.com/getting-involved Follow us on Social Media

Getting involved

BUCASA and ASA

Recruiting E – Board members

Let us know what you want us to do!

Thank you for coming!

Final Notes