April 4th, 2008, 1-5pm
Columbia University in the City of New York

The Department of Statistics and its Ph.D. student body are co-sponsoring a conference about career paths for people with a doctoral degree in statistics. The objective of this conference is to enable Ph.D. students to learn about what kind of careers they can pursue after obtaining their degrees. The organizers have invited speakers from the academic world, business, and public sector, who will talk about their interesting careers and how their doctoral degree helped them.

This conference is primarily for PhD students in statistics, from any university.

The conference will consist of two successive panel discussions, followed by a reception. In the first panel, the speakers will talk about statistical careers in academia, while the second panel will focus on careers in nonacademic settings. Details about the conference schedule can be found here.

Speakers will include:

	Eric Bradlow The K.P. Chao Professor; Professor of Marketing, Statistics, and Education Department of Marketing, The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania
	Andreas Buja The Liem Sioe Liong/First Pacific Company Professor of Statistics Department of Statistics, The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania
	Guy Cohen Pfizer
	Naihua Duan Department of Biotatistics Columbia University
	Andrew Gelman Professor Department of Statistics Columbia University
	Jennifer Hill Assistant Professor Department of International and Public Affairs Columbia University
	Rebecka Jornsten Assistant Professor Department of Statistics Rutgers University
	Diane Lambert Google
	David Madigan Professor Department of Statistics Columbia University
	Martha Nason National Institutes of Health (NIH)
	Christian Pasarica Bear Stearns
	Daniel Rabinowitz Professor Department of Statistics Columbia University
	Chris Volinsky AT&T Labs

The conference will be held on the Morningside Campus of Columbia University. Details and directions to the campus.

Admission is free, however we ask that you register in advance. Participants will be reimbursed for their travel expenses up to $40. Click here to register.

This conference is co-sponsored by the Applied Statistics Center and the NYC Metro Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association.