Computing is a increasingly important element of statistical research and practice. It is vital for students to be computationally literate in order to be able to contribute to multi-disciplinary teams exploring interesting scientific and social questions, large amounts of data or simulating stochastic phenomena. Computing is an important tool, just like mathematics, for understanding statistical ideas and an essential skill for working with data. Yet computing is typically not taught within our statistics programs, but delegated to the student to learn for herself, often with poor results.
The first workshop was held May 6-9th 2007, at the Mathematical Science Research Institute. Outcomes from the workshop include:
The exact dates of the 2009 workshop is not yet be determined.
If you are interested in attending the second workshop (or helping to teach it), please send email to <statcur@stat.berkeley.edu>.