PUGET SOUND CHAPTER:
AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION

psasa@u.washington.edu


Chapter News and Information

Upcoming and Recent Meetings
 Dinner Talk: Probcast

Probcast: Creating and Communicating Probabilistic Weather Forecasts

J. McLean Sloughter
U.W. Ph. D.

Abstract:
    While the dominant approach in the atmospheric sciences is to issue deterministic weather forecasts, there are a number of situations in which probabilistic forecasts can offer additional information and value to users. This talk will discuss how statistical post-processing methods can be used to create probabilistic weather forecasts. We will look at how these methods have been implemented on the website http://probcast.com, and examine issues that arise in communicating probabilistic information clearly to users.

Monday, June, 11, 2009
Location: Hale's

4301 Leary Way N.W. Seattle
call (206) 706-1544
Map and Directions:  http://www.halesales.com/map.htm

Social hour starts at 6:00 PM
Dinner at 6:30 PM and the talk will follow

$20 per person
$5 for full time students
Please RSVP to  ranjan.k.paul@boeing.com 


Other Meeting Agenda :

* Elections:
The annual meeting of the chapter will occur at this chapter meeting. In accordance with the chapter constitution, we will solicit nominations for chapter officers at the meeting, and voting for the officers will be by e-mail following the annual meeting. Several of the current officers are willing to run again. The current Vice President and Secretary are stepping down. If you would like to serve as a chapter officer or know someone else who should be an officer, nominations will be accepted at the chapter meeting on June 11 or you can contact the chapter secretary at ranjan.k.paul@boeing.com

* Chapter Finances:
The chapter has a rather healthy bank account balance. The ASA regularly warns chapters and sections about IRS guidelines regarding balances and we may be exceeding these (the treasurer is looking into this). We are soliciting ideas from the chapter on how and where we may want to spend some of our funds.

Bi-annual Statistics Career Panel Meeting
Dinner Talk: The Bioconductor Project
Dinner Talk: Hypergeometric Measures

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Bayesian Statistical Science Statistics and the Environment
Government Statistics Statistics in Epidemiology
Health Policy Statistics Statistics and Marketing
Nonparametric Statistics Statistics in Sports
Physical and Engineering Sciences Survey Research Methods
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