This paper is from Session 1D: Co-operative efforts involving Statistics teachers & researchers
which comes under Topic 1: Working cooperatively in Statistics education Full topic list
(Thursday 6th, 14:00-15:30)
Statistical research-training-consulting at a mathematics research center (CIMAT, Mexico)
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Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas (CIMAT) is a federally funded mathematics research center in Mexico, founded in 1980. It is organized into three academic departments: mathematics, computer science, and probability/statistics. With research as a backbone, its mission also includes training at the master’s and doctoral levels in probability and statistics, and—much more recently—providing statistical consulting services to external clients. Provisions were taken to incorporate consulting as an essential activity at CIMAT, including a new office to serve as liaison between clients and researchers. Statement of missions, guidelines for academic faculty, and bylaws were also revised. To foster interaction between researchers, students and consulting project leaders, a virtual internal organization—the Statistics Lab—was conceived. We will review our notion of the Stat Lab, and summarize our experiences in exposing graduate students to consulting problems and in bringing together students and researchers. Lessons learned regarding an academic institution involved with professional consulting will be discussed.
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