After a bit of a break, we have begun to actively plan more chapter events. If you have questions or comments to this note, send the to pocernic@ucar.edu. Because of the amount of spam, this mailing list address does not accept incoming messages.

Thanks,

### Weather and statistics Friday February 23rd - 3 pm Metro State College Denver Jointly sponsored by Metro Department of Meteorology, Metro Department of Statistics and CO/WY ASA.

Statistics has many applications in improving weather forecasts. Techniques used to improve forecasts will be discussed. This talk does not require an in depth understanding of weather, but rather will be interesting to anyone who uses statistical models to make forecasts. More information to be coming.

### Keith A. Baggerly from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Thurs March 29th: Preventive Medicine and Biometrics Seminar 12-1pm CPH Auditorium 1J05, 9th St Campus, UCHSC sponsored with the Bioinformatics Department at the University of Colorado Health Science Center. (Abstract to follow)

### Several more events are in the planning stages. In the works are a data mining seminar at DU and events at CSU and Colorado School of Mines. You will be informed as details are available.

### Credit where credit is due.

Organizing seminars and talks takes preparation, effort and money to prepare. By co-hosting or highlighting seminars and talks, our goal is to make members aware of events happening in the area. Events are selected because they may have appeal to people in other areas of statistics. Additionally, we are happy to highlight programs that are happening in our regions. Our goal is not to take credit for work done by others. If you have interest or ideas of an event the might be interesting to other members, please let us know.

### Volunteers needed to judge at the Colorado State

The Chapter will be offering a series of awards at the state science fair for projects that exhibit good use and understanding of statistics. The event is April 5 - 7 at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. We need 2-3 people to help judge exhibits on Thursday April 6 from approximately noon to 5 pm. If you are interested, send a note to pocernic@ucar.edu.

### Spring Meeting Friday April 20th - NCAR Mesa Lab - beautiful weather guaranteed. In addition to several invited speakers, we strongly encourage students to present their research. Keep in mind the meeting is a friendly environment in which to let the local statistics community know what you have been working on the the last n years. More details to follow.

### Job opportunities - also see http://www-math.cudenver.edu/statistics/jobs.shtml

SAS Database Administrator The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) i http://www.coloradohealthinstitute.org/about_CHI/jobs/jobs.htm

Intern position Lipper - A Reuters Company focused on the collection, compilation, analysis and distribution of financial data covering collective investments (mutual funds, hedge funds, ETFs, UITS, derivatives, etc) is interested in employing a quantitatively-oriented intern in its Denver office located at 17th and California. Flexible hours are available to meet the needs of a student. The intern should expect to average 20 hours per week for up to 1,000 hours. We are looking for a person pursuing graduate studies, master's level or above, mentoring will be provided. Knowledge of financial industry a plus but not required. Competitive hourly wage. Internship to commence upon finding the right candidate. This is a real opportunity to work for and study at a leader in the financial service industry.

Matt Pocernich National Center for Atmospheric Research Research Applications Laboratory (303) 497-8312 _______________________________________________ Cowystats mailing list Cowystats@ucar.edu http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cowystats