Why attendees love Discovery Summit

David DeFranza
David DeFranza|May 8, 2013

Some have called Discovery Summit “the best conference I’ve ever attended.” While that alone is an excellent recommendation, others have even more to say. A 2011 attendee said, “While listening to one speaker, I learned of a different methodology to analyze a particular messy study at work. That one moment of [...]

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Registration is open for Discovery Summit

David DeFranza
David DeFranza|April 29, 2013

Every year, JMP users and developers get together to challenge theories, benchmark best practices, and share tips, tricks and innovative methods. Discovery Summit is an opportunity for JMP users — including everyone from total beginners to seasoned experts — to explore new strategies and methodologies and ultimately leave better equipped [...]

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George Box: A remembrance

Bradley Jones
Bradley Jones|March 29, 2013

Today I mourn the passing of George Box, truly a giant among 20th century statisticians. Indeed, I should not relegate him to the 20th century because he won the Brumbaugh Award in 2010 and 2007 for writing papers that made in their year of publication the largest single contribution to [...]

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Analytical cultures: Nurture yours through training

Anne Milley
Anne Milley|March 22, 2013

As an organic gardener with spring approaching, I have seeds and soil on my mind. I like to see seeds sprout, grow, flourish and either bloom or bear fruit. To do that, I plant the seeds in nourishing organic compost, provide sufficient water, light and care (and hope for season-appropriate [...]

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Nate Silver to Headline Discovery Summit 2013

Jessica Marquardt
Jessica Marquardt|February 21, 2013

He’s a sabermetrician. And a psephologist. And if those fancy titles don’t pique your interest, you should know that Nate Silver is a serious statistician. Silver has become famous for: Developing a widely acclaimed system called PECOTA (Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm), which predicts player performance, career development [...]

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Submit a paper for Discovery Summit 2013

Jessica Marquardt
Jessica Marquardt|February 11, 2013

The Discovery Summit 2013 call for papers opens today, and the steering committee wants to hear from you. JMP users are second to none when it comes to solving problems through data exploration and analysis. So submit a paper or poster abstract that describes how you’ve solved real problems with [...]

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Popular JMP courses added to public schedule

Dan Obermiller
Dan Obermiller|December 18, 2012

As part of the Discovery Summit conference in September, several new JMP courses made their debut. Because these three courses were so popular, we have just added them to the JMP Public Training schedule. Each course illustrates some of the key features in JMP 10 and offers a great opportunity [...]

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Willy Shih on 'Producing Prosperity'

Arati Mejdal
Arati Mejdal|November 6, 2012

Willy Shih gained a lot of new fans at Discovery Summit 2012. In fact, one attendee who hadn’t missed a single JMP user conference said Shih’s keynote speech was the best talk ever. Unfortunately, at the time of the conference in September, the Harvard Business School professor’s new book, with  [...]

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Discovery Summit live blog: Willy Shih on restoring American competitiveness

Arati Mejdal
Arati Mejdal|September 13, 2012

Willy Shih is a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. He teaches Technology and Operations Management, and Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise. He also teaches in the Executive Education program. His keynote speech at Discovery Summit 2012 is about restoring American competitiveness in manufacturing, a talk based [...]

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Discovery Summit live blog: Antonia de Medinaceli on predictive analytics

Arati Mejdal
Arati Mejdal|September 12, 2012

Antonia de Medinaceli is the Director of Fraud Analytics at Elder Research Inc. Her keynote speech focuses on using data mining and predictive analytics to find fraud, waste and abuse, and begins at 9:15 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Sept. 12. View the live blog. tags: Analytics, Discovery Summit, Discovery Summit [...]

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