Government Advances in Statistical Programming (GASP) 2022
Date
WHEN: Wednesday, February 2 at 12:00 PM ET – 5:00 PM ET and Thursday, February 3 at 11:00 AM ET – 5:00 PM ET
WHAT: Government Advances in Statistical Programming (GASP) Workshop 2022 is a virtual opportunity for professionals to share knowledge about advances in statistical programming for government applications. This two-day virtual event is free and open to the public. Sessions include state of the art presentations and lightning talks on machine learning, natural language processing, dashboards/data visualization as well as a variety of skills workshops, statistical packages, discussions, and joint project collaborations. There will be plenty of opportunities to participate and to ask questions during the event.
WHO: The GASP Workshop 2022 is sponsored by the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology's (FCSM) Computational Statistics for the Production of Official Statistics (CSPOS) Interest Group in coordination with the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation. Registration is open through Day two of the event (Feb. 03 @ 4:59 PM ET)
Wednesday, Feb 2, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Paper Session 1: Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
- Robert Chew – Improving Public Comment Review with Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics
- Anna Godwin – Bring Efficiencies to Criminal Justice Manual Coding through Machine Learning
Wednesday, Feb 2, 2:45 - 3:30 p.m. Lightning Talks 2: Natural Language Processing
- Kasey Jones – Automating Quality Assessment of Survey Interviews
Thursday, Feb 3, 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Lightning Talks 4: Dashboards and Data Visualization
- Alex Harding – Building Web Dashboards with Harness-Vue
Thursday, Feb 3, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. Paper Session 3: Data Systems, Usability, Reporting
- Ian Thomas – Creating a Performant and Reliable Estimation System using Open-source Tools
- Marcia Underwood – Helping Federal Clients Move from Table-based Reporting to Dynamic Dashboards