Hi
Krishnan and anyone else who is interested!� I had the BEST
time at my one day (Aug 10) at the Joint Statistical
Meetings.� �JSM includes many organizations including the
American Statistical Association (ASA).� �6000 statisticians
at the Seattle Convention Center.� �It is like TRB for
statisticians.
J
�
My
presentation was about using aggregate cellphone data and
the test of the RMove Smartphone app in Indiana.�� Thank you
to everyone (Sumit Bindra, Leta Huntsinger, Xian-Biao Hu,
Christina Barrone and Elizabeth Greene ) whose information I
used in my presentation, which was mostly drawn from the TRB
Planning Applications conference and the American Planning
Association conference! ��I had hoped to talk about the
NCHRP 08-95 project on cell phone data, but that project is
running 1 year behind.
�
CB
staff (Amy O�Hara and Alison Fields) did a presentation
about using tax records to examine �mobility.�� �I missed
the presentation because it was first thing on Monday
�morning, but Amy will send me a copy of the presentation.
��Their research is not yet final. ��
�
The
�session (session 158) on interactive graphics with R was
very fun but I� could not stay the entire time. ��Here are
some of the R library names:� (animint) (plotly) (ggplotly)
and (gridSVG). ��One key person with R code �and involved
with ASA is� Carson Sievert from Iowa State. ��WOW!� �This
is where I think we need to be going with big data mining
and analysis.�
�
Transportation
Statistics Interest Group (TSIG).� (This is an equivalent of
a TRB Task Force before it becomes a full committee).� TSIG
will continue as an interest group and may promote up to a
�section� in the future. ��Alan Karr from RTI is the current
chair.�� They discussed putting together 2 sessions for next
year�s JSM.� Feng Guo VA Tech will lead one effort, and Pat
Hu will work on another (administrative records). ��Please
contact them� feng.guo@vt.edu�
patricia.hu@dot.gov
if you are interested in being a speaker.�
�
I
would have liked to attend these, but since I only had
one-day registration, did not.
�
Session
516 on Wed.� was �utilizing Administrative Records and
Adaptive Design in the 2020 Census�.���
Session
541 on Wed � Cynthia Bland Augustine from RTI (member of TRB
ABJ40) discussed �GeoSampling Weights and Design Effects�
Session
593� on Wed � was on using the Census Bureau�s Planning
Database. ��(see the attachment of the people who
presented).� ��I think this is a potential resource for
assisting in regional and statewide surveys to better
estimate low response and plan, in advance, for different
recruitment or sampling design.
�
Elaine
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Elaine & (others who attended)
Anything interesting from the JSM that pertains to
transportation? Look forward to hearing from take on how it
went & what we should look to in terms of data,� methods,
etc.
Krishnan