NCRN Meeting Spring 2015

Location:

May 7: U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, MD (Metro: Suitland) Registration (Registration closes on 5/1/15 at noon)
May 8: National Academy of Sciences Main Building, 2101 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. Registration

Hotel Accommodations: Please contact the NCRN Coordinating Office at info@ncrn.info for further information

Program

Detailed information on the program, with links to available presentations, are below.

May 7, 2015 (@ Census Bureau)

1:30-2:30 PI-only meeting (by invitation only)

1:00-2:30 Meetings between NCRN and Census collaborators

2:30-3:00 Coffee break

3:00-4:30 Research presentations

● Room 1:
○ Rapid Cycle Evaluation for Field Operations (Benjamin Reist, CAD)
○ The SIPP Adaptive Workload Project (Gina Walejko, CAD)
○ Usability testing of the ACS on Smartphones & Tablets: Why we must optimize for mobile and what happens when we don't. (Erica L Olmsted Hawala, CSM)
○ Enhancing Operational Efficiency: Using paradata to improve the data collection process (Rachael Walsh, CSM)

● Room 2:
○ Simulating tax liabilities in PSID (Luke Shaefer, U Michigan node) [poverty measures]
○ SWELL (Summer Workgroup for Employer List Linking) presentation/discussion (Mark Kutzbach, CES)

● Room 3:
○ CED²AR presentation: DDI­based tools and processes (metadata generation, collaborative editing, other uses) (Lars Vilhuber and Ben Perry, Cornell node)

  3:00-4:30 Meetings between NCRN and Census collaborators (self-organized)

  4:30-5:30 PI Meeting with Director Thompson and Bureau staff (by invitation only)

May 8, 2015 (@ National Academies)

8:30 Registration for Workshops: http://sgiz.mobi/s3/b2a05e12c2de

9:00-10:20    Concurrent Mini-Workshops on Technical Work of NCRN Nodes - Round 1

10:20-10:40    Coffee break

10:40-12:00    Concurrent Mini-Workshops on Technical Work of NCRN Nodes - Round 2

12:15    Boxed lunches

1:45-2:15      Light Refreshments - First Floor East Court

2:15  Welcome to the Seminar — Lawrence Brown, CNSTAT Chair and the University of Pennsylvania

2:20   Developments at the OMB Statistical and Science Policy Office — Katherine Wallman, Chief Statistician of the U.S.

2:35   Featured Topic

"Can Government-Academic Partnerships Help Secure the Future of the Federal Statistical System?Examples from the NSF-Census Research Network,"
John Abowd, Cornell University [presenter] and Stephen Fienberg, Carnegie Mellon University

Robert Groves, Georgetown University [facilitator and discussant]
Erica Groshen, Bureau of Labor Statitics [discussant] "Comment on: Can Government-Academic Partnerships Help Secure the Future of the Federal Statistical System? Examples from the NSF-Census Research Network"

4:00  Floor Discussion

Reception East Court

For additional information, contact the NCRN Coordinating Office

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