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== [[SOCR_NewsEventsAnnouncements | SOCR News, Events & Announcements]] - News ==
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== [[SOCR_NewsEventsAnnouncements | SOCR News, Events & Announcements]] - News & [http://www.socr.ucla.edu/feed.rss RSS Feeds]==
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==2012==
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* April 26, 2012: Ivo Dinov and Nicholas Christou are presenting a special session entitled [[SOCR_Events_NCMT_2012 |Technology-Enhanced Mathematics and Statistics Education]] at the [http://www.nctm.org/conferences/content.aspx?id=29461 2012 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCMT) Meeting] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (April 25-28, 2012).
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==2011==
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* September 2011: SOCR Applications in Human Brain Mapping. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.21349/abstract Human brain mapping investigators use SOCR resources and tools to investigate frontal, temporal, and ventricular dysmorphology in schizophrenia, putamen/pallidum enlargements, medication exposure in early studies, and genetic predisposition for schizophrenia]. This report published in the [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.21349/abstract HBM Journal] reveals the role of specific genetic or environmental risk factors toward altered brain morphology in schizophrenia.
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* Sept. 17, 2011: Ivo Dinov is interviewed by [http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/section/on_the_record Daily Bruin "On The Record"] about [http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/multimedia/43623 student loans and the rate of increase of the cost of college tuition].
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* August 12, 2011: Scott Kamino, Lance Perry and Mat Swatek submitted a [http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kVhorHV35To video entitled "To Stat, or not to Stat?"] responding to the [http://www.amstat.org/youtube/ ASA contest to promote the practice and profession of statistics].
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* August 03, 2011: Dave Zes, Nicolas Christou and Ivo Dinov are presenting a paper entitled [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2011/onlineprogram/AbstractDetails.cfm?abstractid=302579 Spatial Statistics and Cartography Using SOCR (Abstract #302579)] in [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2011/onlineprogram/MainSearchResults.cfm?SponsorID=206 Session # 524 (Wed, 8/3/2011, 11:20 AM)] at the [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2011 Joint Statistical Meeting] in Miami Beach, Florida, July 30–August 4, 2011.
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* July 15, 2011: Dr. Dinov was interviewed and quoted in an article in the Wall Street Journal about [http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/happy-square-prime-sandwich-day-1072/ the proliferation of days designated to mark certain numerical properties - Happy Square-Prime Sandwich Day].
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* June 24-25, 2011: Ivo Dinov is presenting [http://socr.ucla.edu/Ed/UC_OSI/ SOCR resource utilization in the University of California - Online Statistics Instruction (UC-OSI)] program. [http://www.ucop.edu UCOP] [http://groups.ischool.berkeley.edu/onlineeducation/ OIPP] [http://groups.ischool.berkeley.edu/onlineeducation/project-participants/course-design-conference Meeting, Berkeley, California]. See the video on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9aed06zCF0&list=PL5AB77EEBD0A8F7F9&index=6 YouTube].
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* April 11-14, 2011: [http://www.healthgrid.org/news/index.php?id=31 outGRID workshop, Vilnius, Lithuania]. Ivo Dinov is presenting a paper entitled [http://www.egi.eu/indico/getFile.py/access?contribId=114&sessionId=12&resId=2&materialId=slides&confId=207 Visual Informatics and Computational Genomics using the Graphical Pipeline Environment].
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* January 26-28, 2011: Ivo Dinov is [http://ccliconference.org/abstracts/663 presenting the SOCR resource] at the [http://www.ccliconference.com/ 2011 AAAS TUES/CCLI  conference in Washington, DC] (American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Programs for Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) and Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, TUES).
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* January 07, 2011:  [http://distributome.org/ Distributome-An Interactive Web-based Resource for Probability Distributions]: Kyle Siegrist, Ivo Dinov, and Dennis Pearl will present the [http://www.mathaware.org/meetings/national/jmm/2125_program_friday.html State of the Probability Distributome Project], 2011 JMM meeting, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education, Napoleon A1-A3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton, 2:00-4:00PM.
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==2010==
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* December 04-05, 2010: [http://www.cmc-math.org/activities/north_program.html 2010 CMC-North Annual Asilomar Mathematics Conference]. Ivo Dinov will [[SOCR_Events_CMC_2010 |present the SOCR Resource]].
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* November 05-06, 2010: [http://www.cmc-math.org/activities/south_conference.html 2010 CMC-South Annual Palm Springs Mathematics Conference]. Ivo Dinov and Nicolas Christou will [[SOCR_Events_CMC_2010 |present the SOCR Resource]].
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* September 2010: [http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2010/09/01/hands-on/ The SOCR MotionCharts Project receives an honorable mention in the 2010 ASA Hands-On Statistics Activity Competition].
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* September 2010: In a High Speed Network partnership with K-12 educators, the SOCR Probability and Statistics [[EBook]] is posted on the [http://www.k12hsn.org/calaxy/wikis.php/calaxy/Probability_and_Statistics_EBook K12HSN network and made freely and openly available to the entire K-12 educational community].
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* August 13, 2010, [[SOCR_Events_Aug2010 | SOCR AP Statistics Continuing Education Workshop]] at UCLA.
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* July 31 - August 05, 2010, [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2010/ JSM 2010 Conference], Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 31 – August 5, 2010:
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** Juana Sanchez, Nicolas Christou and Ivo Dinov will present [[SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_GeneralCentralLimitTheorem | SOCR CLT Applet and Activity]], Session #478, [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2010/onlineprogram/index.cfm?fuseaction=abstract_details&abstractid=307049 Abstract #307049], Tue, 8/3/2010, 2:00 PM.
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** Nicolas Christou and Ivo Dinov will present [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2010/onlineprogram/index.cfm?fuseaction=abstract_details&abstractid=308613 Enhancing the Teaching of Statistics:  Analysis of Spatial Data Using SOCR and R], Session #478, [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2010/onlineprogram/index.cfm?fuseaction=abstract_details&abstractid=308613 Abstract #308613], Wed, 8/4/2010, 8:30 AM.
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* July 20-23, 2010 [http://sloanconsortium.org/et4online Sloan Consortium/MERLOT symposium] (Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA). Nicolas Christou, Ryan Rosario and Ivo Dinov will present a session entitled [[SOCR_Events_SloanMerlot_2010 | Technology-Enhanced Probability and Statistics Education Using the Statistics Online Computational Resource]].
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* June 09, 2010: SOCR V2.6 receives the [http://www.softpedia.com/progClean/Statistics-Online-Computational-Resource-Clean-161967.html Softpedia "100% Free & Clean" award]. This [http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Recognitions.html certifies that all SOCR tools] are free of all forms of malware, including spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors, and can be used and installed with no concern by any computer user.
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* May 14, 2010: Dr. Dinov was interviewed and quoted in an article in the [http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/overblown-notions-about-names-940/ Wall Street Journal about the concept of implicit egotism, or people’s unconscious attraction to things or people that resemble themselves — as manifested by name similarity].
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* May 11, 2010: [[SOCR_Events_CAUSE_TL_Spring2010 | CAUSE SOCR Teaching and Learning Webinar]].
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* April 19, 2010: [[SOCR_Events_FTO_Obesity_Neuroimaging2010 |The largest neuroimaging study to-date identifies the relations between obesity gene (FTO) and brain tissue loss using the SOCR computational libraries]].
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* March 25, 2010: We upgraded the [http://www.socr.ucla.edu/SOCR_UserGoogleMap.html SOCR user web-statistics mechanism]. Now we provide anonymous access to dynamic and complete statistics on the web-users of the main [http://www.SOCR.ucla.edu SOCR server]. The new [http://www.socr.ucla.edu/SOCR_UserGoogleMap.html SOCR web-statistics architecture] allows anyone to see anytime the locations and types of the last 500 SOCR users. Each user is uniquely counter daily, irrespective of usage-time or number of SOCR resources they used. Other [[SOCR_Servers | SOCR servers]] have separate tracking mechanisms.
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* March 17, 2010: [http://www.scientistlive.com/European-Science-News/Medical/Brain_abnormalities_in_children_exposed_to_meth/24237/ Brain abnormalities in children exposed to meth] - a news-brief on a recent [http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/30/11/3876 article on Prenatal Methamphetamine use], co-authored by Dr. Dinov, is distributed by the National Institutes of Health.
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* January 12, 2010: NSF/DUE PI Meeting at the [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2124_intro.html 2010 JMM Meeting in San Francisco, CA]. Dr. Dinov [[SOCR_Events_JMM_Jan2010 |presented the SOCR Resource]].
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==2009==
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* October 2009: A new major upgrade of [[SOCR_EduMaterials_AnalysesActivities |SOCR Analyses]] is released that fixed the appearance of the tabs on all SOCR analysis applets. The new version only shows the tabs that are appropriate for the specific SOCR Analysis chosen by the user. This upgrade of Analyses resolves this inconsistency and makes the navigation to data-input, variable-mapping and result-interpretation much more intuitive and user-friendly.
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* September 2009: A new [http://forums.stat.ucla.edu/socr SOCR forum is introduced]. Users, instructors, students and developers may use this forum to post questions, learn about various SOCR datasets, tools, learning materials, and contribute to the SOCR knowledgebase.
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* August 15-23, 2009 [http://www.statssa.gov.za/isi2009/index.aspx SOCR Organized Events at the 2009 International Statistical Institute Meeting]
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** August 16, 2009, [[SOCR_Events_ISIW_Aug2009 | SOCR Workshop at 2009 ISI Meeting]].
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** August 17, 2009, [[SOCR_Events_ISIS_Aug2009 | A special session entitled ''Interactive, Data-Driven and Technology-Enhanced Approaches for Probability and Statistics Education'']], organized by Ivo Dinov and Nicolas Christou at 2009 ISI Meeting.
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* August 10, 2009: The [http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2009/08/ucla-professors-host-workshop-open-source-projects Daily Bruin published an article about SOCR], summarizing [http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/uploads/9/93/DailyBruin_UCLA_SOCR_Aug2009.pdf  the project scope and interviewing Ivo Dinov and Nicolas Christou].
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* August 10-12, 2009, [[SOCR_Events_Aug2009 | SOCR Training & Development Workshop]] at UCLA.
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* August 03, 2009, [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2009/onlineprogram/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity_details&activityid=164&sessionid=204418 Confidence Intervals using SOCR]. Nicolas Christou and Ivo Dinov are presenting SOCR at the [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2009/ 2009 JSM Meeting in Washington, DC].
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* June 27, 2009, Nicolas Christou [http://www.causeweb.org/uscots/uscots09/program/posters.pdf presented a poster (page 19)] at the [http://www.causeweb.org/uscots/uscots09/ 2009 USCOTS conference at OSU].
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* April 16, 2009, SOCR Sponsored [http://cts.stat.ucla.edu/seminars/ Teaching Statistics Seminar] by [http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~west/ Webster West], 4-5 PM, Math Science 5137.
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* January 05-08, 2009: Ivo Dinov will give 2 talks and present a poster at [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2110_program.html 2009 Joint AMS/MAA Meeting in Washington, DC], January 05-08, 2009.
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** [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2110_abstracts/1046-e1-26.pdf Interactive, Data-Driven and Technology-Enhanced Approach for Probability and Statistics Education], at a session on [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2110_program_tuesday.html#2110:MAACPE1  Demos and Strategies with Technology that Enhance Teaching and Learning Mathematics], Tuesday, January 06, 2009, 9:20AM, [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2110_abstracts/1046-e1-26.pdf 1046-E1-26], [http://www.socr.ucla.edu/docs/SOCR_AMS_1046_E1_26_01_06_09.ppt PPT Slides] and  [http://www.socr.ucla.edu/docs/SOCR_AMS_1046_E1_26_01_06_09.pdf PDF Slides].
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** [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2110_program_tuesday.html#2110:SCOTTPS Statistics Online Computational Resource for Education], at a session on [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2110_program_tuesday.html#2110:SCOTTPS  MAA Poster Session on Projects Supported by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education], Tuesday, January 06, 2009, 2 PM, Blue Room and Foyer, Omni Shoreham Hotel.
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** [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2110_abstracts/1046-97-25.pdf Integrated, Multidisciplinary and Technology-Enhanced Science Education: The Next Frontier], at a [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2110_program_wednesday.html#2110:AMSCP28 Mathematics Education session], Wednesday, January 07, 2009, 1:15PM, [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2110_abstracts/1046-97-25.pdf 1046-97-25], [http://www.socr.ucla.edu/docs/NISER_AMS_1046_97_25_01_07_09.ppt PPT Slides] and  [http://www.socr.ucla.edu/docs/NISER_AMS_1046_97_25_01_07_09.pdf PDF Slides].
== 2008 ==
== 2008 ==
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* “January 17-19, 2008: Nicolas Christou and Ivo Dinov will present [http://www.hicstatistics.org/STATS2008.pdf Statistics Online Computational Resource for Education: www.socr.ucla.edu], at the [http://www.hicstatistics.org/program_stats.htm 2008 Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields], Honolulu, Hawaii.
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* November 17, 2008: [[SOCR_Overview_2008 | SOCR Presentation]] at [http://courses.stat.ucla.edu/index.php?term=08F&course=6637912&lecture=66379120 Statistics 495A] (Fall 2008).
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* January 6-9, 2008: [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program.html Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, CA].  
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* October 17, 2008: [[SOCR_Events_UCCP2008 | SOCR presentation at the UCCP/UCLA CDI meeting]] at at [http://www.cdi.ucla.edu/ UCLA CDI].
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* September 27, 2008: Ivo Dinov is [[SOCR_Events_SMC2008 | presenting the SOCR resources]] at a continuing education event at Santa Monica College.
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* September 17, 2008: The complete [[SOCR]] source code, v.2.5, was publicly released via the [http://socr.googlecode.com SOCR Google Code project page]. This new release contains the latest version of the [[SOCR]] libraries and all additional resources needed to revise, compile, package and deploy the entire [[SOCR]] resource on the Internet.
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* August 14-15, 2008: Ivo Dinov is [[SOCR_Events_CCLI2008 | presenting the SOCR resource]] at the [http://www.ccliconference.com/ 2008 CCLI AAAS conference in Washington, DC].
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* August 9, 2008: Nicolas Christou will present a seminar entitled [http://mic08.merlot.org/program/index.php?sort=date&date=2008-08-09#1090 Law of Large Numbers: The Theory, Applications and Technology-based Education], at the [http://mic08.merlot.org/program 2008 MERLOT International Conference] ([http://mic08.merlot.org/program/index.php?sort=date&date=2008-08-09 1:30-2:00 PM in the Conrad A Room]).
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* August 2008: SOCR is releasing a new [http://www.esurveyspro.com/Survey.aspx?id=79ba4c38-b7d0-4530-aa00-12fdd32b6609 electronic polling survey to solicit open and anonymous community feedback on existing SOCR resources and recommendations for development of future SOCR materials and tools].
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* August 2008, [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2008 2009 Joint Statistics Meeting]
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** Thu, 8/7/08, 10:30 AM - 12:20, Nicolas Christou is Chairing a session entitled [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2008/onlineprogram/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity_details&activityid=519&sessionid=203496 The Internet, Telecommunications, and Migration]
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** Wed, 8/06/08, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM, Nicolas Christou and Ivo Dinov are presenting [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2008/onlineprogram/index.cfm?fuseaction=abstract_details&abstractid=301649 Applications of Statistics in Finance Using the Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR)] in a special session on [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2008/onlineprogram/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity_details&activityid=451&sessionid=203500 Portfolio Analysis, Exchange Rates, Microstructure, and GARCH Models]
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* July 29, 2008: Ivo Dinov will give a hands-on demonstration entitled [[SOCR_Events_July2008 | Using SOCR to Motivate Simulation Experiments in Middle and High School]] at the [http://censusatschool-california.stat.ucla.edu/ Second CensusAtSchool International Workshop], [http://censusatschool-california.stat.ucla.edu/ 3:15-4:00 PM, CCLIC Lab].
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* July 07, 2008: [http://www.math.ucla.edu/~lvese Luminita Vese] and [http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~dinov Ivo Dinov] are co-organizing a [http://www.siam.org/meetings/is08/ SIAM Imaging Science] session on [http://meetings.siam.org/program.cfm?CONFCODE=IS08 Computational Science and Biology: The Challenges, Data, Methods and Tools] (MS4), [http://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=6978 Part I] and [http://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=6979 Part II].
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* June 20, 2008: Nicolas Christou will present a seminar entitled [http://trc.ucdavis.edu/uc21st/concurrent.html Web-based, Data-driven Probability and Statistics Education], at the [http://trc.ucdavis.edu/uc21st/ UC21st Century - Teaching, Learning and Technology: Past, Present and Future] Conference ([http://trc.ucdavis.edu/uc21st/schedule.html 11:45AM - 12:30PM]). Video ([http://uocatdavis.wmod.llnwd.net/a2636/e1/TLTC/TLTC_Nicholas_Christou.wmv WMP], [http://webcast.ucdavis.edu/TLTC/ FLASH]) and [http://trc.ucdavis.edu/uc21st/proceedings/christou_dinov_uc21st.ppt PPT slides] ara available online.
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* June 05, 2008: [[SOCR_Events_EOY2008 | SOCR End-of-Year Event]].
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* [http://cts.stat.ucla.edu/seminars 2008 SOCR/CTS '''Seminars''']:
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** Thursday May 29: [http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~stark/ Phil Stark], [http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/ Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley], [http://cts.stat.ucla.edu/seminars/ Thursday, 4-5pm, Math Science # 5137].
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** Thursday, May 15: [http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~esfandia Mahtash Esfandiari] and Hai Nguyen,  Dept. of Statisitics, UCLA
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** Thursday, May 1: [http://www.stat.osu.edu/~dkp/ Dennis Pearl], [http://www.stat.osu.edu/ Dept. of Statistics, The Ohio State University]. "The Statistical Buffet" course redesign at OSU, [http://cts.stat.ucla.edu/seminars/ Thursday, 4-5pm, Math Science # 5137].
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** Thursday, April 24: [http://mathequity.terc.edu/gw/html/Andeepage.html Andee Rubin], [http://www.terc.edu/ TERC], [http://cts.stat.ucla.edu/seminars/rubin.html Software as a Learning Context: the Case of TinkerPlots and Statistical Reasoning], [http://cts.stat.ucla.edu/seminars/ Thursday, 4-5pm, Math Science # 5137].
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** Thursday April 10:  [http://www.maths.qut.edu.au/profiles/macgillivray/ Helen MacGillvray], Queensland University of Technology, Australia, [http://cts.stat.ucla.edu/seminars/macgillvray.html Roles of Assessment in Learning of Statistics and Mathematics], [http://cts.stat.ucla.edu/seminars/ Thursday, 4-5pm, Math Science # 5137].
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* May 19, 2008: Dr. [http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~nchristo Nicolas Christou] will be awarded the prestigious [http://www.oid.ucla.edu/edtech/bpcaward Brian P. Copenhaver Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology]. [[SOCR_Awards_Christou_BC2008 | More information about this event and Nicolas' contributions is available here]]. Nicolas Christou [http://www.oid.ucla.edu/edtech/bpcaward/2008-video-christou (video-stream) Interview] and [http://www.today.ucla.edu/campus/080520_online_stats-aid/ UCLA Today] article.
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* May 05, 2008: Ivo Dinov will give a [http://www.amstat.org ASA]/[http://www.amstat.org/education/gaise/ GAISE] [[SOCR_Events_May2008 | Webinar for middle school teachers in various science and quantitative disciplines]].
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* January 17-19, 2008, [http://www.hicstatistics.org/program_stats.htm 2008 Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields], Honolulu, Hawaii:
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** Nicolas Christou and Ivo Dinov will present [http://www.hicstatistics.org/STATS2008.pdf Statistics Online Computational Resource for Education: www.socr.ucla.edu];
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** Priscilla Chui, Nicolas Christou and Ivo Dinov will present a talk on [http://www.hicstatistics.org/STATS2008.pdf Numbers and Sense].
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* January 6-9, 2008: [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program.html Joint Mathematics Meetings (AMS/MAA), San Diego, CA].  
** Annie Che, Nicolas Christou, Jenny Cui and Ivo Dinov will present a poster entitled [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program_monday.html SOCR Analyses: a free Internet-based Statistical Analysis Toolkit], on 01/07/08, 2-4 PM, as part of the [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program_monday.html NSF Division of Undergraduate Education] session.
** Annie Che, Nicolas Christou, Jenny Cui and Ivo Dinov will present a poster entitled [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program_monday.html SOCR Analyses: a free Internet-based Statistical Analysis Toolkit], on 01/07/08, 2-4 PM, as part of the [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program_monday.html NSF Division of Undergraduate Education] session.
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** Rahul Gidwani, Nicolas Christou and Ivo Dinov will present a paper (1035-P1-707) [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program_wednesday.html#2109:MAACPP2 Interactive Web-Based Probability Distribution Mathlets: www.SOCR.ucla.edu] at the [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program_wednesday.html MAA Session Mathlets and Web Resources for Mathematics and Statistics Education], 2008 AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego, CA, 1:20 PM, Wednesday Jan. 9, 2008.
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** Rahul Gidwani, Nicolas Christou and Ivo Dinov will present a paper (1035-P1-707) [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program_wednesday.html#2109:MAACPP2 Interactive Web-Based Probability Distribution Mathlets: www.SOCR.ucla.edu] at the [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_abstracts/1035-p1-707.pdf MAA Session Mathlets and Web Resources for Mathematics and Statistics Education], [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program_wednesday.html  1:20 PM, Wednesday Jan. 9, 2008].
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** Rahul Gidwani, Nicolas Christou and Ivo Dinov will present a paper (1035-62-1789) [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_abstracts/1035-62-1789.pdf Generating Functions: Web-based SOCR Applets and Computational Library Interfaces], [http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program_wednesday.html 3:45 PM on Jan 09, 2008].
== 2007 ==
== 2007 ==
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* Dec. 19. 2007, SOCR was added as a [http://apps.facebook.com/socrapp/ Facebook Application] and made available as a tool/plug-in to all FaceBook Users. To add the SOCR App to your Facebook page follow these steps:
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** [http://www.facebook.com Login your Facebook account (or create one)]
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** [http://apps.facebook.com/socrapp Visit the SOCR App home page]
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** [http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?api_key=f7ba27416638bfa874514da430932a04 Add the SOCR App to your Applications by selecting '''add this application button''']
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* Dec. 07, 2007, Dr. Dinov was interviewed and quoted in [http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/uploads/f/f9/WSJ_12_07_2007.pdf An article] in the [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119698695198016514.html Wall Street Journal] about a paper by Leif Nelson (NYU) and Joseph Simmons (Yale) entitled [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=946249 Moniker Maladies: When Names Sabotage Success]. In this article the authors present experimental designs and data to support hypotheses that ''unconscious behavior can insidiously undermine conscious pursuits''.
* Sept. 24, 2007: The [http://www.NSF.gov National Science Foundation (NSF)] extended the funding for the UCLA [[SOCR | Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR)]] for another 4 years (2007-2011). This is a great accomplishment for the [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Team.html SOCR team] and recognition of the SOCR Resource achievements since 2002. In the next 4 years, SOCR will design, test, validate, and disseminate 1) tools (applets, demos, GUI interfaces), 2) educational materials (activities, class notes, tutorials), and 3) resources (Statistics Online Computational Resource Wiki, consulting, workshops, etc.) More information is available [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0716055 online].
* Sept. 24, 2007: The [http://www.NSF.gov National Science Foundation (NSF)] extended the funding for the UCLA [[SOCR | Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR)]] for another 4 years (2007-2011). This is a great accomplishment for the [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Team.html SOCR team] and recognition of the SOCR Resource achievements since 2002. In the next 4 years, SOCR will design, test, validate, and disseminate 1) tools (applets, demos, GUI interfaces), 2) educational materials (activities, class notes, tutorials), and 3) resources (Statistics Online Computational Resource Wiki, consulting, workshops, etc.) More information is available [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0716055 online].
* Aug. 22-29, 2007: SOCR [http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/uploads/c/c4/SOCR_Abstract_Lisbon_ISI2007.pdf sampling and simulation resources] are going to be presented as an invited talk (Nicolas Christou) at the 2007 [http://www.isi2007.com.pt International Statistics Institute meeting (ISI)], Lisbon, Portugal, ([http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/uploads/7/7b/Christou_Dinov_Sanchez_ISI2007.pdf PDF Slides])
* Aug. 22-29, 2007: SOCR [http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/uploads/c/c4/SOCR_Abstract_Lisbon_ISI2007.pdf sampling and simulation resources] are going to be presented as an invited talk (Nicolas Christou) at the 2007 [http://www.isi2007.com.pt International Statistics Institute meeting (ISI)], Lisbon, Portugal, ([http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/uploads/7/7b/Christou_Dinov_Sanchez_ISI2007.pdf PDF Slides])

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