2023
Alumni SPOTLIGHT: Meet Kushal K. Dey, PhD’18
August 30, 2023
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Our Alumni SPOTLIGHT focuses on Kushal K. Dey, PhD'18.
How AI is transforming scientific research, with Rebecca Willett (Ep. 116)
August 16, 2023
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Examining the possibilities—and the dangers—of this rapidly developing technology.
Welcome to Xinran Li
August 15, 2023
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Please join us in welcoming, Xinran Li, assistant professor in the Department of Statistics and the College.
Welcome to our new hires!
August 1, 2023
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Please join us in welcoming Tristan Goodwill, Anjali Nair, Siyao Yang, and Yuxin Zhou, our new William H. Kruskal Instructors.
Workshop on Mathematical Trends in Medical Imaging
July 26, 2023
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Workshop on Mathematical Trends in Medical Imaging August 7-10, 2023
Chao Gao awarded the Noether Early Career Scholar Award for 2023
July 13, 2023
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Chao Gao, assistant professor, Department of Statistics, is a recipient of the Noether Early Career Scholar Award for 2023.
Alumni SPOTLIGHT: Meet Miaoyan Wang
July 7, 2023
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Our Alumni SPOTLIGHT focuses on Miaoyan Wang, PhD'15
Welcome to our new faculty
July 6, 2023
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The Department welcomes two new faculty: Nikolaos (Nikos) Ignatiadis, assistant professor, and Ryan McShane, assistant instructional professor, to the Department of Statistics, and the Data Science Institute.
Axiom’s zero-knowledge proofs might one day help detect deepfakes
July 6, 2023
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Prof. Yi Sun discusses his startup Axiom developing technology to quickly and accurately detect deepfakes on the internet.
Guillaume Bal appointed Director of CCAM
July 5, 2023
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Guillaume Bal, Professor, Departments of Statistics, Mathematics, and the College has been appointed as Director of the Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM), effective July 1, 2023.
Faculty accolade: Dan Nicolae
July 5, 2023
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Dan Nicolae has been named the Elaine M. and Samuel D. Kersten, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor.
Robert E. Kass Elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 12, 2023
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Robert E. Kass, alumnus of the Department of Statistics, PhD'80, and the Maurice Falk Professor of Statistics and Computational Neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Matthew Stephens elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society!
May 10, 2023
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Our Chair, Matthew Stephens, Ralph W. Gerard Professor, Departments of Statistics and Human Genetics, and member of the Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society!
Our Spring Quarter 2023 Graduates
May 2, 2023
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Congratulations and best wishes!
Alumni SPOTLIGHT: Meet Andrew Poppick, PhD’16
April 25, 2023
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Our Alumni SPOTLIGHT focuses on Andrew Poppick, PhD'16.