April
Victor Veitch, first UChicago data science faculty, builds “safe and credible” AI systems
April 27, 2021
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Victor Veitch, a new assistant professor in the Department of Statistics and the first faculty hire in the University of Chicago’s new data science initiative, wants to see a future of “safe and credible” artificial intelligence. In order to realize that vision, he’s interested in revising the foundations of machine learning so that models work in ways more palatable to humans and human values, instead of today’s black boxes and non-sequitur logic.
March
Four decades crossing disciplinary lines
March 31, 2021
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Prof. Stephen Stigler retired this past October after a long career that included investigating the history of the development of statistical methods, in relation to problems in many fields—from astronomy to medicine to social sciences and psychology.
Rebecca Willett selected as a SIAM Fellow for 2021
March 31, 2021
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Rebecca Willett selected as a SIAM Fellow for 2021
Prof. Chao Gao receives 2021 IMS Tweedie New Researcher Award
March 15, 2021
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Prof. Chao Gao has been selected to receive the 2021 Tweedie New Researcher Award from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS).
Meet statistics student, Ahmed Bou-Rabee
March 10, 2021
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Read about our PhD student, Ahmed Bou-Rabee and his research, experiences, and future career plans.
Our Winter Quarter 2021 graduates
March 9, 2021
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Best wishes to our Winter Quarter 2021 graduates!
February
Yi Liu Awarded SBSS Student Paper Award
February 5, 2021
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PhD candidate, Yi Liu, has been awarded the prestigious SBSS Student Paper Award.
The Department of Statistics mourns the passing of Leo Goodman
February 1, 2021
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The Department of Statistics mourns the passing of Leo Goodman.
January
Congratulations to Pinhan Chen, Lizhen Nie, Enakshi Saha, Hai Tran-Bach, and Jiacheng Wang who are among twenty PhD students selected as 2020–21 Radix Trading Fellows
January 5, 2021
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Our application for Fall 2021 is now closed!
January 4, 2021
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Our application for Fall 2021 is now closed!
Welcome new faculty
January 1, 2021
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We are excited to welcome David Biron, Assistant Senior Instructional Professor and Victor Veitch, Assistant Professor, to our department.