News: 2021

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.

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

Prof. Chao Gao has been selected to receive the 2021 Tweedie New Researcher Award from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS).

Read about our PhD student, Ahmed Bou-Rabee and his research, experiences, and future career plans.

Best wishes to our Winter Quarter 2021 graduates!

PhD candidate, Yi Liu, has been awarded the prestigious SBSS Student Paper Award.

The Department of Statistics mourns the passing of Leo Goodman.

Our application for Fall 2021 is now closed!

We are excited to welcome David Biron, Assistant Senior Instructional Professor and Victor Veitch, Assistant Professor, to our department.