August
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.
July
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
Prof. Lek-Heng Lim wins Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
July 24, 2023
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University of Chicago professor of computational and applied mathematics Lek-Heng Lim has been awarded the 2023 Vannevar Bush Fellowship, the U.S. Department of Defense’s most prestigious award for basic research. It provides $3 million in funding to support transformative, “blue-sky” research at the limits of today’s technology.
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.
May
2023 Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service in the Physical Sciences Division
May 30, 2023
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Profs. Dan Nicolae and Michael Franklin are the 2023 recipients of the Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service in the Physical Sciences Division.
Meet Cristina Martin-Linares, Postdoctoral Scholar
May 23, 2023
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Please welcome Cristina Martin-Linares to our department.
Alumni SPOTLIGHT: Meet Matthew Reimherr, PhD’13
May 23, 2023
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Our Alumni SPOTLIGHT focuses on Matthew Reimherr, PhD'13.
Our Spring 2023 Consulting Cup Award Winners
May 17, 2023
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Congratulations to our Spring 2023 Consulting Cup winners!
Our 2022-23 Consulting and Senior Consultant Award Winners
May 17, 2023
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Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding participation and contribution to the Consulting Program.
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.