ASSESSMENT OF FIT OF ITEM RESPONSE THEORY MODELS: FULLINFORMATION AND LIMITED-INFORMATION METHODS, ITEM AND PERSON FIT ANALYSIS, AND BEYOND Presented by SANDIP SINHARAY, (ETA) RESEARCH INSTITUTE Friday, 10/11/2024, 11:15am ET, AUST 110 Virtual: Meeting Link Meeting # 2631 084 2277 Password: RMMESTAT Item response theory (IRT) is one of the central methodological pillars supporting many […]

Two New Methods for Nonlinear Regression in Epidemiology and Environmental Toxicology Presented by Alex Stringer, Assistant Professor, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 4:00 PM, AUST 202 Webex Meeting Link Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326) I discuss two new methods involving additive […]

Multi- and Mixed-Precision Computations for Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Statistics Presented by Mary Salvana, University of Connecticut Thursday, October 10, 2024 1:30 pm- lunch at 12:45 pm ET Join Zoom Meeting or in-person meeting at UMASS, Lederle Graduate Research Tower (LGRT) – room 1685 Zoom Meeting Link Meeting ID: 975 2634 3811 Passcode: 188450 Computational statistics […]

An Overview of Latent Growth Curve Models in Longitudinal Studies of Aging Presented by Dr.Kenneth A. Bollen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Friday, September 27th, 2024, 12:00pm-1:00pm ET In-Person: ASB Administrative Services Building, 2nd Floor, Center on Aging Conference Room, UConn Health Center Virtual: Meeting Link Meeting # 276 939 196 348 Password: FkqaGk […]

Interesting Statistical Lessons in Providing Real World Evidence that the ensoETM Device Protects the Esophagus from Thermal Injury During Radiofrequency Ablation Presented by Babette Brumback, PhD Professor Emerita, Department of Biostatistics University of Florida Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 4:00 PM, AUST 202 Webex Meeting Link Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm in the Noether Lounge […]

High Dimensional Space Oddity Presented by Assocaite Professor Haim Bar and Professor Vladimir Pozdnyakov, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut Wednesday, September 18, 2024 4:00 PM-5:00 PM ET Online Meeting Webex Meeting Link In his 1996 paper, Talagrand highlighted that the Law of Large Numbers (LLN) for independent random variables can be viewed as a […]

Fast ab initio uncertainty quantification and data inversion for dynamical systems Presented by Mengyang Gu, Department of Statistics and Applied Probability University of California, Santa Barbara Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:00 PM AUST 202 Webex Meeting Link Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326) Estimating parameters from data is […]

Congratulations to our student Lucy Liu, for being selected as a 2024 Holster Scholar. The Holster Scholars Program is a highly selective research program for curious Honors students. The prestigious program supports research projects of highly motivated and talented students during the summer of their first year. We’re very happy to announce that our student, […]

Greg Vaughan ’17 PhD has been named Chair of the Mathematical Sciences Department at Bentley University, a business school in Waltham, Massachusetts. The department houses 25 full-time faculty and offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs in Data Analytics, Actuarial Science, Mathematical Science, and Business Analytics. The department is on the rise, and Greg […]

Sudipto Banerjee ’2000 Ph.D. has been selected as a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award of the Department of Statistics at UConn. Congratulations! Dr. Banerjee is Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He will […]