UConn Ph.D. student Collin Nill was featured in the American Statistical Association’s Amstat News New Member Spotlight. In the interview, he discusses his interest in mathematics, statistical theory, and applying data science to real-world problems. Congratulations, Collin! Read the full interview  and view the Facebook spotlight.

Title: Is There an AI Bubble? Robust Date-Stamping for Periods of Exuberance Speaker: Abir Sakar, Ph.D Student, Cornell University Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Austin 313 Coffee, meet and greet: 3:00 PM, Austin 326 Link: Teams Link, Meeting ID: 231 368 937 955 092, Passcode: hy97X4Ym Abstract: The recent surge in valuations of firms […]

Ph.D. student Jiaqi Liu was selected as a recipient of a student travel award for the 2026 Fall Technical Conference. The award is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Congratulations!

Ph.D. student Qingkai Dong was selected as one of the Student Paper Award winners at the ICSA 2026 Applied Statistics Symposium, held in Arlington, Virginia, from June 14 to June 17. Congratulations!

Professor Mukhopadhyay and Recent Ph.D. Graduates Receive Abraham Wald Prizes Professor Nitis Mukhopadhyay and two recent Ph.D. graduates, Dr. Boyi Zhang and Dr. Anhar S. Aloufi, received Abraham Wald Prizes in Sequential Analysis at the International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies 2026, held at American University in Washington, D.C. The 2024 prize recognized Professor Mukhopadhyay and […]

Four Statistics Ph.D. Students Receive Awards at 2026 New England Statistics Symposium Four Ph.D. students from the Department of Statistics received awards at the 2026 New England Statistics Symposium (NESS), highlighting the strength and breadth of student research across both paper and poster categories. Jongwoo Choi received a NESS Student Paper Award for his work, […]

Professor Xiaojing Wang has been elected Chair-Elect of the Social Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (ASA).   Congratulations to Professor Wang!

Xia Wang (Ph.D. 2009 (Statistics) and 2007 ( Economics )has become a Fellow of the Graduate College of the University of Cincinnati for her outstanding scholarly attainment. For details, see Fellows of the Graduate College – University of Cincinnati: Founder of Co-op, Leader in Co-op | University of Cincinnati

Title: Robust Statistical Methods for Noisy Complex Network Data Presented by  Wenrui Li, Assistant Professor; University of Connecticut DATE: Thursday, May 7, 2026; Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm, 1681 LGRT Meeting Link: TBD Bio: Wenrui Li is Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Connecticut, and prior to this, a postdoctoral […]

Title: From Prediction to Explanation: Explainable Machine Learning for 30-Day Heart Failure Readmission Presented by Minjung Kim, University of Connecticut School of Medicine DATE: Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 3:30 PM, AUST 434 Meeting Link: WebEx link Coffee will be available at 3:00 PM in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326) Bio: Minjung Kim, PhD, is a faculty […]