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 […]
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Four Statistics Ph.D. Students Receive Awards at 2026 New England Statistics Symposium
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 Elected ASA Social Statistics Section Chair-Elect 2027!
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.
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
UConn/UMass Joint Colloquium: Wenrui Li, Assistant Professor, UConn, Robust Statistical Methods for Noisy Complex Network Data
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 […]
Statistics Colloquium: Min Jung Kim, UConn Health, From Prediction to Explanation: Explainable Machine Learning for 30-Day Heart Failure Readmission
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 […]
Statistics Colloquium: Rongwei (Rochelle) Fu, Oregon Health & Science University-Portland State University, Impactful Collaborative Research: From rhBMP-2 to Ferabright™
Title: Impactful Collaborative Research: From rhBMP-2 to Ferabright™ Presented by Rongwei (Rochelle) Fu, Professor of Biostatistics, Oregon Health & Science University-Portland State University Recipient of the 2025 UConn Statistics Department Distinguished Alumnus Award DATE: Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 3:30 PM, AUST 434 Meeting Link: WebEx link Coffee will be available at 3:00 PM in the Noether […]
UConn/UMass Joint Colloquium: Aaron Sarvet, Assistant Professor, UMass, The outperformance of machine learning by human intuition: resolving a paradox with unmeasured confounding
Title: The outperformance of machine learning by human intuition: resolving a paradox with unmeasured confounding Presented by Aaron Sarvete, Assistant Professor; University of Massachusetts, Amherst DATE: Wednesday, April 15, 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: Dr. Sarvet is an […]
Isabelle Perez has been awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
Isabelle Perez, a PhD student in our department has been awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Congratulations!
Prof. Xiaojing Wang receives the 2026 Expanding Research Impact Award!
Prof. Xiaojing Wang receives the 2026 Expanding Research Impact Award ! Congratulations!