“Flexible Conditional Borrowing Approaches for Leveraging Historical Data in the Bayesian Design of Superiority Trials”, co-authored by Wenlin Yuan, John Zhong, and Ming-Hui Chen, is selected to receive one of the 2023 Statistics in Biosciences Best Paper Awards.
Awards
Ofer Harel elected to Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences
Professor Ofer Harel has been elected to the Connecticut Academy of the Arts and Sciences (CAAS), the third-oldest learned society in the United States.
Garrett Frady Recognized by ISBA for Poster Presentation
Ph.D. student Garrett Frady won 3rd place in the poster presentations at the 2022 International Society for Bayesian Analysis conference.
Jun Yan, Kun Chen and Elizabeth Schifano Received an NSF Grant
Jun Yan, Kun Chen, Elizabeth Schifano, Laura J. Burton and Robert A. Huggins have been awarded an NSF grant (DMS-2219336). Start date: September 1, 2022. End date: August 31, 2025.
Kun Chen and Colleague Received an NSF Grant
Kun Chen , Jing Zhao from UConn Department of Chemistry have been awarded an NSF grant (CHE-2203854). Start date: September 1, 2022. End date: August 31, 2025.
Namitha Pais Wins Student Research Award at New England Statistics Symposium
The Ph.D. student was recognized for her outstanding paper titled “Ensemble Backcasting of Wave Heights in the Long Island Sound.”
Nitis Mukhopadhyay Earns Chernoff Excellence in Statistics Award
Given at the 35th New England Statistics Symposium, the award recognizes outstanding, long-term contributions to the field of statistics.
Yao Zheng Elected Secretary/Treasurer of ASA Section
Assistant Professor Yao Zheng will serve as secretary/treasurer of the American Statistical Association’s Business and Economic Statistics Section for 2023-2024.
Kun Chen Elected 2022 ASA Fellow
Professor Kun Chen was elected as a 2022 Fellow of the American Statistical Association, a designation that has been a significant honor for nearly 100 years.
Irene Soteriou ’23 (CLAS) Named Truman Scholar
A double major in statistics and cognitive science, Soteriou is the 10th UConn student to have earned the prestigious honor.