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Interdisciplinary Seminar: Kosuke Imai, Harvard University
“Experimental Evaluation of Algorithm-Assisted Human Decision-Making: Application to Pretrial Public Safety Assessment,” presented by Kosuke Imai, Professor of Government and of Statistics, Harvard University, Institute for Quantitative Social Science.
Statistics Colloquium: Jae-Kwang Kim, Iowa State University
“Multiple Bias Calibration for Valid Statistical Inference With Selection Bias,” presented by Jae-Kwang Kim, LAS Dean’s Professor, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University.
Jung Wun Lee Named Finalist for 2022 APHA Research Competition
Ph.D. student Jung Wun Lee was selected as a finalist of the 2022 Applied Public Health Statistics (APHA)/Stata Scholar Student Research Competition by the Applied Public Health Statistics Section of APHA.
Jing Wu ’17 Ph.D. Promoted at University of Rhode Island
Professor Wu was promoted to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Computer Science and Statistics.
Xia Wang ’09 Ph.D. Promoted at University of Cincinnati
Professor Wang was promoted to the rank of full professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences in the Division of Statistics and Data Science.
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.
Guanyu Hu Elected Chair of ASA Statistics in Sports Section
The former postdoctoral research scholar will chair the American Statistical Association section in 2023.
Prince Allotey ’22 Ph.D. Featured on UConn Today
“One of my favorite things about statistics is using statistical methods to help solve real-life problems.”