“The Inner Partial Least Square – A Probe Into the “Necessary” Dimension Reduction,” presented by Lan Liu, Associate Professor, Director of the Consulting Center, School of Statistics, University of Minnesota
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Undergraduates Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Congratulations to the UConn statistics and mathematics-statistics majors elected to Phi Beta Kappa for 2022.
Paper of the Month: April 2022
Liu, Y., & Xie, J. (2020). Cauchy Combination Test: A Powerful Test With Analytic p-Value Calculation Under Arbitrary Dependency Structures Journal of the American Statistical Association, 115(529), 393-402.
Statistics Colloquium: Taylor Arnold, University of Richmond
“Data Science for Image Analysis,” presented by Taylor Arnold, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Richmond
Interdisciplinary Seminar: Elizabeth Stuart, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
“Combining Experimental and Population Data to Estimate Population Treatment Effects,” presented by Dr. Elizabeth Stuart, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Statistics Colloquium: Naitee Ting, Boehringer Ingelheim
“Case Study – Clinical Development of an Anti-inflammatory Drug,” presented by Naitee Ting, Fellow of American Statistical Association, Director in the Department of Biostatistics and Data Sciences at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Asst. Prof. Yao Zheng has been elected as an elected member of the ISI for 2022
Asst. Prof. Yao Zheng has been elected as an elected member of the ISI for 2022. Congratulations!
Statistics Colloquium: Bhaswar B. Bhattacharya, University of Pennsylvania
“Distribution-Free Nonparametric Inference Based on Optimal Transport: Efficiency Lower Bounds and Rank-Kernel Tests,” presented by Bhaswar B. Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor, Wharton Statistics Department, University of Pennsylvania
Career Update: Sandra Milena Hurtado Rua ‘11 Ph.D.
Dr. Sandra Milena Hurtado Rua ’11 Ph.D. has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure in the Dept. of Mathematics at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH.
Panpan Zhang, former Visiting Assistant Professor has received a tenure track Assistant Professor position in the Dept. of Biostatistics at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Dr. Panpan Zhang, former Visiting Assistant Professor has received a tenure track Assistant Professor position in the Dept. of Biostatistics at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Congratulations!