We are delighted to announce that Neil Spencer, Assistant Professor in Statistics, has been named the new Makuch Faculty Fellow (January 2025-December 2026). This fellowship was instituted through a generous donation from Robert Makuch (’72 CLAS). Neil Spencer, PhD in Statistics and Machine Learning from Carnegie Mellon University, specializes in robust Bayesian inference, network science, […]
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Paper of the Month: February 2025
Once a month during the academic year, the statistics faculty select a paper for our students to read and discuss. Papers are selected based on their impact or historical value, or because they contain useful techniques or results. How to annoy a journal editor – top 10 typesetting mistakes when submitting a paper in LaTeX […]
Prof. Dipak Dey received Lifetime Achievement Award from The Indian Bayesian Society and the International Advisory Committee of the International Conference
Prof. Dipak Dey received Lifetime Achievement Award from The Indian Bayesian Society and the International Advisory Committee of the International Conference on Recent Developments in the Techniques of Bayesian Paradigm, presented on January 6, 2025. Congratulations!
Prof. Dipak Dey received a new Pfizer Fellowship to support Ph.D. student Sana Gupta for the 2025-2026 academic year. Sana will conduct her research in Pharmaceutical Statistics.
Prof. Dipak Dey received a new Pfizer Fellowship to support Ph.D. student Sana Gupta for the 2025-2026 academic year. Sana will conduct her research in Pharmaceutical Statistics. Congratulations!
Interdisciplinary Seminar: Dr.Pascal R. Deboeck, University of Utah
Effects across time to modeling states of a system: a dynamical systems perspective on modeling social science data Presented by Dr.Pascal R. Deboeck, University of Utah Friday, Nov.15, 2024, 11:00am, ET Join by WebEX: https://tinyurl.com/rmme-Deboeck Meeting # 2861 631 2684 Password: RMMESTAT Join by video system: Dial 28616312684@uconn-cmr.webex.com You can also dial 173.243.2.68 + enter […]
Statistics Colloquium: Tumulesh Solanky, University of New Orleans, Distinguished Alumni Award
Recipient of the 2024 UConn Statistics Department Distinguished Alumnus Award Some issues related to implementation and generalization of the partition problem formulations for normal populations Presented by Tumulesh Solanky, Chair and Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Louisiana System Foundation and Michael and Judith Russel Professor in Data Science/Computational Sciences, University of New Orleans […]
UConn undergrads Sana Gupta, Mathew Chandy, Isabelle Perez, Joshua Lee & Lucy Liu “Data Huskies” win ‘Best Data-Driven Recommendation’ at the ASA 2024 DataFest
UConn undergrads Sana Gupta, Mathew Chandy, Isabelle Perez, Joshua Lee & Lucy Liu “Data Huskies” win ‘Best Data-Driven Recommendation’ at the ASA 2024 DataFest. See https://datafest.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/04/29/datafest-2024-wraps-up/. Congratulations!
Statistics Colloquium: Apratim Dey, PhD Student, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
Compressive Sensing with Stein Shrinkage Presented by Apratim Dey, PhD Student, Department of Statistics, Stanford University Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 4:00 PM, AUST 202 Webex Meeting Link Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326) Abstract: We live in an era where sensors, radars and satellites all around us are […]
Prof. Elizabeth Schifano awarded the 2024 Mid-Career Award from the Applied Public Health Statistics (APHS) section of the American Public Health Association (APHA)
Prof. Elizabeth Schifano awarded the 2024 Mid-Career Award from the Applied Public Health Statistics (APHS) section of the American Public Health Association (APHA)! Congratulations!
Statistics Colloquium: Y. Samuel Wang, Asst. Professor, Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University
Confidence Sets for Causal Orderings Presented by Y. Samuel Wang, Asst. Professor, Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 4:00 PM, AUST 202 Webex Meeting Link Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326) Abstract: Causal discovery procedures aim to deduce causal relationships among variables in a […]