Recent Lessons on Mixing Mail and Web Data Collection Modes in Household Surveys Presented by Kristen Olson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Friday, Dec 6th 11-12pm online Webex Meeting Link Meeting # 2863 522 0260 Password: RMMESTAT Abstract: Survey designs are increasingly incorporating self-administered modes – namely mail and web – to counter decreasing response rates and […]

Synthetic control removes spurious discoveries from double dipping in scRNA-seq post-clustering analyses Presented by Dongyuan Song, Asst. Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 4:00 PM, AUST 202 Coffee will be served at 3:30 in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326) Webex Meeting Link Abstract: In […]

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!

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 […]

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. See https://datafest.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/04/29/datafest-2024-wraps-up/. Congratulations!

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)! Congratulations!

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 […]

Statistical Approaches to Addressing Data Science Challenges in Epigenetic Aging Research Presented by Peter Song, Professor, Department of Statistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 4:00 PM, AUST 202 Webex Meeting Link Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326) Abstract: DNA methylation (DNAm) has […]