Outreach and Engagement
The Department of Statistics is an active community that engages students and lifetime learners at UConn and beyond.
We contribute to the field of statistics by hosting events and participating in professional organizations. We also share our know-how with UConn researchers in other fields – and enhance the University’s research profile in the process.
Current Initiatives
Education and Training
We offer general education and research courses that serve students in virtually all majors at UConn. Members of the Department also participate in UConn programs that benefit Connecticut students and educators.
- Our UConn Pre-College Summer course on data science exposes incoming first-year students to the essential components and computing skills needed for data science.
- We train UConn Early College Experience instructors, holding certification workshops for participating high school teachers each summer.
Consulting
We provide services to researchers and employees at UConn to help them better understand statistical concepts and apply them to their work. For example, our faculty and graduate students contribute to:
- Statistical Consulting Services, which advises researchers from other disciplines about the collection and analysis of data.
- EnergyStats, a collaboration with UConn's Utility Operations & Energy Management. Using statistical modeling and visualization of UConn's energy consumption data (either real-time high-frequency or monthly), EnergyStats can detect anomalous consumption behavior and to predict future usage.
Community Engagement
We maintain relationships with professional organizations and area companies and institutions. These connections open doors for our students and help us contribute to our field. Examples include:
- We are an active member of the American Statistical Association (ASA) Connecticut chapter and a founding member of the New England Statistical Society’s annual symposium.
- We host the Pfizer Colloquium each year in partnership with the ASA and Pfizer Inc.
Events
The Department of Statistics regularly sponsors and hosts conferences, colloquia, lectures, and seminar series where scholars of all levels can learn and collaborate. Many of these events are local, affordable, and accessible, allowing students to participate and in some cases present their own research. Examples include:
Recent Events
Statistics Colloquium: Alden Green, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, The High-Dimensional Asymptotics of Principal Components Regression
Title: The High-Dimensional Asymptotics of Principal Components Regression Presented by Alden Green, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Johns Hopkins University DATE: Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 3:30 PM, AUST 434 WebEx link: Link Coffee will be available at 3:00 PM in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326) Abstract: We study principal components regression (PCR) […]
[Read More]Statistics Colloquium: Lin Wang, Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Influence-Guided Subsampling under Measurement Constraints
Title: Influence-Guided Subsampling under Measurement Constraints Presented by Lin Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Purdue University DATE: Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 3:30 PM, AUST 434 Webex link: Link Coffee will be available at 3:00 in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326) Abstract: Collecting labels for every point in a large dataset is often impractical due […]
[Read More]Statistical Colloquium: Spencer Wadsworth, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Connecticut, Constructing a Disease Outbreak Forecast Ensemble via Bayesian Gibbs Posterior Stacking
Title: Constructing a Disease Outbreak Forecast Ensemble via Bayesian Gibbs Posterior Stacking Presented by Spencer Wadsworth, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Connecticut DATE: Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 3:30 PM, AUST 434 Webex link: Link Coffee will be available at 3:00 in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326) Abstract: In collaborative forecast projects, the combining of multiple probabilistic […]
[Read More]The 31st Pfizer Colloquium will be held in UConn, Storrs.
The 31st Pfizer Colloquium will be held in UConn, Storrs. Speaker: Professor Thomas A. Louis, Johns Hopkins University, October 29, 2025. The registration link is now open: https://uconnuecs.cventevents.com/event/Pfizer31st/summary
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