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
Interdisciplinary Seminar: Dr. Kenneth A. Bollen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
An Overview of Latent Growth Curve Models in Longitudinal Studies of Aging Presented by Dr.Kenneth A. Bollen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Friday, September 27th, 2024, 12:00pm-1:00pm ET In-Person: ASB Administrative Services Building, 2nd Floor, Center on Aging Conference Room, UConn Health Center Virtual: Meeting Link Meeting # 276 939 196 348 Password: FkqaGk […]
[Read More]Statistics Colloquium: Babette Brumback, Professor Emerita, University of Florida
Interesting Statistical Lessons in Providing Real World Evidence that the ensoETM Device Protects the Esophagus from Thermal Injury During Radiofrequency Ablation Presented by Babette Brumback, PhD Professor Emerita, Department of Biostatistics University of Florida Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 4:00 PM, AUST 202 Webex Meeting Link Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm in the Noether Lounge […]
[Read More]UCONN STAT Colloquium Series : Haim Bar and Vladimir Pozdnyakov, University of Connecticut
High Dimensional Space Oddity Presented by Assocaite Professor Haim Bar and Professor Vladimir Pozdnyakov, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut Wednesday, September 18, 2024 4:00 PM-5:00 PM ET Online Meeting Webex Meeting Link In his 1996 paper, Talagrand highlighted that the Law of Large Numbers (LLN) for independent random variables can be viewed as a […]
[Read More]Statistics Colloquium: Mengyang Gu, University of California, Santa Barbara
Fast ab initio uncertainty quantification and data inversion for dynamical systems Presented by Mengyang Gu, Department of Statistics and Applied Probability University of California, Santa Barbara Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:00 PM AUST 202 Webex Meeting Link Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326) Estimating parameters from data is […]
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