University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumnus, Ehsan Bokhari, was recently named the new Assistant General Manager for the Chicago Cubs. The 38-year-old Bokhari graduated from Illinois in 2011 with a Masters in Statistics and in 2014 with a Doctorate in Quantitative Psychology. Bokhari served as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Statistics before heading off for the major...
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The NetMath program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign provides college students and high school students an opportunity to enroll in college level courses to earn credits while learning about various mathematics and statistics topics. From completing calculus requirements, to applied linear algebra, an introduction to probability theory, or statistical analysis, NetMath has over 20...
Karle Flanagan, Senior Instructor of Statistics, has recently been named as a CITL Faculty Fellow effective Fall 2021. The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning Faculty Fellowship program seeks unique perspectives and academic interests to assist CITL Staff in identifying faculty needs and reducing barriers to participation in CITL programs, workshops, and events. Supported by the...
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- Lyndsay Shand received her PhD in Statistics from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2017 specializing in spatial-temporal analysis and is now a research statistician at Sandia. At Sandia, Lyndsay continues to conduct and lead research centered around space-time statistics with applications...
- Senior Statistics student, Bingyu Zhou, has been selected to display her artwork at the Illini Union Art Gallery through the month of October. Her show, Scratch Paper Paradise, comprises over 200 drawings that she has done which incorporate the reuse of the scratch paper from her problem sets....
- Two students associated with HQAN got the opportunity to do internships in the quantum computing industry this past summer. Scott Turro and Kaiwen (Kevin) Gui both emerged from their experiences with a better understanding of real-world quantum computing, and better prepared for their future...
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Alumni Spotlight: Yuqiao Dong ('14) - Vice President, Northern Trust
Choosing Statistics graduate program at University of Illinois is one of the best decisions I have ever made. The combination of theoretical and practical courses, has equipped me with not only solid foundation on Statistics, but also hands-on experience solving real world problems. The program...