2019-12-17
- Professor Xiaohui Chen of Statistics has been awarded the prestigious Simons Fellows in Mathematics award from the Simons Foundation. The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division invites applications for the Simons Fellows in Mathematics program, to make sabbatical...
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2019-11-18 - Dr. Jeff Douglas of Statistics has been elected President of the Psychometric Society for the 2021-2022 term. Professor Douglas will begin his term as President-elect shortly after the 2020 International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS), which will be held at the University of Maryland,...
2019-11-13 - Associate Professor of Statistics, Xiaohui Chen has been selected as an Associate of the Center for Advanced Study (CAS) for the 20-21 academic year (pending Board of Trustees approval). CAS Associates are tenured University of Illinois faculty members whose proposals are selected in an annual...
2019-10-30 - The Executive Committee of the Department of Statistics have revealed the list of recipients for the Doctoral Student Teaching Award and the Doctoral Student Leadership and Service Award for 2019. Recipients of the awards will be recognized at the Robert Bohrer Memorial...
2019-10-23 - Senior Lecturer of Statistics, Alex Stepanov was the recipient of the 2019 Teaching Excellence Award by the Illinois Student Government. The Illinois Student Government's Teaching Excellence Awards is a completely student run effort to recognize and thank excellent instructors at the...
2019-10-07 - The Department of Microbiology in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invite applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Microbial Data Science. The appointment will be...
2019-10-07 - The Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for tenure-track assistant professor positions in Statistics and Data Science (100% for 9 months). Areas of emphasis include statistical methods for data science, computational statistics, biological...
2019-09-16 - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is searching for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor of Psychology/Assistant Professor of Statistics (joint appointment) whose research interests are statistical methods in the analysis of behavior. Primary research interests can include any...
2019-08-06 - With an ever-growing demand and interest in the field of statistics, the need for additional faculty and staff to meet this demand is critical in order to educate future data scientists and statisticians of the world. That is why the Department of Statistics at Illinois is pleased to announce the...
2019-07-19 - Kagen Quiballo, a senior double majoring in Mathematics and Statistics with a minor in Informatics is one of two undergraduates from the University of Illinois to have been awarded the ARL Fellowships for Digital & Inclusive Excellence. The Association of Research...
2019-06-28 - The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has named Steven Andrew Culpepper (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) as editor of the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (JEBS) for the 2020–2022 volume years. JEBS, cosponsored by...
2019-06-10 - Professor Xiaohui Chen of Statistics has recently won the International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) 2019 'Outstanding Young Researcher Award'. This award is presented to young scholars in recognition of outstanding research in statistical theory, methodology, and/or applications. Xiaohui...
2019-06-03 - Statistics PhD student, Yujia Deng was presented a student award for his presentation at the American Statistical Association (ASA) Statistical Methods in Imaging Conference held at the University of California, Irvine. Yujia was one of four recipients of the award for their presentations at...
2019-05-29 - The Department of Statistics invites applications for Instructor, Lecturer, and Visiting Assistant Professor positions in Statistics and Data Science (up to 100% for 9 months, non-tenure track). Instructor and Lecturer positions are continuing specialized faculty appointments renewable yearly...
2019-05-22 - Introducing the Gigabit Girls: Mackenzie Kirkham, Rose Nowak, and Ajaita Saini. This self-named crew of impassioned Illinois juniors are determined to improve the lives of global residents, starting with the City of Champaign. Using their studies in computer science and statistics, these young...