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...
2019-05-21 - The University of Illinois’ Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI), formed to catalyze Health Sciences-related activities on campus and with our clinical partners, is seeking a Director, Illinois Biostatistical Core OR Senior Research Biostatistician whose primary...
2019-05-09 - Professor Bo Li has accepted an offer to serve a three-year term as Chair of the Department of Statistics effective August 16, 2019. It was announced earlier this year that current Chair, Professor Douglas Simpson, would step down from the role when his term expires on August 16. Professor Simpson...
2019-04-22 - On Saturday April 20, the Department of Statistics hosted the “New Challenges and Journeys for Statistics in Science Discovery” workshop. Processor Annie Qu organized the third annual event and it featured prominent statistical researchers from across the country. A diverse set of topics were...
2019-04-16 - Professor Bo Li has been selected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. She will be formally presented this honor at a July 30, 2019 awards ceremony at the Joint Statistical Meeting in Denver.A brief biography of Professor Li is given below.Congratulations to Bo on this...
2019-04-15 - Congratulations to Nikola Todorov for being honored as an intern ranked as excellent for his work in LAS 101! LAS 101 is a freshman seminar that is led by accomplished junior and senior interns. These interns run their own class sections and serve as peer mentors. Congratulations to Nikola on a job...
2019-04-08 - We are pleased to announce that our PhD student, Fei Xue has received the Institute of Mathematical Statistics Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award, with their paper titled "Integrating multi-source block-wise missing data in model selection". This award provides...