2018-01-11
- The Department of Statistics invites applications for teaching, clinical and visiting assistant/associate/full professor positions in Statistics and Data Science (up to 100% for 9 months). Teaching and clinical professorial positions are continuing specialized faculty appointments renewable subject...
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2017-12-22 - Sihai Dave Zhao of the Department of Statistics has been named one of four recipients of the Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (LEAP) Award by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois. The LEAP Award is granted to faculty based on scholarly...
2017-11-20 - Douglas Simpson, Professor and Department Chair of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been awarded the distinction of Fellow from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
2017-11-14 - The Conference on Statistical Learning and Data Science / Nonparametric Statistics is to be held at Columbia University, from June 4 to 6 in 2018. The main goal of the conference is to bring together researchers in statistical machine learning and data mining from academia, industry, and government...
2017-11-03 - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics ranked 3rd in Statistics Bachelor's Degrees awarded consistently through 2011-2015 according to a recent Science Policy article posted on...
2017-09-21 - NISS is proud to honor former postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Shanti Gomatam and Dr. Minge Xie, with the 2017 NISS Postdoc Achievement Award. The awards were presented to Gomatam and Xie at the 2017 NISS JSM Reception. The NISS Awards Committee made the selection decision after a series of discussions...
2017-09-15 - The University of Illinois is embarking on a project to restore and renovate both Altgeld Hall and its neighbor across Wright Street, Illini Hall. Funds from the state, campus, and private donors will support the projected $90-100 million cost of the renovations. We invite you to partner with other...
2017-09-15 - The University of Illinois has launched a new effort—the Illinois Data Science Initiative (iDSI). In the coming months the iDSI is hosting a series of summits for researchers from across the campus to share expertise and learn more about what others are doing. ATTEND A SUMMIT The Illinois Data...
2017-09-15 - CHAMPAIGN – Research Park’s most influential and valuable interns were honored on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the Research Park Summer Intern Picnic. Almost 600 highly skilled students work for Research Park tenant companies, where they gain valuable work experience and make significant...
2017-05-30 - Annie Qu, professor of Statistics, has been named a Brad and Karen Smith Professorial Scholar starting May 2017. The position is intended for individuals with expertise and academic abilities in the mathematical...
2017-02-09 - Xichen Huang's paper, "Scalable Bayesian Learning for Sparse Logistic Models", has been selected as one of the winners of this year's student paper competition, from the Section on Statistical Computing. The award will be presented at this year's Joint Statistical Meetings, which are being held...
2017-01-27 - Statistics PhD student Xiwei Tang was selected for the prestigious travel award by the Statistical Learning and Data Science Section of the ASA to present a paper at the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings in Baltimore, Maryland. Xiwei is advised by Professor Annie Qu.
2017-01-27 - Statistics PhD student, Weihong Huang has been selected as one of the winners of this year's student paper competition from the ASA Section on Statistical Computing. The award will be presented at this year's Joint Statistical Meetings in Baltimore, Maryland. Weihong is advised by Professor Yuguo...
2017-01-27 - Statistics PhD student, Subhadeep Paul has been selected as one of the runner-up winners of this year's student paper competition from the ASA Statistics in Imaging Section Student Paper Competition. The award will be presented at this year's Joint Statistical Meetings in Baltimore, Maryland....
2017-01-01 - The Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position in Statistics and Data Science (100% for 9 months). Areas of emphasis include statistical methods and computation methods for big data, computational...