• 2025-04-17 -  Matthew Singh, an assistant professor in the Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, explores how nonlinear dynamics and machine learning can untangle the brain's complexity. His work develops personalized brain-stimulation strategies and tackles theoretical challenges in...
  • 2025-04-15 -  Over 180 student teams filled the Campus Instructional Facility at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on March 28–30 to compete in the 2025 Illinois Statistics Datathon, one of the most anticipated data science competitions on campus. This year’s event, hosted in partnership with...
  • 2025-04-10 -  Ruoqi Yu, an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, devises statistical tools to extract truth from observational data. Her work sharpens policy and health research by turning correlation into credible causation.What...
  • 2025-04-07 -  Mehrdad Mohammadi, a Ph.D. candidate in statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received the 2025 Illinois International Graduate Achievement Award. The honor recognizes his impactful international research and service that have made a meaningful difference both on...
  • 2025-04-07 -  On March 31, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors Karle Flanagan from the Department of Statistics and Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider from the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science collaborated with the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for a...
  • 2025-04-07 - The Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is seeking applications for multiple full-time, 9-month Lecturer and Instructor positions as part of a revised and extended search. These career-oriented, teaching-focused roles offer exciting opportunities...
  • 2025-02-10 -  Eren C. Kızıldağ, assistant professor in the Department of Statistics, is exploring statistical-computational trade-offs in large-scale random models and advancing the mathematics of data science to tackle challenges in optimization and inference.What drew you to the field of...
  • 2025-01-27 - Chan Park, an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studies how to better understand cause-and-effect in complex data. His research addresses challenges like missing information and interconnected data, using advanced...
  • 2025-01-23 - The Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is proud to announce that Bo Yuan has been recognized with a 2025 Distinguished Student Paper Award by the Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics (SSGG) of the American Statistical Association. This award celebrates...
  • 2024-12-20 - Despite the unprecedented hardships that accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic, it served as a moment of learning for many scientists and researchers across the globe. In a time of so much uncertainty, these professionals stepped up to the plate to find a solution.  For one such researcher at the...
  • 2024-12-03 - Karle Flanagan and Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider recently joined Eric Van Dusen and Lauren Chu on The Data Science Education Podcast to discuss the creation and success of STAT 107, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's introductory data science course. They share insights into growing the course...
  • 2024-12-02 - Joshua Agterberg, assistant professor in the Department of Statistics, is advancing the theoretical foundations of high-dimensional statistics and creating tools to better understand complex data structures in science and society. What initially drew you to your field of study? I...
  • 2024-11-21 - Professor Yuguo Chen has been appointed as Co-Editor of the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (JCGS), effective July 1, 2024. Published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the American Statistical Association, JCGS is a leading, peer-reviewed journal featuring cutting-edge...
  • 2024-11-20 - An internship can be a great way to gain hands-on industry experience alongside your academic journey. Statistics & Computer Science student Rohan Gavankar talks about how he successfully landed an internship, and what helped him as he searched for and applied to different positions. The...
  • 2024-11-20 - The Department of Statistics in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications to fill multiple specialized faculty positions (100% appointment for 9 months), that support our growing statistics, statistics & computer science, and...