2021-05-26
- During its annual promotion review process, the Campus Committee on Promotion and Tenure identifies exceptional cases of scholars whose contributions have been extraordinary in terms of quality of work and overall achievement...
2021-05-25 - Multiple Department of Statistics faculty, staff, and students have been named recipients of the LAS Impact Award for recognizing inspiring efforts during COVID-19. Recognizing the dedication and efforts of LAS faculty, staff, and students during the COVID-19 pandemic, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has named more than 500 recipients of the LAS Impact Award. The LAS Impact Award is...
2021-05-13 - The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have named this year's Bronze Tablet awardees. Of the 82 graduating seniors to receive this honor, 16 are from the Department of Statistics. Each year, the Bronze Tablet is inscribed with the names of new graduates and placed in the Main Library to honor academic achievement. To achieve this honor,...
2021-02-16 - The American Statistical Association (ASA) have selected Yangfan Zhang - fourth year PhD student - as one of three winners of the Student Paper Awards of ASA Nonparametric Statistics. Yangfan's paper, titled: Adaptive Inference for Change Points in High-Dimensional Data will be presented at a special Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) topic-contributed session "...
2021-01-21 - The future of Altgeld Hall and Illini Hall is coming into focus as the University of Illinois moves forward with detailed planning for the $192 million project to modernize and grow spaces devoted to data science and other mathematical and statistical sciences. The Board of Trustees approved schematic designs for the Altgeld and Illini...
2020-11-24 - Four professors in the College of LAS have been named Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholars for their leadership and research. Richard Romano (BS, ’54, chemical engineering) and his wife, Margaret, established the program, which provides faculty members with $25,000 per year for their work....
2020-09-15 - College Factual, a collegiate ranking site focused on using the best data available to help students make smart choices with their education and pocketbooks, recently ranked the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as the #4 Best College for Statistics majors for 2021. Part of the...
2020-07-17 - David Blackwell had a distinguished career while living an extraordinary life. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights Era, Blackwell’s life is one of inspiration. From the very beginning, Blackwell overcame insurmountable odds to become an influential contributor to the world of mathematics and statistics. Blackwell's journey started in...
2020-07-14 - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $15.5 million to four universities in Illinois, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to create an institute to bring powerful mathematical ideas to bear on key contemporary scientific and technological challenges. Researchers at the new Institute for Mathematical and Statistical...
2020-07-08 - Students like Ajay Jain embody what is so unique, important, and binding of students within the field of statistics. The Statistics and Computer Science student at the University of Illinois double majors in Political Science and has his sights set on giving a voice to underrepresented individuals through his work. A student who is passionate about their purpose with focus, drive, and...
2020-06-04 - In the recent May, 2020 issue of UC Berkeley's Data Science Newsletter, Statistics 107: Data Science Discovery - initially led by Karle Flanagan and Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider in its inception during the Spring 2019 term - was featured as part of UC Berkeley's School...
2020-06-02 - The Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) has selected Yan Liu – third year PhD student in Statistics – to receive the 2020 IMS Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award. The purpose of the award is to help partially fund the travel and registration for an awardee to attend and possibly present a paper or poster at an IMS sponsored or co-sponsored meeting. Yan Liu’s paper titled ‘...
2020-05-20 - As COVID-19 ravages parts of the globe and threatens lives and economies, researchers from all disciplines race to understand the various impacts of the virus. Statistics Associate Professor, Xiaohui Chen and Ziyi Qiu, an Economist with ...
2020-05-14 - In the late hours of November 2, 2016, the Chicago Cubs clinched their first World Series win since 1908, a defining moment for any Chicago Cubs fan. For new University of Illinois student Charlie Young, it would prove life changing. That moment sparked a greater interest in baseball analytics for Young beyond that of just a hobby. This interest would lead him to the Illini Baseball team and,...
2020-05-01 - Statistics Affiliate Professor and Computer Science Teaching Associate Professor, Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider is doing his part to save people by providing easy to understand visuals of crucial data points surrounding the spread of COVID-19. Deemed a “Data Science Wizard”by Popular Mechanics...