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 Libraries (ARL) Fellowship Selection Committee selected twelve undergraduates from around the nation for the...
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 AERA and the American Statistical Association (ASA), provides an outlet for papers that are...
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's fundamental contributions to high-dimensional statistics, time series analysis and statistical...
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 the conference this year. The Statistical Methods in Imaging conference is the annual meeting of...
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 subject to performance and funding. Visiting positions can be renewed up to 3 years subject to...
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 women working with Technology Services ...
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 responsibility is to manage the Core and to provide expert biostatistical guidance to the clients. Please visit...
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 had been on sabbatical for the 2018-2019 academic year while Professor Jeffery Douglas had...
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 discussed including design of large studies, product sales forecasting, network analysis, personalized...
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 accomplishment that honors her outstanding contributions to the advancement of statistical science! Dr. Bo...
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 well done! A brief statement by Nikola is given below: My name is Nikola Todorov and I'm a...
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 funding for travel and registration to attend and possibly present at an IMS-sponsored meeting,...
2019-04-02 - How do you expose students to real world problems and solutions? You can bring the real world to them, which is what happened at the recent Datathon held at the U of I campus. About 250 students came together at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center for a competition coordinated by the Illini Statistics Club, the ...
2019-03-22 - Congratulations to Professor Yuguo Chen and Professor Bo Li who have been approved for named scholar appointments each titled Data Science Founder Professorial Scholar. The named scholars program aims to recognize outstanding members of the faculty and to provide each with a funding allocation to enhance her or his scholarly activities. Professor Chen and Professor Li are richly deserving of this...
2019-02-25 - Instructor Karle Flanagan has won the LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Instructional Staff as well as the campus-level award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Ms Flanagan will be honored for these awards in separate ceremonies in April 2019. Karle received her MS degree in Statistics at the University of Illinois in 2013 and began teaching for the Statistics...