Research Experience in Statistics
Research Experience in Statistics (URES & MRES)
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Illinois researchers publish interdisciplinary era-adjusting baseball study
A new interdisciplinary study co-authored by researchers from the statistics and history departments at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign introduces a novel statistical framework for comparing baseball players across different eras. The...
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Assistant Professor Chan Park Receives 2025 IMS New Researcher Travel Award
The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Chan Park has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) New Researcher Travel Award. This prestigious award supports promising early-career researchers within five years of...
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Statistics Ambassador Blog: A Letter to my Freshman Self
Dear Sweet Little Freshman-Year Victoria, Graduation has always been the end goal. It is always the big thing looming in the background of every day spent here on campus, every memory made here. With each passing year, it becomes a larger and larger reality. You realize all of the things...
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Faculty Profile: Getting to know Yuexi Wang
Yuexi Wang, Assistant Professor for the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is revolutionizing how we analyze complex data by merging Bayesian statistics with cutting-edge deep learning. She builds scalable inference tools for real-world...
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Faculty Profile: Getting to know Matthew Singh
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...
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2025 Datathon Winners Tackle Credit Risk and Customer Spending with Smart, Strategic Solutions
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...
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Faculty Profile: Getting to know Ruoqi Yu
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...