Associate Professor Dave Zhao has been named a Conrad Professorial Scholar through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.The Conrad Professorial Scholar Awards recognize exceptionally promising associate professors within the College of LAS and provide support for continued achievement in...
The LAS Interdisciplinary Research Award recognizes faculty members or research teams who engage in substantial interdisciplinary work, integrating theories, methods, or analytical approaches from two or more LAS disciplines. Awarded projects demonstrate effectiveness, innovation, or...
Georgios Avdis, fourth-year Ph.D. student, has been selected as a recipient of a grant from the Gerondelis Foundation. Georgios is advised by Joshua Agterberg.The Gerondelis Foundation provides financial support to students from Greece who hold a Greek undergraduate degree and have been...
Rajdeep Brahma, third-year Ph.D. student, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious IMS Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Rajdeep is advised by Yuguo Chen and Joshua Agterberg.The IMS Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award supports...
The University of Illinois Department of Statistics recently hosted its annual Robert E. Bohrer Memorial Student Workshop in Statistics, bringing together students, faculty, and distinguished scholars for a full day of research presentations, invited lectures, and community engagement.The...
The Department of Statistics is pleased to share that Professor Susu Zhang, on behalf of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee, has been awarded a $25,000 grant through the PURSUE LAS (Program for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Exploration) initiative to support the...
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics congratulates Eren Kizildag on receiving the Best Paper Award at the Algorithmic Learning Theory Conference 2026, held February 23–26 in Toronto, Canada.Kizildag’s paper, “The Planted Number Partitioning...
PhD student Mehrdad Mohammadi has been selected as a recipient of the Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award, a campus honor that recognizes individuals who have made meaningful contributions to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming community at...
