From the Desk Of: Tati Howell
Layla Parast, Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, has come up with a new way of working (or deep-working) with her PhD students. She writes:
Have you ever had one of those days where you’ve worked all day, responding…
News on the New Department of Statistics and Data Science at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU)
Less than a year after its inception, WashU’s Department of Statistics and Data Science (https://sds.wustl.edu/) is already assembling the talent and expertise needed to make it a national leader in statistical…
Professor Richard Allen Olshen passed away on November 8, 2023.
Professor Olshen will be forever remembered for his pioneering research in the field of statistics and his unyielding passion for academia, especially to Stanford University. He played a significant role in advancing statistical learning, notably through his influential work on…
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is pleased to announce Edgar Dobriban as the 2024 IMS Hall Prize recipient. Edgar Dobriban is an Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science, with secondary appointment in Computer and Information Science, at the University of Pennsylvania. His prize citation reads, “For deep, fundamental, and…
Bhramar Mukherjee, the John D. Kalbfleisch Distinguished University Professor and chair of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, received the 2024 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Recipients of the annual award demonstrate their exemplary…