Written by Witten
Contributing Editor Daniela Witten writes:
I was in my second year of grad school when I first heard of “impostor syndrome”, the well-studied psychological phenomenon by which highly talented and accomplished people doubt their talent and accomplishments, and live in constant fear that the outside world will discover them as…
Daniela Witten wins the prestigious 2022 COPSS Presidents’ Award
Daniela Witten is a professor of Statistics and Biostatistics at University of Washington, and the Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair in Mathematical Statistics. She develops statistical machine learning methods for high-dimensional data. Much of her work is motivated by applications in genomics…
Daniela Witten writes:
Daniela Witten writes: I’ve never been shy about asking for advice. As a first-year grad student, I’d beg more senior students for tips on passing quals and writing a dissertation. And as junior faculty, I asked senior colleagues how to manage my time, prioritize projects, advise students,…
Daniela Witten — professor of Statistics and Biostatistics at University of Washington, and the Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair in Mathematical Statistics, mother, Peloton fan — introduces a new column, Written by Witten.
It’s been a long year and a half! Over the course of this pandemic, I have been…