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Statistics Degree Growth Strong Through 2016

Nov 6, 2017 2:15 pm | 45 Views

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics ranked 3rd in Statistics Bachelor's Degrees awarded and 4th in Master's Degrees awarded according to a recent Science Policy article posted on AMSTATNews.
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Open Rank Faculty Position in Statistics and Data Science

Sep 25, 2017 12:00 pm | 467 Views

The Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position in Statistics and Data Science. Close date is November 15, 2017.
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Statistics Alum Minge Xie Receives 2017 NISS Achievement Award

Sep 22, 2017 9:45 am | 322 Views

The University of Illinois Department of Statistics PhD Alum Dr. Minge Xie has been selected for the 2017 NISS Postdoc Achievement Award. Dr. Xie is currently a distinguished professor of statistics at Rutgers University. Minge Xie is a graduate of the PhD program from 1996.
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Research Park Honors Most Valuable Interns of 2017

Aug 15, 2017 4:30 pm | 334 Views

Research Park announced the winners of the 2017 Most Valuable Interns during the Research Park Summer Intern Picnic on Thursday, July 27. Statistics major Roshen Samuel won the 2017 Most Outstanding Undergraduate Intern at Research Park award for his work for AbbVie. Statistics graduate student Wanxin Bai was a finalist for Best Technological Innovation for her work at Gartner in the Research Park.
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Illinois Data Science Initiative Hosting Campus Summits

Apr 28, 2017 3:45 pm | 18 Views

The University of Illinois has launched a new effort—the Illinois Data Science Initiative (iDSI). In the coming months the iDSI is hosting a series of summits for researchers from across the campus to share expertise and learn more about what others are doing.
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Xichen Huang wins ASA Statistical Computing Paper Competition

Feb 9, 2017 11:45 am | 215 Views

Statistics PhD student, Xichen Huang has been selected as one of the winners of this year's student paper competition from the ASA Section on Statistical Computing. The award will be presented at this year's Joint Statistical Meetings in Baltimore, Maryland. Xichen is advised by Professor Feng Liang.
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Subhadeep Paul Selected for Award in ASA Statistics in Imaging Section Student Paper Competition

Jan 27, 2017 4:30 pm | 26 Views

Statistics PhD student, Subhadeep Paul has been selected as one of the runner-up winners of this year's student paper competition from the ASA Statistics in Imaging Section Student Paper Competition. The award will be presented at this year's Joint Statistical Meetings in Baltimore, Maryland. Subhadeep is advised by Professor Yuguo Chen.
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Weihong Huang Wins ASA Statistical Computing Student Paper Competition

Jan 27, 2017 3:30 pm | 50 Views

Statistics PhD student, Weihong Huang has been selected as one of the winners of this year's student paper competition from the ASA Section on Statistical Computing. The award will be presented at this year's Joint Statistical Meetings in Baltimore, Maryland. Weihong is advised by Professor Yuguo Chen.
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Xiwei Tang Wins ASA Statistical Learning and Data Science Student Paper Competition

Jan 27, 2017 2:45 pm | 49 Views

Statistics PhD student Xiwei Tang was selected for the prestigious travel award by the Statistical Learning and Data Science Section of the ASA to present a paper at the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings in Baltimore, Maryland. Xiwei is advised by Professor Annie Qu.
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New Faculty Spotlight

Sep 8, 2016 2:30 pm | 248 Views

Naveen Narisetty is a new assistant professor in Statistics beginning Fall 2016. He joins our department after obtaining his PhD in Statistics from the University of Michigan. Dr. Narisetty's academic interests include Bayesian methodology and computation, data depth, high dimensional data analysis, large-scale computer models, and quantile-based inference.
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