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We are glad to share that our PhD student Jiaxin Hu received the 2022 Best Student Paper Award – Honorable Mention – in American Statistics Association (ASA) Statistical Learning and Data Science Section. The award comes with a JSM talk and $500 monetary prize.
UW–Madison’s Data Science Hub is hosting its third annual Data Science Research Bazaar, focused on the theme of Data and Communities: Sharing and Protecting Data. This event will be held virtually throughout February. The Research Bazaar will include lightning talks and interactive discussions on a variety of topics relating to how communities use and are …
Higher-order tensor datasets are rising ubiquitously in modern data science applications. Tensor provides an effective representation of data structure that classical low-order methods fail to capture. However, empirical success has uncovered a myriad of new challenges. Miaoyan Wang, an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at UW–Madison, has just received a CAREER award–the most …
Our PhD students, , received the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) Lawrence D. Brown Ph.D. Student Awards. This inaugural award was given to three PhD students among the entire IMS community. We are excited to learn that all three recipients this year are our students/alumnus: Chan Park is a final-year PhD student advisor by Prof. …
Join CDIS for a virtual RED Talk by Young Mie Kim, Professor at School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UW–Madison. Kim will discuss the impact of political disinformation on elections, role of digital platforms in enabling undisclosed political campaigns to spread furtive messages, share her work in developing a tracking tool and using reverse engineering to uncover …
University of Wisconsin–Madison seniors Qianyun (Lexi) Luo and Hawra Aljawad reached the final stage of competition this year for the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious and selective undergraduate academic honors in the world. “To make it to the finalist stage is a tremendous honor — only the most elite students can claim this …
Join Oracle Executive VP Chris Stone as he chats with CDIS Founding Director Tom Erickson about what is happening at this groundbreaking technology firm! Chris and Tom will discuss recent trends at Oracle in data and computer science, paths for graduates in private sector, and what big tech is looking for in UW students. Date/Day …
The with the theme Data and Communities: Sharing and Protecting Data, seeks submissions for lightning talks, posters, interactive discussions, workshops, and an art meets science exhibit. The Research Bazaar is a practical, hands-on, informal conference for all members of the campus community who are interested in data science, from expert methodologists to novice learners. The …
Join this virtual Zoom panel to learn from UW Statistics alumni working in the growing field of data science and analytics! Alumni working in a range of industries and positions will share their career stories and advice, and then you’ll have a chance to ask your individual questions and learn how you can find success …