Zoe Weinstein x’25 grew up on the outskirts of Silicon Valley, but her fascination with data science and technology didn’t emerge until she arrived in Wisconsin. And her decision to come to Madison in the …
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PhD student Xindi Lin marks career ‘milestone’ with award from American Statistical Association
Xindi Lin PhDx‘25 has earned the 2024 American Statistical Association (ASA) Student Paper Award for his work developing a novel method to analyze spatial point process data, or data detailing the precise locations of objects …
Honoring Paul Beebe’s decades of dedication
H. Paul Beebe, a Department of Statistics information technology (IT) professional, has retired after a decades-long career serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Beebe has been an integral part of the UW-Madison community for decades, in …
Alumni Q&A: Megan Hawley on the versatility of data science
The demand for data scientists—a role Harvard Business Review once famously dubbed “the sexiest job of the 21st century”—has never been higher. Today, seemingly every company, government, nonprofit, and university needs talented data scientists like …
Faculty focus: Jessi Cisewski-Kehe and the search for other worlds
Sixteen years ago, Assistant Professor Jessi Cisewski-Kehe worked as an actuary at Allstate Insurance Company. Today, she is a leading researcher in the field of astrostatistics, helping to reveal undiscovered planets orbiting distant stars. The …
Statistics spotlight: Jonquil Liao, PhD student
Jonquil Liao PhD x’26 never thought twice about coming to Madison from Hangzhou, China, where she began her undergraduate degree. With a long-held fascination for statistics, Liao was considering pursuing a graduate degree in the …
Department of Statistics honors 142 winter graduates
On Friday, December 15, the Department of Statistics community celebrated nearly 150 winter graduates across numerous academic programs. As a result of their diligence and dedication, our newest alumni have earned the following degrees and …
Professor Rick Chappell honored as Distinguished Visiting Professor at City University of Hong Kong
Richard Chappell, professor in the Department of Statistics, has been honored with a two-year appointment as a distinguished visiting professor at City University of Hong Kong, an innovative hub for research and one of the …
Statistics spotlight: Susan Glenn, PhD student
Susan Glenn PhDx’24 has always been fascinated by data and its hidden patterns. As an undergraduate studying mathematics and economics at the University of Washington, Glenn gradually began to realize that statistics was her favorite …
Department of Statistics adds 4 new faculty members
This fall, the Department of Statistics is thrilled to welcome four outstanding new members to its growing faculty, including one tenured professor and three assistant professors. Research interests among the new faculty are diverse, reflecting …