Seven statistical scholars and educators from around the country have converged on Madison to join the Department of Statistics this fall, enabling the department to further enhance its strengths in the teaching and research of statistics and data science. The group includes one professor, two assistant professors, three teaching faculty and a lecturer. Learn more …
By Thomas Jilk The Department of Statistics is excited to announce that Professor Bret Larget has been named department chair after Professor Yazhen Wang concluded his three-year term this summer. Professor Larget will lead the department as it continues to see transformative growth, particularly in the Data Science major he helped establish, and as it …
Department of Statistics Professor Matthias Katzfuss recently earned the prestigious honor of being elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the world’s largest organization for statisticians. Our department extends its sincere congratulations to Professor Katzfuss on this well-earned recognition. The association honored Katzfuss for his “outstanding methodological contributions to computational spatial statistics, innovative applications …
Professor Yazhen Wang has concluded the final academic year of a transformative three-year term as chair of the Department of Statistics. Under his leadership, the department dramatically increased the size of its student body and faculty, and it added popular new programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. As Wang’s term as department chair …
The Department of Statistics is excited to announce that Carmela Diosana, our academic advising manager, has received the 2024 Distinguished Achievement Advising Award from the College of Letters & Science (L&S). Diosana has served as a staff member across several units at UW–Madison for more than two decades. During her time with the Department of …
Each year, the Statistics Department’s Teaching Assistant (TA) Committee selects a group of outstanding TAs to recognize for their invaluable service to the department and the university. Awardees demonstrate dedication, professionalism, and a genuine passion for teaching. They are not only instructors; they are mentors, leaders, and example-setters—all while completing their own rigorous graduate studies. …
Two researchers in the Department of Statistics are among nine campus investigators whose projects were awarded funding in the latest round of the American Family Funding Initiative, a unique sponsored research partnership between American Family Insurance and UW–Madison through the Data Science Institute. Through this initiative, Associate Professor Hyunseung Kang and Assistant Professor Keith …
On Wednesday, May 8, the Department of Statistics community gathered to celebrate a total of 647 new alumni, including 566 undergraduates and 81 graduate students, across the department’s array of academic programs. The department’s spring 2024 graduates have successfully completed the following programs: Data Science Major: 334 Statistics Major: 59 Data Science Certificate: 182 Statistics …
In recent decades, sports has become an increasingly popular domain for applying advanced statistical techniques. The world of sports analytics has exploded, and its takeoff was just beginning as Assistant Professor Sameer Deshpande was starting his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. What began as a class project assessing NBA player performance sparked Deshpande’s interest …
Assistant Professor Kris Sankaran has contributed his expertise to the new book, AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health, published by Microsoft this month. In the book, an esteemed group of artificial intelligence researchers investigates how AI can help tackle major problems related to climate change, humanitarian aid, and healthcare. One chapter, …