Announcements

Tenure-Track Position in Statistics - Macalester College

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Principal Biostatistician Position available at MSKCC

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MS Data Science Program

MS Data Science (Statistics Track). The Department of Statistics and Biostatistics is pleased to offer this new master's in Data Science program.

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Grant Awards

Recent Awards And Honors 

Elynn Chen, Ph.D. Candidate, has been awarded the prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship from National Science Foundation. Congratulations!

Sai Li - Distinguished Written Paper Award, 2017 Western North American Region of the International Biometric Society (WNAR)
Congratulations to our PhD candidate on this award!

Yiwei Shen is the recipient of the 2017 Award for the best performance in the PhD Qualifying Exam. Congratulations!

Anthony Rosa is a finalist for the Student Partner of the Year award offered by WileyPLUS Student Partner program. Congratulations!

Dr. Han Xiao - has been awarded the "2018 Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award" from the Rutgers School of Graduate Studies
Congratulations!

Dr. Robin Gong - Recipient of the 2017-2018 Arthur P. Dempster Award
https://statistics.fas.harvard.edu/news/robin-gong-wins-2018-dempster-prize.

PI - Dr. Rong Chen - with co-PI's Drs. Fred Roberts of Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) and Minge Xie
of Statistics and Biostatistics Department.
NSF; "I-Group Learning for Dynamic Real Time Abnormality Detection with Applications in Maritime Threat Detection"

PI - Dr. Rong Chen - with co PI's Drs. Dan Yang and Cun-Hui Zhang of Statistics and Biostatistics Department
NSF: "BIGDATA: F: Statistical Learning with Large Dynamic Tensor Data"

Dr. Tirthankar Dasgupta - NSF: "Design and Analysis of Optimization Experiments with Internal Noise to Maximize Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes"

Dr. Ying Hung - NSF: "Collaborative Research: Statistical Modeling of Mechanosensing by Cell Surface Receptors"

Dr. John Kolassa - NSF: "Collaborative Research: Higher-Order Asymptotics and Accurate inference for Post-Selection"

Dr. Zhiqiang Tan - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (pcori): "Improving casual inference methods via statistical learning with high-dimensional data"

Dr. Cun-Hui Zhang - NSF: "Collaborative Research: Statistical Methods, Algorithms and Theory for Large Tensors"

Prof. Minge Xie:  Repro sampling method: a transformative artificial-sample-based inferential framework with applications to discrete parameter, high-dimensional data and rare events inferences

Prof. Michael Stein:  Multifaceted Mathematics for Rare, High Impact Events in Complex Energy and Environment Systems

Prof. Harry Crane:  Modeling and Inference for Dynamic Network Analysis

Prof. Linjun Zhang:  Statistical Properties of Privacy-Preserving Algorithms: Optimality, Adaptivity, and Stability