Statistics

Friends of UF Statistics, I wanted to provide an update of what is currently going on with the department. I am happy to report that we hired one new faculty member in Spring 2025 (Karina Gelis Cadena); a short bio can be ...

KARINA GELIS CADENA joined the Department of Statistics as a lecturer in Fall 2025. She earned her Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Florida, where her research focused on developing nonparametric methods for survival analyses, with applications to omics ...

The 2025 lecturer was Francesca Dominici from Harvard University. Francesca Dominici, Ph.D. is the director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative at Harvard University and the Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population and Data Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan ...

The title of the 2025 workshop was Computational Methods in Bayesian Statistics. It was co-organized by Professors Doss and Duan. Details can be found at: https://stat.ufl.edu/winter-workshop/2025-computational-methods-in-bayesian-statistics/ Read more "2025 Statistics Annual Winter Workshop"

This has been a busy year providing experiential learning opportunities for our undergraduates. First, STA 4950, Capstone in Statistics and Data Science, was officially approved by the university and is offered as an approved elective for all majors and statistics minors ...