Dear Friends of UF Statistics, I wanted to take this chance to update you all on the current happenings within our department. Though the pandemic seems unending, we have successfully weathered it, thanks to the adaptability of both the students and the faculty. I am happy to report that we welcomed two new faculty in […]
A new collaboration between UF and Pfizer Inc. opens doors for students to explore the growing field of biostatistics.
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Juhyung Lee, PhD, joined the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida as lecturer in Fall 2021. Lee received his PhD and MS degrees in Statistics from the University of Georgia in 2021 and 2020, where he researched small area estimation. He received his BA degree in Applied Statistics from Yonsei University, South Korea. […]
This April, we held our endowed lectures, the Challis Lectures. Professor Emannuel Candes from Stanford University was our invited guest speaker.
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This January we held our 2022 Statistics Winter Workshop on “Algorithm Fairness and Bias in AI” with the support of InfoTech Consulting, the UF Informatics Institute and the UF College of Liberal Arts and Science.
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This program took students to the historical beginnings of the discipline of statistics in England. The discipline of statistics represents a number of different philosophies (e.g., Bayesian, frequentist) as well as heated debates between Fisher and Pearson in the early literature.
Read more "History of Statistics: A STEM-based Study Abroad Experience"
The ceremony of awarding the doctor honoris causa title of the University of economics in Katowice to Prof. Malay Ghosh – the global expert in the field of statistics, took place on the 14th of May. Despite the virtual form of the event, the ceremony did not lack its traditional elements and magnificent character.
Congratulations to Statistics PhD student, Heejun Shin. Heejun was awarded the John Van Ryzin Award for his manuscript entitled High-dimensional and nonparametric Bayesian methodology for treatment effect heterogeneity.
Read more "ENAR 2022 Distinguished Student Paper Award Competition | Van Ryzin"