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Stern receives DeGroot Prize for “Bayesian Data Analysis”

July 8, 2016

Professor of Statistics Hal Stern—together with his coauthors Andrew Gelman, John B. Carlin, David B. Dunson, Aki Vehtari and Donald B. Rubin—has received the DeGroot Prize for his book, Bayesian Data Analysis.
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Dean Stern’s co-led CSAFE cited in White House Impact Report

June 28, 2016

The recently-formed Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE)—co-led by Dean of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences and Professor of Statistics Hal Stern—has landed on a White House Impact Report that features 100 examples of President Obama’s leadership in science, technology and innovation during his presidency.
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Gillen, Ombao named ASA Fellows

June 16, 2016

Statistics Professors Daniel Gillen and Hernando Ombao have been named Fellows of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the nation’s preeminent professional statistical society. One of the highest honors in the profession, fellows are recognized “for outstanding professional contributions to and leadership in the field of statistical science,” according the ASA.
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WSJ: “Foreign Students Seen Cheating More Than Domestic Ones” (Hancock quoted)

June 5, 2016

Statistics Professor Stacey Hancock was recently interviewed by The Wall Street Journal for a June 5, 2016 article titled “Foreign Students Seen Cheating More Than Domestic Ones.” The in-depth article looks at the rise of alleged cheating by international students at public universities in the United States. Hancock was among several professors who were interviewed from around the country for the article. According to Hancock, a large portion of faculty time is spent trying to ensure academic honesty and deter cheating by putting safeguards in place such as randomized seating and offering multiple versions of a test.

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Two Statistics Ph.D. students receive honorable mentions in NSF GRFP

April 4, 2016

Two Statistics Ph.D. Students, Chris Galbraith and Michelle Nuno, received honorable mentions in the recent National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) Competition. Chris Galbraith’s proposal was “Modeling Individual-Level Event Data via Semi-Parametric Mixture/s” and Michelle Nuno’s proposal was “Statistical Analysis of Multivariate Traits with Repeated Measurements.”
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Jessica Utts: An ambassador for statistics

March 3, 2016

As ASA president, Utts looks forward to forging new relationships with statisticians and promoting the field worldwide.
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Statistics Ph.D. student receives ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award

December 21, 2015

Duy Ngo’s paper develops a systematic procedure for analyzing electroencephalograms collected across many trials.
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