Eva Murphy, PhD. Wake Forest University ZSR Auditorium, Tuesday, September 12th 11:00amRefreshments provided Modeling Directional Extreme Wind Speed Using an Extreme Value Regression Approach Assessing the risk posed by high wind speeds is critical in numerous fields, ranging from structural design to energy generation and […]
The Department of Statistical Sciences at Wake Forest University invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions to begin July 1, 2024. We welcome applications from all areas within Statistics, Biostatistics, and Data Science. We seek faculty with a commitment to excellence in both teaching […]
Three faculty members and one graduate student from the Department of Statistical Sciences have won several highly competitive awards at the American Statistical Association’s Annual Meeting in August. Dr. Lucy D’Agostino McGowan, Assistant Professor of Statistical Sciences, has been awarded the 2023 Teaching Statistics in […]
Associate Professor of Statistical Sciences Staci Hepler has been awarded the 2023 American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Statistics and the Environment’s Early Investigator Award. The Early Investigator Award recognizes Hepler’s outstanding contributions to emphasize the cross-disciplinary focus of statistics and the environment. You can […]
Sarah Lotspeich’s seed grant “Overcoming computational hurdles to quantify the impact of food access on health: a statistical approach.” has been funded by the Wake Forest University Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES).
Every spring, the Old Gold & Black publishes its graduation edition that tells the story of one esteemed graduate-to-be from every academic major at Wake Forest. These students all have a unique story to tell. Though their experiences at Wake Forest may have been drastically […]
This weekend, 26 middle and high school students from Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Charlotte, and Raleigh spent their Saturday afternoon in Manchester Hall exploring Statistics and Data Science! This was one of just six Florence Nightingale Days taking place this year across the U.S. and Canada. For more […]
Dr. Emily Griffith, North Carolina State UniversityThursday, April 27 at 11:00 am in Manchester 121 Abstract: Collaborative academic statisticians are often involved in many different aspects of research and training, and are often interested in a variety of areas. In this talk, I will share […]
Distinguished Lecture in Statistics and Biostatistics Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 4:00 PMWake Forest BioTech Place Auditorium Maps: A Statistical View. Spatial statistical analysis builds upon the premise that where something happens can influence what happens, i.e., the location of observations can provide information on […]
Dr. Sean L. Simpson, Department of Biostatistics and Data ScienceWake Forest University School of Medicine Analytical tools for whole-brain networks: fusing statisticsand network science to understand brain function Tuesday, April 4, 11 :00AMLocation: 302 Divinity & Religious Studies Building Brain network analyses have exploded in […]
