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Colloquium: Distributed Bayesian Inference for Big Survival Data

Dr. Ray Bai will be presenting at 11 AM in the Z. Smith Reynolds (ZSR) Auditorium, Room 404. Dr. Ray Bai is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of South Carolina. He earned his PhD in Statistics from the University of Florida in 2018 under the […]


Campus Calling: Exploring Fulfilling (Bio-)Statistics Careers in Academia,

Join us next Tuesday, January 21 for an exciting panel of invited speakers entitled “Campus Calling: Exploring Fulfilling (Bio-)Statistics Careers in Academia,” highlighting the many unique and fulfilling paths that exist for (bio-)statisticians within university settings. If you’re thinking about getting a PhD or becoming […]


Colloquium: Bayesian nonparametric regression models for insurance claims data

Statistical Sciences ColloquiumDr. Mostafa Shams Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral FellowWake Forest University Bayesian nonparametric regression models for insurance claims data 8 Oct. 11AM, ZSR Auditorium (Room 404) We often want to model insurance claims as a function of covariates, which leads to a regression problem. Parametric regression […]


Department of Statistical Sciences Open House

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES: Educating students to become leaders and advocates for sound statistical reasoning, and improve our society through innovative statistical and interdisciplinary research. VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE: October 23, 6-8PM (Eastern) IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSE October 30, 6-8PM (Eastern) Hear about our program requirements, offerings, […]


Students Share Summer Experiences

Our students have been busy this summer! A few of them were kind enough to share some highlights from their summer experiences.  Bukola Emi-Johnson (MS Student in Statistics) 💼 This summer, Bukola worked for Syngenta, one of the world’s leading agricultural companies, as an IT […]


Graduating Seniors featured in the Old Gold & Black

Applied Statistics: Abby Draeger In addition to completing her major in applied statistics, Draeger also completed a minor in computer science and mathematics. When about how she managed to complete such an ambitious workload, she smiled. Full article. Statistics: Hanna Vaidya Determined to pursue statistics, […]


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