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So, You’ve Decided to Study Data Science … Now What?
Thursday, February 14, 2019Statistical Science Major James Chenyang Wang is a data storyteller at Duke and an incoming product analyst at Thumbtack. He loves slide tacklings in soccer. Read his article on Data Science on STATtr@k.
Alumna Kristian Lum in the News
Monday, February 4, 2019Justice by the Numbers: Meet the Statistician trying to fix Bias in Criminal Justice Algorithms When the underlying data they rely on is incomplete—and it often is—the growing use of machine learning tools in America's criminal justice system can have devastating effects
Abbas Zaidi receives JSM 2019 Best Student Paper Award
Thursday, January 17, 2019Abbas Zaidi was awarded Best Student Paper award titled Gaussian Process Mixtures for Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects The Business and Economic Statistics Section (B&E) of the American Statistical Association (ASA) offers this award for student... Read More »
DataFest 2019 has been scheduled!
Monday, January 7, 2019Please save the date for DataFest 2019, which will be held over the April 5-7 weekend at Penn Pavillion. More information to follow in the next month. We'll post updates at https://www2.stat.duke.edu/datafest/
Coordinator of Undergraduate Training, Research, and Development Search
Thursday, December 6, 2018Coordinator of Undergraduate Training, Research, and Development, Department of Statistical Science The ideal candidate for Coordinator of Undergraduate Training, Research, and Development in DSS will have a master’s degree in statistics (or a related quantitative field) and the drive and... Read More »
Datathon 2018 Feature Story
Tuesday, October 30, 2018Cracking the Code on Credit Cards at Datathon 2018
Mike West Receives Akaike Award
Tuesday, October 2, 2018Mike West, the Arts & Sciences Professor of Statistics & Decision Sciences in the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University, is the recipient of the 2018 Akaike Memorial Lecture Award. Professor West, was selected to receive the award and present the Akaike Memorial Lecture... Read More »
Making Sense of Syria's Murky Death Toll
Saturday, September 22, 2018DURHAM, N.C. -- Since it began in 2011, the Syrian Civil War has left hundreds of thousands of people dead. But as the conflict continues, many monitoring groups say they are starting to lose count of the bodies. Realities on the ground make it increasingly hard to pinpoint precise numbers... Read More »
Beka Steorts Uses Stats for Humanitarian Purposes
Tuesday, September 18, 2018The University of Florida recognized alumnus Beka Steorts for her statistical work on humanitarian efforts, specifically regarding the ongoing conflict in Syria. https://publications.clas.ufl.edu/ytori-magazine/ytori-fall-2017/beka-steorts/ Beka was also featured in Duke Today about her 5 years... Read More »
Open Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position
Friday, September 7, 2018The Department of Statistical Science at Duke University invites applications for tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level to begin in July/August 2019. Applicants from all areas of statistical science are encouraged to apply. Applicants should submit a letter, curriculum vitae,... Read More »