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Peter Hoff Named IMS Fellow
Thursday, June 21, 2018Peter Hoff, Professor of Statistical Science, Duke University, has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). An induction ceremony will take place on July 2, 2018, at the IMS Annual Meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania. Dr. Hoff received the award for sustained... Read More »
Graduation Photos
Wednesday, May 30, 2018We had a nice Graduation Reception on May 13th, at the Rickhouse in Durham. Here are some photos to enjoy.
Peter Hoff and Sayan Mukherjee elected as IMS Fellows
Tuesday, May 22, 2018Peter Hoff, Professor of Statistical Science, Duke University: For sustained and important contributions to sparse, interval and spectral estimation, for applied work in the area of networks and for service to the IMS through editorial responsibilities. Sayan Mukherjee, Professor... Read More »
Jan Tomoya Greve & Jaeyeon Lee receive 2017-18 BEST Award, Dawei Geng & Yunran Chen receive honorable mention
Monday, May 14, 2018The 2017-18 BEST Award was announced during the Annual Graduation Reception of the Department of Statistical Science at the Rickhouse in Durham on Sunday, May 13th, 2018. BEST Award Winners were: Jan Tomoya Greve & Jaeyeon Lee in recognition of their research... Read More »
Amy Herring Awarded Distinguished Professor
Thursday, May 3, 2018Duke University awarded distinguished professorships to 26 members of its faculty May 2 at the annual University Distinguished Professors dinner, including Amy Herring, from Statistical Science, who will become the Sara and Charles Ayres Professor of Statistical Science,... Read More »
Peter Hoff designated an ASA Fellow
Tuesday, April 17, 2018Peter Hoff has been selected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. The ASA selects up to one third of one percent of its members as fellows, in recognition of "outstanding contributions to statistical science."
Elizabeth Lorenzi Received Honorable Mention for the ASA Cox Scholarship Award
Wednesday, April 11, 2018Elizabeth C. Lorenzi received an honorable mention for the ASA Cox Scholarship Award. She is pursuing a PhD in Statistics at Duke University. She has excelled in both academics and research. Most extraordinarily, she has grown a statistical research project on prediction of complications after... Read More »
Duke Undergraduate Machine Learning Day
Friday, March 23, 2018Saturday, March 31, 2018 | Gross Hall, Duke University Schedule 9am: Registration and breakfast 10am: Introduction and keynote 11am: Workshops 12pm: Networking lunch 1pm: Workshops 2.30pm: Refreshments 3pm: Research spotlight 4pm: ... Read More »
David Dunson wins awards
Monday, March 5, 2018Sponsor: Alibaba Innovative Research Title: Scalable probabilistic inference for huge multi-domain graphs “There has been abundant interest in recent years in developing improved models and algorithms for analysis of very large graphs or networks. There has been a dual... Read More »
DataFest 2018 registration open
Monday, February 26, 2018DataFest 2018 registration is now open, you can sign up at this link.! Seats are limited, don't wait till the last minute! ASA DataFest is a data analysis competition where teams of up to five students attack a large, complex, and surprise dataset over a weekend. Your job is to represent your... Read More »