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The Department of Statistics

The Department was originally formed in 1964 as the Department of Statistics and Computer Science and remained such until 1984. We have retained that strong emphasis on computing and maintain our own state-of-the-art computing network. In addition, we have maintained the three-fold mission of teaching, research, and service.

Our teaching has provided students with a broad foundation in statistical theory and applications. Such training has enabled our graduates to earn jobs in government, all branches of industry, and academia.

We currently maintain a wide spectrum of research, with many of our faculty active in cross-disciplinary research projects.

Colloquium Series

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Pengsheng Ji

Cornell University
UPS Delivers Optimal Phase Diagram in High Dimensional Variable Selection
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 3:30pm

Consider a linear model Y = X + z, z  N(0; In). Here, X = Xn;p, where both p and n are large, but p > n. We model the rows of X as i.i.d. samples from N(0; 1 n ), where is a pp correlation matrix, which is unknown to us but is presumably sparse. The vector is also unknown but has relatively few nonzero coordinates, and we are interested in identifying these nonzeros. ...view full abstract

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News & Announcements

Kim Love-Myers and Jaxk Reeves quoted in Reuters article

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Congratulations to Kim Love-Myers and Jaxk Reeves, whose work is quoted in the Reuters article, Insight: Mississippi pardons benefited whites by big margin


Yehua Li receives NSF CAREER Award

Friday, January 6, 2012

The Department is extremely excited with the news that Dr. Yehua Li has received an NSF CAREER award. Congratulations Yehua! As stated on the NSF website, CAREER awards are the NSF’s “most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations”.

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Academic Professional Position Posted

Saturday, December 31, 2011

The Department of Statistics at the University of Georgia invites applications for a position at the rank of Academic Professional, starting July 1, 2012. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in Statistics or related area and a record that shows a strong interest in the teaching of statistics, especially a passion for teaching undergraduate introductory statistics courses. Successful applicants are also expected to have excellent management and organizational skills.

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Daniel Hall

Associate Professor
and Associate Department Head

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1994

M.S., Northwestern University, 1993

BA., Northwestern University, 1988

Research Interests
  • Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Regression Models
  • Analysis of Clustered Data
  • Mixture Models
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