Department of Statistics News Alumni News Alumni of the Department of Statistics at UGA are going places! Check here to see updates on your former classmates and friends. If you would like your update included in our Alumni News section, please complete the Alumni Update Form. Departmental News Read more about Department of Statistics News
Department of Statistics Hosts Nobel Laureate Lars Peter Hansen for 2026 Bradley Lecture The Department of Statistics was honored to welcome Nobel Laureate Professor Lars Peter Hansen, David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics, and the Booth School of Business at The University of Chicago, as the featured speaker for the 2026 Bradley Lecture on September 29, 2026. It was also presented as part of the Provost's Seminar Series. Read more about Department of Statistics Hosts Nobel Laureate Lars Peter Hansen for 2026 Bradley Lecture
Xiaotian Wang Wins Best Poster Award for 2026 GA Statistics Day at Georgia Tech Congratulations to Xiaotian Wang for winning the poster award at Georgia Statistics Day 2026, hoisted by Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Xiaotian also received a Student Travel Award to present this research at the 68th Annual Fall Technical Conference, themed "Crowning Excellence: Advancing Statistics and Quality in the Queen City," held on October 6-8, 2026, in Charlotte, North Carolina. We're proud of your accomplishments and your representing UGA Statistics! Read more about Xiaotian Wang Wins Best Poster Award for 2026 GA Statistics Day at Georgia Tech
SCC Seminar on Data Analysis: An Introduction to Handling Missing Data in R An Introduction to Handling Missing Data in R Sat, 10/03/2026 - 3:31pm Type of Event: SCC Seminar Series on Data Analysis Read more about SCC Seminar on Data Analysis: An Introduction to Handling Missing Data in R
Colloquium Series - Inkoo Lee Fri, 09/11/2026 - 1:09pm Type of Event: Colloquium Series Read more about Colloquium Series - Inkoo Lee
Colloquium Series - Qin Lu Fri, 09/11/2026 - 1:07pm Type of Event: Colloquium Series Read more about Colloquium Series - Qin Lu
Colloquium Series - Yuke (Andrew) Wang Fri, 09/11/2026 - 1:06pm Type of Event: Colloquium Series Read more about Colloquium Series - Yuke (Andrew) Wang
Colloquium Series - Ruoxuan Xiong Learning and Inference Under Nonrandom Missingness with AI-Generated Measurements Abstract: Missing data are pervasive in modern data systems and are frequently not missing at random. For example, in service settings, a customer’s decision to submit a rating may depend on the rating they would have provided. Similarly, clinical notes, reviews, and other unstructured data are often selectively available, influenced by latent patient conditions or user preferences. Fri, 09/11/2026 - 1:05pm Type of Event: Colloquium Series Read more about Colloquium Series - Ruoxuan Xiong
Colloquium Series - Yu Wang Harnessing the Power of Graphs to Structure Agentic Intelligence: Reasoning, Execution, and Applications Abstract: Fri, 09/11/2026 - 1:03pm Type of Event: Colloquium Series Read more about Colloquium Series - Yu Wang
Colloquium Series - Guher Gorgun TItle: From Raw Responses to Statistical Inference: Preserving Data Integrity in Assessment Modeling Fri, 09/11/2026 - 1:01pm Type of Event: Colloquium Series Read more about Colloquium Series - Guher Gorgun
