Dr. Yuan Ke Joins JASA Editorial Board Dr. Yuan Ke has recently accepted a role as Associate Editor for the Theory and Methods section of Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA). JASA is the flagship journal of the American Statistics Association and one of the very top research publications in statistics and data science. Congratulations to Dr. Ke for being named to this prestigious position, which reflects his stature as one of the elite researchers in our discipline! Read more about Dr. Yuan Ke Joins JASA Editorial Board
Dr. Ting Zhang receives NSF Award for Collaborative Research on Changepoint Analysis Congratulations to Dr. Ting Zhang who was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the project entitled, Collaborative Research: Change Point Testing and Estimation with Irregular Signals. Read more about Dr. Ting Zhang receives NSF Award for Collaborative Research on Changepoint Analysis
Dr. Rongjie Liu Wins Sarah H. Moss Fellowship Congratulations to Dr. RJ Liu for receiving funding from the Sarah H. Moss Fellowship program! Read more about Dr. Rongjie Liu Wins Sarah H. Moss Fellowship
Data Science Symposium at UNSW Organized in Honor of Dr. Lynne Billard Congratulations to Dr. Lynne Billard in whose honor the AI Institute of the University of New South Wales (Australia) is organizing a data science symposium on the topic of Statistical Analysis of Distributional Data. Details of the event can be found in the flyer linked here Read more about Data Science Symposium at UNSW Organized in Honor of Dr. Lynne Billard
Forrest (Roy) Wilkes Receives a Summer 2026 CURO Research Award Forrest (Roy) Wilkes has been awarded a Summer 2026 CURO Research Award to pursue research in Bayesian Ranking and Optimization under the guidance of Dr. Abhyuday Mandal. His work focuses on developing statistical methods that improve the reliability of rankings derived from limited or noisy data by explicitly incorporating uncertainty through Bayesian modeling. In particular, he will construct a double stochastic rank matrix and develop an R package to implement these methods. Read more about Forrest (Roy) Wilkes Receives a Summer 2026 CURO Research Award
Department of Statistics Hosts 2026 ASA DataFest Each year, the American Statistical Association (ASA) sponsors a two-day data science competition and "celebration of data" known as ASA DataFest. Founded in 2011 at UCLA, this event has grown dramatically, expanding to many host institutions across the country each spring. While the UGA Department of Statistics has participated in ASA DataFest in the past, 2026 was the first time the department has hosted the event. And we went all in! Read more about Department of Statistics Hosts 2026 ASA DataFest
Prince Allotey Elected to ASA Position In a recent American Statistical Association (ASA) election, Dr. Prince Allotey was elected Council of Sections Representative for the ASA Section on Statistics and Data Science Education. This post has a three-year term starting in 2027. Read more about Prince Allotey Elected to ASA Position
2026 Statistics Convocation celebrates the achievements of graduates in statistics and data science On May 7, the Department of Statistics hosted its annual Convocation event in Sanford Hall. This year separate ceremonies were held for undergraduates receiving their BS in either statistics or data science (or, in one student's case, both!) and graduate students receiving master's or PhD degrees in one of these disciplines. Read more about 2026 Statistics Convocation celebrates the achievements of graduates in statistics and data science
Student research featured and honors conferred at the 2026 Graduate Student Awards Day The Department of Statistics Graduate Student Awards Day took place on April 16, featuring presentations of research by two of our PhD students and the announcements of several departmental and university awards. Mr. Vishal Routh presented some of his PhD research on the topic of Extremes as a Causal Compass: The Extremal Minimum Ratio Estimator, and Mr. Arghadeep Basu presented his work on Credible Rank Distributions for Bayesian Unit-Level Small Area Estimation. Read more about Student research featured and honors conferred at the 2026 Graduate Student Awards Day
Congratulations to Dr. Rongjie (RJ) Liu, recipient of an NSF CAREER Award! UGA Statistics Assistant Professor, Dr. RJ Liu, was recently informed that her proposal, AI-Driven Multimodal Feature Engineering for Personalized Biomedical System Design, has been funded under the NSF's highly prestigious CAREER grant program. The project will span five years with a total award amount of $546,167. This is a fantastic achievement that recognizes and invests in Dr. Read more about Congratulations to Dr. Rongjie (RJ) Liu, recipient of an NSF CAREER Award!
