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Congratulations to 2023 GTA Award Winner, Xinglong Li!

The Statistics Department is pleased to honour Xinglong Li with Statistics Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards

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March 5, 2024

Statistics PhD Student Kevin Lam Awarded CANSSI Graduate Student Enrichment Scholarship

Congratulations to Kevin Lam, a Statistics PhD student, for being selected to receive funding through CANSSI's Graduate Student Enrichment Scholarships (GSES) program!

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February 29, 2024

UBC Undergrad Stuns as Plenary Speaker at NCRC 2024

UBC Statistics 4th year student Abhinav Kansal captivated audiences at the prestigious National Collegiate Research Conference (NCRC) 2024, held at Harvard University. Selected as one of only twelve Plenary Speakers from over 500 students representing 100+ universities globally, the student showcased exceptional passion and technical expertise.

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February 26, 2024

Associate Professor, Trevor Campbell, Receives the Early Career Award 2023 by PIMS/UBC

In a recent announcement on the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)'s website, our Statistics Associate Professor, Trevor Campbell, was awarded the PIMS/UBC Mathematical Sciences Early Career Award for 2023....

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January 19, 2024

Call for nominations for the Department of Statistics Award in Data Science for Academic Year 2023-24

The Department of Statistics is soliciting nominations for the Department of Statistics Award in Data Science, an award to recognize the importance of developing and applying tools to answer important questions through the analysis of data.

This $1,000 award is offered to an undergraduate or graduate student who has demonstrated initiative and creativity in making outstanding contributions in the field of Data Science. The award is made on the recommendation of the Department of...

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January 3, 2024

Professor Daniel McDonald Secures CDC Funding to Improve Public Health Analytics

UBC Statistics Associate Professor Daniel McDonald is taking the lead on multiple projects within Carnegie Mellon University's Innovators group. These projects are dedicated to innovating new analytical methods and tools that will ultimately be used to provide information to public health decision-makers.

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November 30, 2023

Free Statistical Consultation: 2023/24

The Statistics Department offers several types of free statistical consultation, via STAT 551, SOS and STAT 450/550, as follows:

  • STAT 450/550/540: Term 2 only, open to anyone, via students mentored by faculty; accepting projects for term 2 2023-24 from now until Dec 14
  • SOS (Statistical Opportunity for Students): year-round, UBC-V graduate students only, via a team of a senior Statistical consultant and a Statistics graduate student ...
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November 10, 2023

Recipients of the 2023 Dr. John and Barbara Petkau Scholarship

This year’s recipients of the Dr. John and Barbara Petkau Scholarships are Wanqing Hu and Chenyue Qian.

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August 16, 2023

MSc Student Nirupama Tamvada receives the 2022 Rick White Award

Congratulations to Nirupama Tamvada, the recipient of the Rick White Award for the UBC academic year 2022.

Nirupama has had the opportunity to work on fruitful collaborations related to biomedical data. She worked in collaboration with the CANSII CRT research team to develop a methodology for analyzing high-dimensional survival data with multiple events.

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August 3, 2023

Free Statistical Consultation: 2023/24

The Statistics Department offers several types of free statistical consultation, via STAT 551, SOS and STAT 450/550, as follows:

  • STAT 551: Term 1 only, open to anyone, via students in STAT 551 mentored by faculty; accepting projects for term 1 2023-24 from now until Oct 31
  • SOS (Statistical Opportunity for Students): year-round, UBC-V graduate students only, via a team of a senior Statistical consultant and a Statistics graduate student...
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July 24, 2023

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