News

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.

Assistant Professor Sara Mostafavi has been awarded a Canada CIFAR Artificial Intelligence (CCAI) Chair!

Our IT Director, Thé Ha (a.k.a. help@stat.ubc.ca!), is a 2018 recipient of a Faculty of Science Excellence in Service Award!

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

Nowadays, data is everywhere and making sense of it can be the key to success. To keep up with the world, students need to learn the skills to extract relevant information from data. The Department of Statistics is excited to provide UBC’s first undergraduate Data Science course, DSCI 100 - Introduction to Data Science, starting January 2019. See  https://www.ubyssey.ca/science/new-ubc-data-science-course/.

Jeffrey Rosenthal, author of the best-selling book Struck by Lightning:  The Curious World of Probabilities and professor at the University of Toronto, speaks:

Born on Friday the Thirteenth: The Curious World of Probabilities

Monday, July 30, 2018: 7pm – 8pm

Vancouver Convention Centre, West Ballroom A

You don’t need to register; you don’t need to pay anything.

Department of Statistics and Institute for the Oceans & Fisheries Assistant Professor Marie Auger-Méthé not only analyzes data, she collects it. Learn about her research team’s work on Gentoo penguins in the Falkland Islands from UBC News:  https://news.ubc.ca/2018/06/27/as-penguins-dive-their-location-data-takes-flight/.   

We are happy to announce the launch of UBC’s first undergraduate Data Science course, DSCI 100—Introduction to Data Science. It will be offered in Term 2 of the 2018/2019 Academic year (January – April 2019). A working version of the course syllabus is available here:  https://github.com/UBC-DSCI/dsci-100. Please note that there is no overlap (credit exclusion) with STAT 200. Space is limited for this first-time offering, and we will not be adding extra seats or sections.

The Mean Squared Terrors have been proudly flying the Statistics flag in UBC's indoor and outdoor soccer leagues for the past 4 years. After many seasons of heartbreak and disappointment in which the Terrors failed to progress through a play-off round, this year they won the UBC indoor league for the first time.

The line-up of Daniel Dinsdale, David Kepplinger, Joe Watson, Jonathan (Pep) Agyeman, Jonathan Steif, and Matías Salibián-Barrera reached the final on the back of solid defensive strategies and overwhelming offensive plays, achieving a seasonal goal difference of over +40. Although the Terrors looked destined to miss out on the trophy after falling 3-7 behind in the final with only 10 of the 40 minutes of play remaining, the Terrors rallied back to tie the game 7-7 by the time the final whistle blew. Extra time saw David Kepplinger calmly end the sudden death period, with a sniper shot that pierced through Geology’s defensive line and goalie—launching the Terrors to victory.

We would like to thank everyone who has ever played for the Terrors and hope we can defend our title next season, which starts in September 2018! Everyone in the department is welcome to join (students, staff, faculty), no matter your skill level. Go Terrors!