News

Andrea Sollberger, our Student Services Coordinator, and Andy Leung, a Ph.D. student, have just been awarded Faculty of Science Achievement Awards for Service. These awards recognize exceptional contributions of faculty, staff, and students.

Congratulations to Andrea and Andy!

Congratulations to Ehsan Karim, a recent PhD graduate of the department!

The American Journal of Epidemiology selected his first-authored paper as one of its TOP 10 for 2014.

Take a look at the American Journal of Epidemiology's announcement here.

Congratulations, Ehsan!

UBC Science interviewed Seagle Liu on his interesting marine mammal work!

You can check out the article here:  Smart stats reveal the secret lives of sea lions.

The Department of Statistics is soliciting nominations for the newly established 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 $1000 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.

A video recording of this year's Constance van Eeden seminar (given by invited speaker Professor Peter Guttorp) and slides from this talk have now been posted online!

You may find everything from Professor Guttorp's March 24th talk, called "Projecting the Uncertainty of Sea Level Rise Using Climate Models and Statistical Downscaling", here.

The Departmental Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2014 Marshall Prize is Vivian Meng. Vivian completed her MSc. thesis “Extensions to the Multiplier Method for Inferring Population size” under the supervision of Professor Paul Gustafson. Vivian is now a PhD student in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University.

Congratulations Vivian!

Yang (Seagle) Liu has been awarded the Statistics Department Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for 2014. Seagle is an outstanding TA who consistently scores highly on student TA evaluations. Time and time again, students have indicated Seagle’s willingness to go above and beyond in order to help them when they are struggling. Seagle has contributed to the educational mission of the Department through his direct role in courses, as well as by acting as a leader and mentor for newer TAs.  

Thank you, Seagle, for your hard work and dedication!

Statistics PhD candidate Camila Casquilho Resende has been awarded the prestigious Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for 2014/2015.

Professors John Petkau, Gabriela Cohen-Freue, and Matías Salibián-Barrera were featured in a recent article on the Faculty of Science webpage!

The article showcases some of the exciting and cutting edge collaborative research that is being carried out by faculty and students within the Department of Statistics, and demonstrates the importance of statistics in all other scientific disciplines.

PIMS and CANSSI are proud to offer this exciting workshop. From the workshop material, we read: