Department of Statistical Sciences - University of Toronto

Statistics Graduate Student Research Day

annette — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:10:15 +0000

Statistics Graduate Student Research Day
Statistics in Networks
April 18, 2013
Location:
Fields Institute, Rm 230

Registration now open
Fees $45, Students and PDF $30

Hi all,

We would like to remind everyone that Statistics Graduate Student Research Day on April 18, 2013 is fast approaching!

Overview

Statistics Graduate Student Research Day is an annual student initiative supported by the Department of Statistics, University of Toronto, the Statistics Graduate Student Union and the Fields Institute.

The theme this year is “Statistics in Networks”. Statistical methods are regularly used to analyze network arising in computer science (ex: social networks), biology (ex: disease spread), and other fields. In addition, it is hoped that this theme will attract a wide audience from several disciplines and the community at large, supporting the goals of the International Year of Statistics.

The invited keynote speakers are:

1) Yannet Interian (Google)

2) Ji Zhu (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

3) David Hunter (Pennsylvania State University)

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Registration is now open at http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/12-13/gradresearch/ Register now to reserve your place for a day of exciting talks on cutting edge research!

If you have any questions, please direct them to us sgsuexec@utstat.utoronto.ca

We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Andriy, on behalf of SGSU

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Organizing Committee: Cody Severinski, Jinyoung Yang, Tadeu Ferreira, Avideh Sabeti, Andriy Derkach, Edwin Lei, James Stafford, Fang Yao

Our MOOC Stars, Alison Gibbs and Jeffrey Rosenthal

annette — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:05:24 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

Please take a moment to view the promotional video for Alison Gibbs and Jeffrey Rosenthal’s Coursera course which starts in April.

https://www.coursera.org/course/introstats

Department of Statistical Sciences Inaugural Newsletter

annette — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:06:04 +0000

2013 International Year of Statistics Public Lecture Series

annette — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:21:16 +0000

September 12, 2013, 4pm: Prof Rob Tibshirani, Department of Statistics and Health Research and Policy, Stanford University “Statistics: the new sexy?”

Congratulations to Alison Gibbs and Jeff Rosenthal

webadmin — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:00:41 +0000

Please join us in congratulating Alison Gibbs and Jeff Rosenthal for their successful application to the Gates Foundation for a Massively Open Online Course. This was a very competitive process with only a dozen or so successful applications across North America and it has indeed raised the profile of the Department as evident from the following press release.

http://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/awards/university-of-toronto-awarded-funding-to-deliver-massive-open-online-courses/

TA Awards, do you know a great ta?

annette — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:50:14 +0000

Nominate a great TA for the 2013 Teaching Assistants’ Training Program Excellence Award.
For more information please go to: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/gsta/assessment/ta-awards.htm

Congratulations Professor Andrei Badescu

webadmin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:34:40 +0000

Congratulations to Andrei Badescu who has been granted tenure and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor on July 1, 2011. Professor Badescu is a Professor in Actuarial Science. He is an internationally renowned expert in ruin theory, in particular for his work connecting risk processes with stochastic fluid flows.