http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/stat/news.html Statistical Science News en-us Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:03:48 EDT Duke University Faculty Database System 2000-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2 hourly http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-82-0-2568 Dr. Sayan Mukherjee, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistical Science at Duke, has won the 2008 Young Researcher Award in Applied Statistics, Lance Brown Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:03:48 EDT Dr. Sayan Mukherjee wins the 2008 Young Researcher Award in Applied Statistics http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-82-0-2503 The Department of Statistical Science at Duke University is ranked 6th among graduate programs in Statistics by US News and World Report and is ranked 3rd among statistics departments in research productivity by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Lance Brown Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:06:55 EDT Department of Statistical Science ranked 6th and 3rd in two recent studies. http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-2473 The Department of Statistical Science invites submissions for the 2008 BEST Award for student research in Bayesian statistical modeling related to time series and other methods in financial applications. Lance Brown Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:33:17 EDT The BEST Award for Student Research http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-82-0-2210 Mike West, Arts & Sciences Professor of Statistical Science, has been elected as President of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis for 2009. Lance Brown Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:14:51 EST Mike West elected ISBA President http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-2128 The schedule of labs for the Spring 2008 semester is now available on the DSS website at <a href="http://www.stat.duke.edu/courses/Spring08/labs.html">http://www.stat.duke.edu/courses/Spring08/labs.html</a>. Lance Brown Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:22:53 EDT Spring 2008 Course Lab Schedule http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-82-0-2052 Duke statistics alumna Claudia Tebaldi (PhD statistics 1997) was a member of the (large) group of scientists involved in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Lance Brown Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:18:08 EDT Duke statistics alum and the Nobel Peace Prize 2007 http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-82-0-2051 The Department of Statistical Science invites applications for Visiting Assistant Professor positions beginning Fall 2008. Candidates must have a PhD in statistics and potential for success in teaching and collaborative research. Lance Brown Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:23:43 EDT Visiting Assistant Professor Positions, Fall 2008 http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-82-0-2044 The <a href="http://www.stat.duke.edu">Department of Statistical Science</a> at Duke University is a participating department in the campus-wide systems biology program. New faculty positions in the broad field of cellular systems biology are now being advertised - see the announcement and call for applications below. Lance Brown Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:47:44 EDT Duke University: Cellular Systems Biology Positions http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-2035 The <a HREF="http://www.stat.duke.edu"> Department of Statistical Science</A> at Duke University invites applications for faculty appointment at the level of Associate or Assistant Professor to begin in Fall 2008. Lance Brown Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:06:08 EDT Tenure/Tenure Track Associate or Assistant Professor Job Search http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-82-0-2021 The annual <a href="http://www.stat.duke.edu/social/halloween.html">Duke Statistics Halloween party</a> is 7:30PM on October 27th, 2007 at the Duke Faculty Club LeBar Building. Lance Brown Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:22:51 EDT Duke Statistics Halloween Party http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-1992 The statistics <a href="http://www.stat.duke.edu/programs/undergrad/placementexam.html">placement exam</a> will next be offered on October 24th, and November 6th. Lance Brown Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:46:10 EDT Placement Exams http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-1891 Carlos received honorable mention in the 2007 Savage Dissertation competition for "Structure and Sparsity in High-Dimensional Multivariate Analysis." The Leonard J. Lance Brown Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:29:00 EDT Congratulations to Carlos Carvalho (PhD, ISDS 2006) http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-1880 <a href="http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/stat/alumni/kern">John Kern</a>, who earned a PhD from ISDS in 2000, won his university's highest award for teaching, the <i>Duquesne University 2007 Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching</i>. Lance Brown Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:23:28 EDT Duke alumi wins Teaching Award http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-1842 Effective July 1, 2007, The Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences (ISDS) at Duke University became the Department of Statistical Science. This name change reflects expansion of the program to include a new undergraduate major and minor that complements our already outstanding graduate program and makes us a full-function department. Lance Brown Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:18:05 EDT ISDS becomes the Department of Statistical Science http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-1778 Duke Statistics Ph.D. students Natesh Pillai and Abel Rodriquez have won student travel awards to JSM from the SBSS. Lance Brown Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:53:41 EDT Duke Statistics students win travel awards to JSM http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-1777 Dr. David Banks has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Statistical Association for a three-year term as Representative of the Council of Sections. Lance Brown Tue, 29 May 2007 14:07:10 EDT Dr. David Banks elected to the Board of Directors of the American Statistical Association http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-1776 Dr. David Dunson has been awarded the 2007 Mortimer Spiegelman Award by the American Public Health Association. It is given annually to the best public health statistician under the age of 40, Lance Brown Tue, 29 May 2007 14:06:23 EDT Dr. David Dunson awarded 2007 Mortimer Spiegelman Award http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-1731 Congratulations to Jerry Reiter! Jerry has won the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, an award that as the name states recognizes outstanding undergraduate teaching.<p> A student writes, Lance Brown Thu, 03 May 2007 11:46:00 EDT Dr. Jerry Reiter wins the Alumni Distinguised Undergraduate Teaching Award http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-1675 ISDS is pleased to announce the establishment of a new prize for student research. For full details, visit the <a href="http://www.stat.duke.edu/research/BEST/"> BEST Award</a> web page. Lance Brown Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:24:06 EDT The BEST Award for Student Research http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-1614 Saki Kinney and Abel Rodriquez were two of 14 graduate students who won awards for the best student papers at the ENAR meeting in March, 2007 at Atlanta. Lance Brown Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:17:03 EDT Two ISDS Students Win <a href="http://www.enar.org/">ENAR</a> Competition http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-1451 The Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences (ISDS) at Duke University invites applications for <b>four</b> <a href="http://www.isds.duke.edu/visiting-search-2007.html">Visiting Assistant Professorships to begin Fall 2007</a>. Lance Brown Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:55:53 EST ISDS Seeks Four Visiting Assistant Professorships http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-656 View the details on our <a href="http://www.isds.duke.edu/programs/undergrad">Undergraduate Programs </a>page Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:16:29 EDT New Major and Minor in Statistical Science! http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-603 The award is given to statisticians who have made outstanding and influential contributions to the development of innovative statistical methods. Congratulations, Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:22:53 EST The 2006 Emanuel and Carol Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation has been awarded to Alan E. Gelfand http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-452 Professor Banks was appointed as Applications and Case Studies Editor for the Journal of the American Statistical Association. Congratulations, Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:58:48 EST David Banks appointed as Applications and Case Studies Editor http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-242 Professor Clyde was elected as Fellow of the ASA Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:21:16 EDT Merlise Clyde Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-244 The 2005 SPAIG Award was awarded to the National Institute of Statistical Sciences' Affiliates Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:21:33 EDT Congratulations to NISS Affiliates! http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-206 Congratulations to Ming Liao (June, 2005), Christopher Hans (July, 2005) and Christine Kohnen (August, 2005) on your successful Ph.D. defenses. We wish you all the best of luck in the future. Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:45:19 EDT Congratulations to our Summer, 2005 Graduates http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-28-0-0-31 ISDS has launched the Statistical Education and Consulting Center, which provides TA office hours throughout the day for students taking ISDS statistics courses. Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:06:38 EST Statistical Education and Consulting Center Open for Business