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UBC Statistics welcomes Charles Margossian as an Assistant Professor, beginning August 1, 2025.

About Charles:

Charles received his Ph.D. in Statistics from Columbia University in 2022 and brings three years of research experience as a Research Fellow at the Flatiron Institute. His research broadly focuses on Bayesian modeling and probabilistic machine learning. This work bridges theory, computation, and application through the development of probabilistic programming languages, such as Stan.

We’re thrilled to share that the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) has named Assistant Professor of Teaching Katie Burak as the recipient of this year’s New Investigator Presentation Award.

The Nash Medal in Statistics for the 2024-2025 academic year is awarded to Chenyue Qian, who graduates with a BSc Major in Statistics.

The 42nd Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair (GVRSF) hosted at the University of British Columbia, featured 250 projects spanning life, environmental, and physical sciences. Over 400 students from grades 7-12 showcased their research. On April 11th, participants also had the opportunity to tour UBC’s science labs, sparking further interest in pursuing careers in science.

Statistics PhD candidates Kenny Chiu and Naitong Chen were honoured with the Statistics Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards for 2024. Kenny and Naitong have been recognized for their exceptional contributions to teaching.

Statistics PhD candidate Kenny Chiu has been awarded the prestigious Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for 2024/2025.

Congratulations to Xiaoting Li, the winner of the 2024-25 Marshall Prize!

Congratulations, to the 2024 awardee, Farhan Samir! Farhan is in his fourth year of a Ph.D. in computational linguistics. He holds an NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship and an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship for his future postdoc studies. His advisor is Professor Jian Zhu.