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Camila Casquilho Resende awarded Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

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

Camila has distinguished herself in the Department as a particularly professional and dedicated TA, and has been making notable contributions to the educational mission of the Department for some time. In particular, Camila produces highly polished course materials and is an invaluable support for instructors, mentors new TAs through her...

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May 10, 2016

Yang (Seagle) Liu awarded Statistics Dept. Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

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.  ...

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May 10, 2016

2014 Marshall Prize winner - Vivian Meng

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!

The Marshall prize honours Professor Emeritus Albert Marshall for his scholarly...

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May 10, 2016

2015 Constance van Eeden Seminar (Presented by Invited Speaker, Professor Peter Guttorp): Video and Slides


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...

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May 10, 2016

Call for Nominations: Department of Statistics Award in Data Science

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. The award is made on the recommendation of the...

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May 10, 2016

Seagle Liu Talks Statistics and Marine Mammals

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.

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May 10, 2016

Paper by Recent PhD Graduate of the Department Ehsan Karim Picked as One of Top 10 for 2014

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!

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May 10, 2016

Congratulations to FoS Achievement Award Winners Andrea and Andy!

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!

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May 10, 2016

PhD students Yang (Seagle) Liu wins best paper award in a competition organized by the ASA’s Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR).

Seagle's winning paper is entitled "Bayesian Melding of the Dead-Reckoned Path and GPS Measur ements for an Accurate and High-Resolution Path of Marine Mammals”.

The ASA’s announcement states in part: “Dear Seagle: Congratulations!  You were selected as one of the four award winners for the ENVR paper competition -- out of a huge field of 31 papers!”  

The award includes a cash prize of $1500 to cover Seagle’s travel to 2015 JSM conference in Seattle, apart from the...

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May 10, 2016

New Statistics course offering in Data Science

This fall, the department is very pleased to expand upon the popular exploratory data analysis course (STAT 545A) by offering a follow-up topics course titled "Basic Training for Data Science" (STAT 547M) Both courses are open to graduate students from any discipline.

For more information, visit here.

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May 10, 2016

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