Welcome to the Department of Statistics at Colorado State University. Statistics is the science of inferring knowledge from data and describing uncertainty in those inferences. It plays a central role in scientific research, social policy, and governance. The Department of Statistics has a world-class record of success in education, research and service and has an out-sized impact on campus because of its engagement in educating students in all disciplines and interdisciplinary research.
Department Highlights
Statistics Graduate Students Present at the Graduate Student Showcase
Matt Koslovsky and Austin Ellingworth win Teaching and Mentoring Awards
Professor Matt Koslovsky and graduate student Austin Ellingworth were recognized for excellence in teaching and mentoring by the College of Natural Science (CNS). Matt received the Early Career Faculty Excellence in Teaching and/or Mentoring award. Austin received the Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching and/or Mentoring award. Read about all this year’s CNS award winners here.
CSU Seeks Chair for the Department of Statistics
Colorado State University seeks a Chair for the Department of Statistics to provide visionary leadership for statistics and data science at a modern land-grant university. We are seeking applicants with outstanding interpersonal communication and organizational skills who are excited about joining an already strong department. Please consider applying here.
Multiple Assistant Professor Openings
The Department of Statistics is searching for two assistant professors starting in the fall of 2024:
- A tenure-track Assistant Professor. Applicants in all areas of statistics are encouraged to apply. See additional information and instructions here.
- A non-tenure-track Assistant Professor with a focus on teaching. We are particularly interested in individuals who can teach master’s classes on a variety of applied statistics topics. See additional information and instructions here.
Lane Drew Wins Thomas A. Jones Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student Lane Drew received the 2024 Thomas A. Jones Graduate Fellowship from the College of Natural Sciences. The fellowship recognizes graduate students in any program in the College of Natural Sciences that develop advanced quantitative tools to advance research in applied interdisciplinary areas such as ecology, evolutionary biology, or genomics. Lane’s research focuses on developing statistical modeling approaches for applications in tree demography. The work develops computational and Bayesian methods for complex record linkage and spatial data. His research is supervised by Professor Andee Kaplan.
Wilson and Wixson recognized in ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment
Graduate student Troy Wixson received an honorable mention in the ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment student paper competition. Wixson presented his work in a special session at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Portland, OR in August. His paper is titled “Attribution of Seasonal Wildfire Risk to Changes in Climate: A Statistical Extremes Approach” and is joint work with his advisor Professor Daniel Cooley.
Professor Ander Wilson received the Early Investigator Award from the ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment at JSM. The award recognizes his contributions to advancements in methodology for the analysis of environmental health data.
Upcoming Department Seminars,
Preliminary Exams,
& Ph.D. Defenses
Department Video Archive
Statistics Department Clubs & Organizations
Student Organized Activities and Research Seminars (SOARS)
SOARS
Student Organized Activities and Research Seminars (SOARS) exists to encourage community and scholarship among graduate students in the statistics department and more broadly at Colorado State University.
The Data Science and Statistical Learning Journal Club
The Data Science and Statistical Learning Journal Club
The Data Science and Statistical Learning Journal Club meets weekly to discuss papers and current work on topics relevant to data science and statistical learning. At the beginning of each semester, we will select a few interesting and latest manuscripts to study.
See the Data Science and Statistical Learning Journal Club website here.
Stat Alliance
CSU Stat Alliance
Stat Alliance is a student-led club welcome to all students with any level of interest or skill in statistics. Our meetings include hearing from guest speakers in the field of statistics, making connections, social activities and much more!
See the Stat Alliance website and full calendar of upcoming events here.
Environmental Biostatistics Working Group
Statistics Communication Group
Statistics Communication Group
The Statistics Communication Group is a student-led platform for communicating statistics research to the public. Graduate and undergraduate students conducting statistics research can submit a short explanation of their research for publication on the writing group’s blog.
See the blog page here for more details.
Department News
$2.5M NIH grant will develop statistical tools for precision environmental health research
Researchers in the Department of Statistics at Colorado State University have been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop computational tools for use in the field of precision environmental health.
Andee Kaplan Receives NSF CAREER Award
Andee Kaplan, Statistics Assistant Professor, receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award for flexible Bayesian Record Linkage Research.
College of Natural Sciences Dean Nerger taking on new role in the CSU System
Professor Jacob Roberts, chair of the Department of Physics, has been named interim dean of the college.
In memory: Peter Brockwell
Peter Brockwell passed away peacefully on July 5 in Melbourne, surrounded by his family. He was a faculty member in the Statistics Department for several decades, until his retirement, including an appointment as the department chair.
