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 and Data Science Students Take Part in CURC Showcase
Muyang Shi wins multiple student paper awards
Ph.D. student Muyang Shi has won two student paper competitions. His paper “Spatial scale-aware tail dependence modeling for high-dimensional spatial extremes” was recognized by both the ASA Section on Bayesian Statistical Science and the ISBA Section on Environmental Sciences for its outstanding contribution to Bayesian analysis and environmental statistics. As a result, Muyang will receive travel funding to attend the JSM conference in Nashville, TN in August and the EnviBayes workshop in College Station, TX in October, where he will present his work in dedicated sessions for student paper competition winners. Muyang’s work is supervised Dr. Ben Shaby. Congratulations Muyang!
Department sponsoring screening of Counted Out on 3/27
The Department of Statistics is sponsoring a screening of Counted Out on Thursday 3/27. Counted Out investigates the biggest crises of our time through the unexpected lens of math. Watch the trailer and learn more at countedoutfilm.com. The screening will be in Natural Resources Building, Room 113. Doors open at 5:30PM. Film starts at 6:00PM. Tickets are free and can be reserved here.
Professor Ander Wilson Receives NIH grant
Ander Wilson has been awarded a 5-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health “Statistical Methods for Precision Environmental Health with Mixture Exposures.” The project will develop new statistical and data science tools to estimate individualized effects of environmental exposures, such as air pollution, heat, and heavy metals. The objective is to identify individuals or subpopulations that are most sensitive to environmental exposures and inform targeted public health interventions. Wilson is the overall project principal investigator. The project includes collaboration with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Read more about the project here.
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.
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
Q&A with data science alum Austin Lackey
CNS Source sat down with Austin Lackey, a CSU alum (’24), to learn more about the CSU Data Science program.
$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.
