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Welcome to the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley!
We are a community engaged in research and education in probability and statistics. In addition to developing fundamental theory and methodology, we are actively involved in statistical problems that arise in such diverse fields as molecular biology, geophysics, astronomy, AIDS research, neurophysiology, sociology, political science, education, demography, and the U.S. Census. We have forged strong interdisciplinary links with other departments and areas of study, particularly mathematics, computer science, and biology, and actively seek to recruit graduate students and faculty who can help to build and maintain such links. We also offer a statistical consulting service each semester.
Statistics Department Commencement Ceremony
Tue, May 15, 2012
The UC Berkeley Statistics Department Commencement Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 2pm in Wheeler Auditorium on-campus. An informal reception will immediately follow the ceremony in the Wheeler Lobby. We are pleased to announce that Nassim Nicholas Taleb will be the Commencement Speaker. Prof. Taleb spent 20 years as a derivatives trader before starting a full-time career as... More >
IMS Blackwell Fund
Wed, April 18, 2012
The IMS Council has given in-principle approval of a new IMS Lecture in honor of David Blackwell provided that an endowment of $40,000 or more is raised. An anonymous donor has kindly offered matching donations of up to $20,000. Blackwell Lecture donations are held in an escrow account set up by the IMS Business Office. The donations will be returned to donors if the $40,000 goal for the fund is... More >
Michael Jordan Elected to SIAM Fellowship
Fri, April 13, 2012
Congratulations to Mike Jordan who has been elected as a SIAM Fellow for contributions to machine learning, bringing to bear all the tools of the mathematical sciences to problems in science and engineering. More >
Loeve Prize ceremony and talk
Fri, March 23, 2012 | 1011 Evans Hall
Presentation of the 2011 Loeve Prize to Scott Sheffield, preceded by a non-technical talk on Sheffield's work by Greg Lawler. Followed (4.30 - 5.45) by a reception in the Women's Faculty Club. More >
Bernd Sturmfels is awarded the Sarlo Award
Fri, March 23, 2012
Congratulations Bernd Sturmfels for being awarded the Sarlo Award. This Award is for outstanding work as a graduate student mentor. http://grad.berkeley.edu/sarlo/previous.shtml#12 More >
Allan Sly Selected as a 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Wed, February 15, 2012
Congratulations to Allan Sly who has been selected as a 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. Read the Sloan Research Fellowships Press Release and the Berkeley News Center Q&A. More >
Research news: mind reading computers
Fri, December 23, 2011 | 367 Evans Hall
Yuval Benjamini and Bin Yu with their colleagues in the Gallant Lab (Neuroscience, Berkeley) have been working on using fMRI data to understand the effect of dynamic stimuli (e.g movies) on brain activity. They gained understanding of how certain parts of the brain represent information in movies and were also able to "reconstruct" movies that had been seen by using brain measurement data. More >
The global risk of big earthquakes is not on the rise
Fri, December 16, 2011 | 367 Evans Hall
Philip Stark and Peter Shearer (UCSD) have been investigating the global risk of big earthquakes, a topic of great interest in light of the number of big earthquakes in recent years. Their analysis found no evidence that the risk has increased lately, and no viable physical theory that would cause the risk to increase. They conclude that the global risk is not on the rise. More >
Professor David Aldous receives honorary degree
Mon, December 12, 2011
Congratulations to David Aldous, who is receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Provence. More >
New Fellowship in Statistics!
Fri, October 21, 2011
The UC Berkeley Statistics Department has been selected by Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C as the recipient of an annual fellowship award. This privately owned investment management firm has hired several of our graduates. These graduates have been described by Citadel as extremely well prepared statisticians. The Citadel Fellowship will be awarded for the first time this coming spring and will... More >
Peter Bartlett has been elected to Fellowship in the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
Mon, August 01, 2011
Peter Bartlett has been elected to Fellowship in the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). According to Peter Hall, IMS President, "Fellowship is a way of honoring the outstanding research and professional contributions of our members, contributions which help keep IMS in a leading role in the field of statistics and probability." Peter... More >
Deb Nolan has been elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association
Wed, May 25, 2011
Deb Nolan has been elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. Nominated by their peers, ASA Fellows are members of established reputation who have made outstanding contributions in some aspect of statistical work. Given annually, this is a... More >
Commencement 2011
Mon, May 16, 2011
Congratulations to the Class of 2011! The Statistics Department Commencement Ceremony was held in Wheeler Auditorium on Monday, May 16, 2011. More >