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Statistics is Recruiting for Two Positions

We are seeking applicants for two faculty positions at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor rank, whose research is at the interface of the computational, statistical, chemical, and physical sciences, including the development and deployment of new materials using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) methodology. The two positions to be filled are:

New Faculty: Alexander Strang, Assistant Teaching Professor



The UC Berkeley Department of Statistics is excited to welcome Alexander Strang as Assistant Teaching Professor. He previously served as Kruskal Instructor at the University of Chicago after receiving his B.A and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve in Cleaveland, Ohio.

Statistics to Join Newly Formed College of Computing, Data Science, and Society

The new College of Computing, Data Science, and Society will help meet skyrocketing demand for students with data and computer science training.

 

The UC Board of Regents today voted to establish UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), the campus’s first new college in more than 50 years.

Alum Profile: Maxwell Weinstein '18, Director of Baseball Innovation for the Los Angeles Dodgers

A southern California native, Maxwell Weinstein ‘18, has had a lifelong love of numbers and his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers. Even as a child, Weinstein knew he wanted to find a way to make it to the big leagues. Today he serves as Director of Baseball Innovation for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“Baseball is my first love, and statistics is my second. They have flipped a few times.”

Profile: 2023 grad Alice Xie

Computing, Data Science and Society recently profiled 2023 grad Alice Xie, who is double majoring in Statisitcs and Art History.