March 7, 2022
The Valhalla Foundation will fund the UCLA Introduction to Data Science (IDS) Project
The UCLA Introduction to Data Science (IDS) Project of Center X and the Department of Statistics is proud to announce
February 23, 2022
Professor Guido Montúfar received the 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship
Montúfar, who leads the Mathematical Machine Learning Group — centered at UCLA and the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in
February 8, 2022
Professor Mark Handcock is co-author in a paper, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, which finds that Antarctic sea ice level could reach record low in 2022
The story on this research is posted in the UCLA Newsroom here.
February 3, 2022
UCLA researchers use Theory of Mind to improve Human Trust in Artificial Intelligence
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) models, through explanations, aim at making the underlying inference mechanism of AI systems transparent and interpretable
October 15, 2021
Professor Karen McKinnon named as a 2021 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering
Professor Karen McKinnon was named as a 2021 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering. This year’s class features 20 innovative
October 6, 2021
Arash Amini and Chad Hazlett have both been promoted to Associate Professor!
Arash’s research is primarily in statistical machine learning, in particular, inference on network data, high-dimensional statistics, graphical models and convex
October 4, 2021
Master of Applied Statistics (MAS) program alumnus – Greg Eastman has been recognized for his contribution in the 2021 Latino Donor Collaboration (LDC) Media Report!
Greg was commended for his “invaluable participation and methodology” and his “knowledge, time, and creativity to design the best system”
June 24, 2021
Professor Karen McKinnon published a paper in Nature Climate Change
Professor Karen McKinnon published a paper in Nature Climate Change last week, Hot extremes have become drier in the United
May 20, 2021
Statistics faculty Rob Gould debates on NISS panel the importance of K-12 statistics and data science education
This debate happened on May 19, 2021. More details as well as a recording of it are available at this
May 12, 2021
In Memoriam: Professor Janice Reiff, a joint faculty member in our department and in History, died unexpectedly on May 4, 2021
In Memoriam: Professor Janice Reiff, a joint faculty member in our department and in History, died unexpectedly on May 4,