IMS Bulletin, Professor Ruobin Gong's "Sound the Gong"

An amazing article published by Professor Ruobin Gong in coherence with the Institute of Mathematical Sciences.   Sound the Gong Link 

Eileen Sharkey is a 2023 Staff Excellence Award Recipient for Outstanding Contributions to the Student Experience

Eileen is the program coordinator for the Department of Statistics. During her tenure in the department, the percentage of students who meet their yearly academic goals within stipulated deadlines has almost reached 100%. Eileen’s key contribution lies in building better systems through proper documentation of tasks, improved communication with students and faculty, and creating proper monitoring devices like automated reminders. She has also consistently scheduled meetings with the department...

Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence for 2022-2023

Congratulations to Professor Roy Han for being awarded a Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence for 2022-2023 as well as the Bernoulli New Researcher Award!

Congratulations to the following Professors on their promotions

Roy Han, Associate Professor Han Xiao, Professor Sijian Wang, Professor Zhiqiang Tan, Distinguished Professor

Grant Awards

Professors Koulik Khamaru, Min Xu and Yaqing Chen all received grant awards!

FRSM Top 25 Quantitative Finance Programs in the World

Congratulations to The Financial Statistics & Risk Management Program for being ranked among the top 25 quantitative finance programs in the world by Risk.net!

IMS Hannan Graduate Student Awards

Our PhD Students Prabrisha Rakshit and Kai Tan received the IMS Hannan Graduate Student Award!

ICSA Outstanding Young Researcher Award

Congratulations to Professor Zijian Guo for receiving this year's ICSA Outstanding Young Researcher Award!

ASA nonclinical biostatistics conference student award

Congratulations to our PhD Student Yajie Duan for winning the ASA nonclinical biostatistics conference student award for best presentation.

Associate Teaching Professor

Professor Greg Manco recently accepted an offer as an Associate Teaching Professor.

Rutgers Researchers Aim to 'Edit' Proteins in Humans and Attain Insight into Illness

Congratulations to Drs. Sijian Wang, Sagar Khare, Jean Baum, Adam Gormley and Guillaume Lamoureux Rutgers researchers are seeking to develop the technology to modify or “edit” protein molecules in the body—an advance that could spur major breakthroughs in human health. While such research is in its early phases, the Rutgers team has received support from a National Science Foundation program that provides funding for boldly conceived research. Read the full story here

Conference announcement

Arthur Cohen Lecture The Department of Statistics of Rutgers University is hosting a lecture in honor of Dr. Arthur Cohen. Wednesday, April 20, 2022 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Fiber Optics Material Research Building, Auditorium. Guest Speaker Dr. Emmanuel Candès, Stanford University. More information can be found here.

MS Data Science Program

MS Data Science (Statistics Track). The Department of Statistics and Biostatistics is pleased to offer this new master's in Data Science program.