Department of Statistics
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University
SAS Hall – Honor Award at 2009 Institute of Architecture
SAS Hall, the new home for the NC State University Mathematics and Statistics departments, received an Honor Award at the 2009 American Institute of Architecture South Atlantic Region conference held in Greenville, SC. Twenty projects were selected from over 200 entries submitted by AIA South Atlantic Region members. The South Atlantic Region includes North [more]
COPSS Snedecor Award – JSM 2009
Congratulations to Dr. Marie Davidian for receiving the COPSS Snedecor Award at JSM 2009 meetings in Washington, DC. She received this ‘for fundamental contributions to the theory and methodology of longitudinal data, especially nonlinear mixed effects models; for significant contributions to the analysis of clinical trials and observational studies; and for leadership as [more]
NY Times Article about Graduate Studies in Statistics
“The rising stature of statisticians, who can earn $125,000 at top companies in their first year after getting a doctorate, is a byproduct of the recent explosion of digital data. In field after field, computing and the Web are creating new realms of data to explore — sensor signals, surveillance tapes, social network chatter, public [more]
SIBS
The Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS), sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, is a 6-week program to give undergraduate students majoring in the quantitative sciences the opportunity to explore a career in biostatistics.
CUSP
The CSUMS project, NCSU CUSP, prepares students to engage in a significant research experience, and to be fluent in the languages of computing, mathematics, and statistics. The instructors will provide inquiry-guided learning to train undergraduates in exciting new approaches to problems involving massive datasets or computationally intensive methods.