Statistics

Computation for Undergraduates in Statistics Program

The CSUMS program (NCSU-CUSP) begins with a ten-week summer program that starts from the beginning of June through the beginning of August each year. During this period, three/four teams of two to three students work collaboratively with program faculty mentor.

Topics to be explored include novel models for environmental epidemiological data, financial risk evaluation using data mining software and pattern recognition methods (CART, SVM etc.), new computational statistical methods in identifying genes responsible for human diseases and drug discovery using high-throughput screening (HTS) data.

The program couples extensive coursework throughout the academic year in computing for contemporary statistical analysis with a practicum and research lab focusing on an area of application mentioned above.

• Prepares students to take advantage of computing advances and make sophisticated computing an integral part of the statistical and mathematical methodology curriculum and research experience
• Improves students' non-technical skills, including public speaking and written communication, working in teams, and ethical reasoning
• Provides the research experience to apply initiative and creativity in developing statistical and computing approaches to interdisciplinary scientific problems
• Prepares and motivates a diverse pool of highly qualified students to pursue interdisciplinary graduate studies in the mathematical and computational sciences