2015 Nash Medal in Statistics Awarded to Ran Wang
The 2015 Stanley W. Nash Medal in Statistics is awarded to Ran Wang.
Ran completed a combined Honours degree in Statistics and Math, and graduated at the May convocation. She has worked with faculty members of the Statistics department on some very interesting research projects, and has accomplished a great deal during her years in the Department. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors!
The Stanley W. Nash Medal in Statistics is made possible through the Statistics Fund for Excellence.
Professor Harry Joe Receives SSC Gold Medal
Harry Joe has been awarded the Statistical Society of Canada's Gold Medal, the highest research honour the society bestows. Harry has received this medal
“….in recognition of his deep and impactful contributions to statistical science, most notably in multivariate dependence modelling, but also in composite likelihood, statistical computing, time-series analysis, and methodology for psychometric and genetic applications.”
Professor Matias Salibian-Barrera and MSc student Elena Shchurenkova Awarded NSERC Engage Grant
Renee Safrata, the CEO of Vivo Team Development and Professor Salibian-Barrera have been awarded an NSERC Engage Grant to fund a joint research project on statistical analysis of social sciences data.
Constance van Eeden Invited Speaker Professor Gavin Shaddick's lecture now available on Mathtube
Camila Casquilho Resende awarded Wendy Fan Memorial Scholarship
Camila Casquilho Resende, PhD student, has been awarded the Wendy Fan Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship has been endowed in memory of Wendy Fan. The award is offered to a student who began graduate study in Science, Applied Science, Medicine or Commerce and Business Administration and who has received his or her undergraduate degree at an institution outside of North America. The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Professor Jiahua Chen Receives UBC Killam Research Fellowship
Constance van Eeden Invited Speaker Professor Miguel Hernan's lecture now available on Mathtube
The graduate students of the Statistics Department, with the support of the Constance van Eeden Fund, were honoured to host Dr Miguel Hernan for an invited talk on 28 February 2013. Thanks to the graduate students for their hard work, to Constance for her support, and to PIMS for filming the lecture and posting it on their website.
Dr. Gabriela Cohen-Freue, CRC in Statistical Genomics
Judge’s failure to understand probability causes overturn of acquittal of Amanda Knox
From the New York Times March 26 2013
"Italy’s highest court on Tuesday overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox, accused of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old British woman who was Knox’s roommate in Perugia, Italy, at the time."
The judge seemed to misunderstand basic probability principals involved in DNA testing. Perhaps STAT 302 should be required of all judges!
See the article for further details.
Skylight Development Grant awarded to Stat dept. members
Jenny Bryan, Rick White, and Davor Cubranic were awarded a Skylight Development Grant http://www.skylight.science.ubc.ca/devgrants from the Office of the Dean of Science. They will use the funds to assemble a "toolkit" for managing and delivering of data analytic course material.