Category: Statistics

Fifty years ago, Ersen Arseven ’74 made a life-altering choice, deciding to pursue his Ph.D. in statistics at Texas A&M University. He continues to invest in Texas A&M's future and that of its faculty and students through endowments — a topic we recently teamed up with the Texas A&M Foundation to explore in both video and behind-the-scenes formats.

Congratulations to Texas A&M statistician Cliff Spiegelman, who has been recognized by the Texas A&M chapter of Sigma Xi with one of its primary annual awards celebrating scientific excellence and advancement — the 2019 Outstanding Science Communicator Award.

Texas A&M statistician Valen Johnson is one of about 40 contributing authors featured in The American Statistician special issue on p-values and statistical significance, along with a related Nature March 28 edition Correspondence. While he acknowledges raising standards would make it harder for researchers to publish, Johnson tells Undark magazine he sees potential for more discoveries and better science as researchers gain confidence in previous work and spend less time replicating studies.

February marked the 10th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences landmark report that established a blueprint for forensic science research. Texas A&M statistician and forensics expert Cliff Spiegelman weighs in on its lasting impact in an Innocence Project blog and the broader big-data effects with Fast Company.

Texas A&M is gearing up to host hundreds of students and their families Saturday, Feb. 23, in the John R. Blocker Building for some free math and stat-inspired fun as part of the 16th annual Texas A&M Mathematics and Statistics Fair.

Jianhua Huang, a respected researcher and educator in statistical machine learning, computational statistics and statistical methods for big data sets, has been appointed as associate director of the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science.

Texas A&M statistician Derya Akleman will work closely with each of the college's five departments and across the university in her new administrative role as assistant dean for diversity and college climate in the College of Science.

Texas A&M statistician Huiyan Sang has been selected to receive the American Statistical Association's 2018 ENVR Early Investigator Award, presented by the ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) in honor of her outstanding contributions to spatial and environmental statistics.

Jianhua Huang, a respected researcher and educator in statistical machine learning, computational statistics and statistical methods for big data sets, has been appointed as acting head of the Texas A&M Department of Statistics.

Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor and Head of Statistics Dr. Valen E. Johnson has been appointed as Interim Dean of the Texas A&M College of Science, effective July 1.

The Texas A&M Master's of Science in Analytics program recently celebrated its fourth graduating class, 100th all-time graduate and 2018 Roland H. Acra '86 Master of Science in Analytics Award recipients Diego Molinari and Marek Danis.

In celebration of the 21st annual Student Research Week (March 19-23) at Texas A&M as well as March as Women's History Month, the College of Science is taking five with five different women involved in both innovative research and milestone firsts during the past academic year. Today's kickoff segment features Tessa Johnson '17, Texas A&M's first bachelor of statistics graduate.

Texas A&M statistician Irina Gaynanova has earned the American Statistical Association's 2018 David P. Byar Young Investigator Award, presented by the ASA Biometrics Section to honor the top original manuscript by a new researcher for presentation at the Joint Statistical Meetings.

Congratulations to Texas A&M statistician Anirban Bhattacharya, who has been selected to receive the American Statistical Association's 2018 Gottfried E. Noether Young Scholar Award recognizing significant early-career contributions in nonparametric statistics.

Texas A&M statistician Cliff Spiegelman recently spent a Saturday morning on Reddit, fielding questions about flawed forensic science and the ripple judicial effects in cases from the everyday to JFK in one of the outlet's popular Ask Me Anything segments.