The goal of this workshop will be to present recent developments in robust statistics and differential privacy, including algorithmic foundations, concentration results, inference and applications to high dimensional statistics and machine learning....

This psychometrics workshop presents research talks on statistical methods (such as latent variable models and graphical models) for complex and heterogeneous data in psychological and educational measurement.  ...

With deep regret and sadness, we share the passing of Tze Leung Lai on Sunday, May 21st. Tze came to our department in 1968 to pursue his doctoral studies under David Siegmund and graduated in 1971....

With deep regret and sadness, we share the passing of David H. Krantz on Saturday, May 20th. During the most challenging years of our department, when the department was unstable and small, Dave was our most potent protector and advocate on campus....

We proudly announce that Columbia University Department of Statistics PhD Graduate Class of 2020, Adji Bousso Dieng, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Associated Faculty in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Associated Faculty in the Materials Institute, and Associated Faculty in High-Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University, has been awarded the prestigious Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) 2023 Dean’s Award for the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award. ...

Congratulations to Anne van Delft, Assistant Professor of Statistics, and IICD Faculty Andrew Blumberg, Herbert, and Florence Irving, Professor of Cancer Data Research and Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, who received an NSF award for their project about a statistical framework for the analysis of the evolution in shape and topological structure of random objects....