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2019 Minghui Yu Memorial Conference

The 2019 Minghui Yu Memorial Conference, organized by doctoral students in the Statistics Department of Columbia University, will take place on Saturday, April 27th at the Faculty House....

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Congratulations to Adji Bousso Dieng for being awarded a "Google PhD Fellowship in Machine Learning"

Congratulations to Adji Bousso Dieng for being awarded a “Google PhD Fellowship in Machine Learning”

Google is pleased to announce the recipients of the Google PhD Fellowships for 2019....

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Mark Brown

Columbia University will be holding a symposium to honor Mark Brown. The symposium takes place at Columbia University on March 1st, 2019....

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Professor Simon Tavaré Takes Aim at Cancer with Math

For most of his career, Simon Tavaré has worked at the intersection of the mathematical and biomedical sciences. A pioneering statistician and internationally recognized cancer researcher, Tavaré was appointed by President Lee C....

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The proliferation of master’s and doctoral programs in data science and analytics continues, seemingly due to the insatiable demand of employers for data scientists. ...

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David Blei was named co-editor-in-chief at the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR).

David Blei was named co-editor-in-chief at the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR). Established in 2000, JMLR has become the premiere journal in the field of machine learning....

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Professor Ming Yuan will serve as a co-Editor of The Annals of Statistics.

Professor Ming Yuan will serve as a co-Editor of The Annals of Statistics for the three-year term from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021....

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