Click here to read a full interview with COPSS Presidents’ Award Winner Tyler VanderWeele. Tyler VanderWeele is the recipient of the 2017 COPSS Presidents’ Award. The award is given annually … Continue reading “Interview with COPSS Awardee Tyler VanderWeele”
Congratulations to Sharon-Lise Normand, who will be recognized as the 2018 Mosteller Statistician of the Year by the Boston Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association. Wednesday, February 21, 2018 6:00pm … Continue reading “Sharon Lise-Normand Named Mosteller Statistician of the Year”
Harvard Data Science Initiative Competitive Research Fund Deadline: March 6, 2018 by 5:00PM Award Amount: Up to $100,000 Eligible Applicants: Individuals who hold a faculty appointment at a Harvard school … Continue reading “HDSI Research Fund – Call for Projects”
Professor of Statistics and Computer Science Susan A. Murphy will receive the prestigious R.A. Fisher Award and Lectureship from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS). She will deliver the … Continue reading “Susan Murphy Receives R.A. Fisher Award”
We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Constantine Gatsonis will be the recipient of the 2018 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science. Dr. Gatsonis will be presented with the award and … Continue reading “Constantine Gatsonis to Receive Zelen Award”
The Department is accepting nominations for next year’s Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science, to be presented in May 2018. This annual award, supported by colleagues, friends and family, was … Continue reading “Zelen Award Nominations Due Friday!”
Himel Mallick, PhD is a recipient of the 2016 Science Unbound Foundation Best Paper Award for his paper ‘EM Adaptive LASSO—A Multilocus Modeling Strategy for Detecting SNPs Associated with Zero-inflated Count Phenotypes’, … Continue reading “Himel Mallick Receives Best Paper Award”
Dr. Nicholas Horton, ScD ’99, will be this year’s recipient of the annual Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Horton graduated from the Department in 1999 and is currently a Professor … Continue reading “Lagakos Award: Nicholas Horton – 10/19”
Teaching assistants play a critical role in the educational efforts of the department. Outstanding TAs who exceed our expectations are recognized with a Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. Before nominating … Continue reading “2016-2017 Outstanding Teaching Assistants”
We are thrilled to announce that PhD student Siyuan Ma and Postdoc Boyu Ren were part of the winning team at the Boston Datathon! Along with Harvard Statistics PhD student Ryan Lee, and Eric Alt, … Continue reading “Siyuan Ma & Boyu Ren Win Boston Datathon!”
