Interview with Xihong Lin on Women in STEM

Late last year, the Statistics Department interviewed Professor Xihong Lin as part of a series celebrating women in statistics and data science. Dr Lin’s research focuses on developing and applying scalable statistical and machine learning … Continue reading “Interview with Xihong Lin on Women in STEM”

Big Data and the Future of Medicine in Chile

Department Chair John Quackenbush recently traveled to Chile where he made an exciting presentation at Congreso Futuro. The Congress is a national event featuring a series of TED-style talks on topics … Continue reading “Big Data and the Future of Medicine in Chile”

Heather Mattie on Health and Big Data in Chile

Heather Mattie, Instructor of Data Science and Executive Director of the Master’s Program in Health Data Science, recently participated in a conference on health and big data in Chile, a meeting that took place … Continue reading “Heather Mattie on Health and Big Data in Chile”

Upcoming Career Development Events

Thursday April 11 Lunchtime Follow up ‘Office Hour’ to Seminar ‘What Color Is Your Biostatistics Parachute?’ 1-2pm | Building 2 room 426 Lunch Provided for those who RSVP RSVP All students … Continue reading “Upcoming Career Development Events”

B3D Big Data Seminar w. Haytham Kaafarani – 1/28

Next seminar: Monday, January 28, 2018 1:15 – 2:15 PM MINOT Room, 5th Floor Countway Library, HMS Haytham Kaafarani, MD, MPH, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Director, Patient … Continue reading “B3D Big Data Seminar w. Haytham Kaafarani – 1/28”

CMSA Big Data Conference: August 23-24

Harvard Data Science Initiative Co-Director and Professor of Biostatistics, Francesca Dominici will give talk on “Data Science to Save the Environment” on August 23rd at the 2018 Harvard Center of Mathematic Sciences … Continue reading “CMSA Big Data Conference: August 23-24”

John Quackenbush to Serve as New Department Chair

We are extremely pleased to announce that effective today, August 13, 2018, John Quackenbush, PhD, Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, will serve as the new chair of the Department … Continue reading “John Quackenbush to Serve as New Department Chair”