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Welcome to the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley!
We are a community engaged in research and education in probability and statistics. In addition to developing fundamental theory and methodology, we are actively involved in statistical problems that arise in such diverse fields as molecular biology, geophysics, astronomy, AIDS research, neurophysiology, sociology, political science, education, demography, and the U.S. Census. We have forged strong interdisciplinary links with other departments and areas of study, particularly mathematics, computer science, and biology, and actively seek to recruit graduate students and faculty who can help to build and maintain such links. We also offer a statistical consulting service each semester.
Research news: mind reading computers
Fri, December 23, 2011 | 367 Evans Hall
Yuval Benjamini and Bin Yu with their colleagues in the Gallant Lab (Neuroscience, Berkeley) have been working on using fMRI data to understand the effect of dynamic stimuli (e.g movies) on brain activity. They gained understanding of how certain parts of the brain represent information in movies and were also able to "reconstruct" movies that had been seen by using brain measurement data. More >
The global risk of big earthquakes is not on the rise
Fri, December 16, 2011 | 367 Evans Hall
Philip Stark and Peter Shearer (UCSD) have been investigating the global risk of big earthquakes, a topic of great interest in light of the number of big earthquakes in recent years. Their analysis found no evidence that the risk has increased lately, and no viable physical theory that would cause the risk to increase. They conclude that the global risk is not on the rise. More >
Professor David Aldous receives honorary degree
Mon, December 12, 2011
Congratulations to David Aldous, who is receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Provence. More >
New Fellowship in Statistics!
Fri, October 21, 2011
The UC Berkeley Statistics Department has been selected by Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C as the recipient of an annual fellowship award. This privately owned investment management firm has hired several of our graduates. These graduates have been described by Citadel as extremely well prepared statisticians. The Citadel Fellowship will be awarded for the first time this coming spring and will... More >
Peter Bartlett has been elected to Fellowship in the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
Mon, August 01, 2011
Peter Bartlett has been elected to Fellowship in the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). According to Peter Hall, IMS President, "Fellowship is a way of honoring the outstanding research and professional contributions of our members, contributions which help keep IMS in a leading role in the field of statistics and probability." Peter... More >
Deb Nolan has been elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association
Wed, May 25, 2011
Deb Nolan has been elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. Nominated by their peers, ASA Fellows are members of established reputation who have made outstanding contributions in some aspect of statistical work. Given annually, this is a... More >
Commencement 2011
Mon, May 16, 2011
Congratulations to the Class of 2011! The Statistics Department Commencement Ceremony was held in Wheeler Auditorium on Monday, May 16, 2011. More >
Michael Jordan has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Tue, April 19, 2011
Michael Jordan has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy's elected members are leaders in the academic... More >
Terry Speed to present Faculty Research Lecture
Fri, April 01, 2011
Terry Speed has been invited to present the 2011-12 UC Berkeley Faculty Research Lecture. This is a special honor bestowed by the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate each year on two of the university's most distinguished researchers. Terry's letter of invitation acknowledges his pioneering contributions in applying statistical methods to biomedical and genomic data, which have been... More >