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  • The following courses will be offered in Spring 2010. Information will be updated as it becomes available.
    • STAT 598A Introduction to Machine Learning, VISHWANATHAN SWAMINATHAN, TTH 9:00-10:15 AM
    • STAT 598F Modeling with Jump Processes and Applications to Mathematical Finance, JOSE FIGUEROA-LOPEZ, TTH 9:00-10:15 AM
    • STAT 598P Prior Bayes, HERMAN RUBIN, MWF 11:30 AM
    • STAT 598T Statistical Network Analysis, JENNIFER NEVILLE, TTH 3:00-4:15 PM
    • STAT 598Z Applied Spatial Statistics, HAO ZHANG, TTH 1:30-2:45 PM
    • STAT 695R Asymptotic Statistics and Empirical Processes, GUANG CHENG, TTH 10:30-11:45 AM
    • STAT 695T Visualization for the Analysis of Data, WILLIAM S. CLEVELAND, TTH 1:30-2:45 PM
U.S. News Best Graduate School Badge

Department of Statistics Graduate Program Ranks in Top Ten

In the U.S. News & World Reports America's Best Graduate Schools 2009 issue, the Department of Statistics graduate program ranks in the top 10 of graduate programs in Statistics.

For Today's Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics

08/05/09 New York Times Technology
By Steve Lohr

The rising stature of statisticians, who can earn $125,000 at top companies in their first year after getting a doctorate, is a byproduct of the explosion of digital data.

Read the full article at nytimes.com.

There's more good news for Statistics graduates, read "5 College Majors That Can Help You Get a Job" from smartmoney.com.

Li Elected to ISI

Picture of Bo Li Bo Li
Congratulations to Bo Li, Assistant Professor of Statistics, on being selected as an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is one of the oldest international scientific associations functioning in the modern world. Its first congresses were convened in 1853, and it was formally established in 1885. The Institute is an autonomous society, which seeks to develop and improve statistical methods and their application through the promotion of international activity and co-operation. Li joins Professors Mary Ellen Bock, William S. Cleveland, Jayanta K. Ghosh, Chuanhai Liu, David S. Moore, William J. Studden, and Hao Zhang as members of the ISI.

PURE goes statewide as INDURE!

INDUREThe Purdue University Research Expertise database (PURE) is now the Indiana Database for University Research Expertise (INDURE)! With this tool, you can search for research expertise, intellectual property, and ongoing sponsored research projects at academic institutions across the state of Indiana. By entering relevant keywords, or alternatively using a simple navigation mechanism you can find Indiana faculty by specifying fields of study.

Statistics at Purdue

Our commitment to core areas of research in Mathematical, Methodological, and Applied Statistics, and Probability supports and enhances our focus areas of research in:

Professor Tom Sellke

Our StatCom program is a community service program directed and staffed by graduate students in the Department. The Department's Statisical Consulting Service offers free statistical software and design consultations to University researchers. Students and staff participate in Purdue's Technical Assistance Program (TAP) which helps Indiana's businesses and industries implement new technologies.

All of our work is supported by our state of the art facilities enabling our faculty, staff and students to realize their full potential.


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