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Department of Statistics to host Mixer with Biostatistics at JSM
The Department will be co-hosting a mixer event with Biostatistics at this year's Joint Statistical Meetings in Nashville, TN. The event will take place at Ole Smoky Distillery (423 6th Ave South…

Faculty, alumni and students to present at 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings
The following faculty, alumni and students will be representing The Ohio State University's Department of Statistics next week at the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Nashville, Tennessee…

Kiljae Lee receives honorable mention for best paper award at ICML workshop DataWorld
Congratulations to PhD student Kiljae Lee, whose co‑first‑authored paper "Faithful Group Shapley Value" received an Honorable Mention for Best Paper at the International Conference on…
David Sivakoff and Thomas Metzger Receive Promotions
The Department of Statistics is ecstatic to announce that Drs. David Sivakoff and Thomas Metzger were notified of their promotions by the Provost Ravi V. Bellamkonda on Wednesday, May 21st!
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Brian Millen named ASA President
Statistics alumnus Brian Millen has been elected President of the American Statistical Association (ASA). Millen graduated with a PhD in Statistics in 2001 and currently serves as vice president,…

Department of Statistics celebrates excellence at Spring Awards Gathering
On Wednesday, April 30, faculty, students and staff gathered to celebrate the excellence demonstrated in the 2024-2025 academic year. This event includes the presentation of annual awards and this…

Jae Ho Chang receives student travel award with FSML
PhD student Jae Ho Chang has received a $500 student travel award from Frontiers in Statistical Machine Learning 2025 (FSML) to present at their inaugural workshop being held in conjunction with the…
AAPOR Student Inclusion Fellowship award winner: Seth Adarkwah Yiadom
Congratulations to Seth Adarkwah Yiadom on winning the AAPOR Student Inclusion Fellowship award. The fellowship targets members of historically underrepresented groups interested in the study of…

Whitney Award for Research Recipients: Ye Jin Choi and Biqing Yang
On April 10th, Ye Jin Choi and Biqing Yang presented at the Whitney Award for Research Seminar. Ye Jin Choi’s research focused on K Functions for Spatial Functional Data with…