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Eric Drake Honored by Campus Campaign
Three Arts and Sciences staff were honored for their contributions to Campus Campaign this year, at the May 11 Campus Campaign Celebration. Among the awardees was Eric Drake, systems manager, ASC…
Kochs Generously Support the Cockins Hall Renovation Project
A generous gift from Gary and Carolyn Koch is going to give Cockins Hall an upgrade. The home to the Department of Statistics is set to be transformed into a collaborative and creative space, one…
Andrew Landgraf (Statistics PhD '15) Wins 1st Place Prize in Kaggle's 2017 March Machine Learning Mania Competition
In Kaggle's 2017 March Machine Learning Mania competition, data scientists were challenged to predict the NCAA men's college basketball tournament. This year's first place winner of the…
Congratulations, Spring 2017 Graduates!
PhD in StatisticsMichael Matthews - Advisor: Douglas Wolfe
Anna Smith - Advisor: Catherine Calder
Hengrui Luo
Abhijoy Saha
Shuhan Tang
Xiao Zang
Yuyang…
PhD Student Justin Strait Wins Presidential Fellowship
Statistics PhD student Justin Strait was awarded the university's prestigious Presidential Fellowship. This fellowship gives PhD students one year of full-time financial support so they can…
Data Analytics Student Peter Jacobs Honored by the National Science Foundation
Data analytics student Peter Jacobs was recently awarded Honorable Mention by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The NSF GRFP is a competitive and…
Professor Laura Kubatko Featured in a Big Ten Network’s LiveBIG Story
Professor Laura Kubatko of our statistics program could save the East African economy $1.25 billion through her work on the cassava plant. This East African food staple is being infected by the…
Inside Higher Ed Story Profiles the Data Analytics Major
In 2014, Ohio State created one of the first undergraduate data analytics programs in response to the growth in technology and big data across all industries. Graduates of this program have had a…
PhD Student Justin Strait Wins Third Place at the Hayes Graduate Student Research Forum
PhD student Justin Strait was awarded the third place prize for his oral presentation at the Hayes Graduate Student Research Forum in the math and physical sciences category. This annual forum…