Yiqiao Jin, a second-year PhD student in Statistics & Data Science, has been selected to receive one of the International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region’s (ENAR) Distinguished Student Paper Awards.
The Department of Statistics & Data Science is proud to announce the recipients of the Outstanding Master's Student Award for the graduating class of 2026.
SDS faculty embraces interdisciplinary teamwork, leveraging expertise in statistics and data science to advance innovative research addressing critical scientific and societal issues of our time.
She was honored at a ceremony in Holmes Lounge on October 14th, 2025, along with the other 2025 faculty and staff awardees.
Arts & Sciences’ Department of Statistics and Data Science (established 2023) provides the foundation for digital transformation across a range of disciplinary areas, leveraging the emerging opportunities of computational and data science and Washington University’s deep commitment to science and society.
Our outstanding scholars will transform the university intellectual community not only through their own activities and achievements but also through synergistic collaborations with existing faculty and departments across Arts & Sciences, the McKelvey School of Engineering, the School of Medicine, and other schools at the university. The Department values foundational as well as transdisciplinary scholarship, and focuses on using data to offer solutions to some of the most complex global issues.
SDS faculty embraces interdisciplinary teamwork, leveraging expertise in statistics and data science to advance innovative research addressing critical scientific and societal issues of our time.
Bo Li, the Stanley A. Sawyer Professor of Statistics and Data Science, has been appointed as the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of ASA Discoveries, an open-access journal of the American Statistical Association.
WashU's Department of Statistics and Data Science hosted Garden representatives engaged in the RSI effort on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, discussing the scope of the project while planting the seed for future collaborations between the two organizations.
The Department of Statistics & Data Science welcomes four new Assistant Professors, bringing their faculty to 21 members.
The Computational Age has offered us access to incredible stores of data about our world and the people in it. Our new Department of Statistics and Data Science will explore the myriad ways this information can unravel issues and unearth solutions for society's benefit.
― Feng Sheng Hu Richard G. Engelsmann Dean of Arts & SciencesYou can support the Department of Statistics & Data Science by donating through the button below, where your gift will be designated to support our Department.
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