The National Science Foundation awarded grants to two Statistics and Data Science faculty members, Professors Nan Lin and José Figueroa-López this year.
Xuming He, chair of the new Department of Statistics and Data Science, discussed how statisticians will play a vital role as AI is used by the federal government.
Xuming He is a renowned leader in the fields of robust statistics, quantile regression, Bayesian inference, and post-selection inference. He will join Arts & Sciences from the University of Michigan.