Zhichen Xu Part of Winning Team at the ENAR 2025 DataFest Competition

Statistics & Data Science Bi-Annual Newsletter Released

The Department of Statistics & Data Science has released their Spring 2025 newsletter!

SDS Students Launched the Student Chapter of the American Statistical Association

PhD students Yiqiao Jin and Gifty Osei worked with Dr. Nan Lin to launch the WashU Student Chapter of the American Statistical Association.

February WashU Data Science Student Newsletter Released

2025 Statistics and Data Science Summer Research Program

The Department of Statistics and Data Science, in partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Studies, opens applications for a funded Summer Research Program.

Ding Publishes on Joint Modeling of Amplitude and Phase Variations for Functional Data

Tang Selected for Early Career Award by the ASA Section on Statistics in Epidemiology

Dr. Dingke Tang has been honored with an Early Career Award by the American Statistical Association Section on Statistics in Epidemiology for his statistical work.

He Named Editor of Prominent Statistics Journal

SDS Celebrates Fall 2024 Master’s Graduates

Returning to his roots: Joe Guinness, AB ’07, helps grow a new department

The WashU alumnus shares his path back to campus and his big plans for helping enhance the Department of Statistics and Data Science.

Professor Xiaofeng Shao Joins WashU

The Department of Statistics and Data Science is pleased to announce that Xiaofeng Shao is joining us as a Professor of Statistics and Data Science!

Statistics & Data Science Fall 2024 Department Engagement

SDS celebrates everyone who makes our department great- all semester long!

Statisticians play an essential role in AI

The Department of Statistics and Data Science is preparing to leverage the insights of scholars across WashU to make artificial intelligence more trustworthy.

Xu Receives Distinguished Student Paper Award from the International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region’s (ENAR)

Statistics and Data Science PhD Student Zhichen Xu Receives Distinguished Student Paper Award for the ENAR 2025 Spring Meeting from the International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region’s (ENAR).

WashU Data Science Student Newsletter Released

Statistics and Data Science is excited to announce the release of the first Student Newsletter, created by and for data science students at WashU.

Bo Li appointed as Co-Director of TRIADS

Two new NSF Awards to SDS Faculty this year

The National Science Foundation awarded grants to two Statistics and Data Science faculty members, Professors Nan Lin and José Figueroa-López this year.

Department of Statistics and Data Science gains momentum with new hires

Department chair Xuming He discusses the new faculty and big ideas that are energizing the department.

Xuming He joins national panel discussion on AI in government

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.

Mondal Received Junior Service Award from the International Indian Statistical Association (IISA)

Debashis Mondal, Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science, received the inaugural IISA Junior Service Award.

Xuming He to chair new Department of Statistics and Data Science

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.