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Li recognized with national award, seed money

Meng Li, assistant professor of statistics at Rice University, has received a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
 

It's hurricane season again

While forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting a 75-percent chance that the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season will be near  or above normal, experts at Rice University say Houston is little better prepared for extreme weather than it was last summer when Hurricane Harvey devastated the region.
 

Philip Ernst receives Army's Young Investigator Award

Philip Ernst, assistant professor of statistics at Rice University, is the recipient of a Young Investigator Award from the Mathematics Division of the Army Research Office.

Mapping the body, one cell at a time

Statistician Stephanie Hicks ’13 says the thing she likes most about her job is the immediate gratification that comes from seeing the impact of her work.
 
“I am highly motivated by solving real-world problems using applied statistics and data science,” she said.
 

A professional master's degree takes him to the Fed

A cheerleader for Rice University and its Department of Statistics is Sathya Ramesh, 21, who recently earned a professional master’s degree in STAT and who, in the fall, will start a job as risk analysis researcher with the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C.

Kowal wins Zellner honorable mention

Daniel Kowal, Rice University assistant professor of statistics, won an honorable mention from the American Statistical Association’s section of Business and Economic Statistics.
 

Rice grad present at 'the birth of a new field: data science'

Garrett Grolemund works at RStudio as a data scientist and educator. When he joined the company, it was a startup with three employees and no income stream. Now it’s a multi-million dollar firm.

Philip Ernst receives Tweedie New Researcher Award from IMS

Philip Ernst, assistant professor of statistics at Rice University, has been named the recipient of the 2018 Tweedie New Researcher Award from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics for “groundbreaking research in exact distribution theory and in stochastic control.”
 

Data Science Consulting Clinic is open for business

Genevera Allen, associate professor of statistics, computer science and electrical and computer engineering, has organized the Rice Data Science Consulting Clinic. The clinic doubles as a class: Data Science Consulting, STAT 415/STAT 515, in the spring semester. 

Changing her focus

Changing her focus

 
Grace Morgan had a lot on her plate. On top of dealing with the demands of the computer science curriculum, the sophomore was playing on the women’s volleyball team, where she had been named a Conference USA Player of the Week.
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