Statistics and Data Science

Creating a new model for heat wave trends

Assistant Professor of Statistics and the Environment Karen McKinnon earned the National Science Foundation’s CAREER award for her work studying the trends in the intensity of extreme heat events.

Novel AI Model Brings Together Computational and Medical Science

Professor Ying Nian Wu and his colleagues designed two new approaches to better optimize drug design

2nd Distinguished Women in Statistics and Data Science Workshop: Shining a Light on Women in Industry

Speaking to the growing importance of statistics and data science in today’s world, participants from diverse academic programs across UCLA joined the event

SWS Workshop Celebrates Women in Statistics and Data Science

Last month on May 23rd, the UCLA Society of Women in Statistics (SWS) and Department of Statistics and Data Science organized and hosted the inaugural “Distinguished Women in Statistics and Data Science Workshop” at the UCLA Luskin Center. The half-day event aimed to help foster an inclusive environment for anyone interested in statistics and data…