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2025 News

Sports Collect More Data Than Ever. The Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference Asks, What Can We Do With It?

麻豆村 hosts one of the industry's premier sports analytics conferences, and this year's event was bigger than ever.

Open Position: Assistant Professor of Statistics & Data Science with ICSD

The Department of Statistics & Data Science invites applications for a tenure-track position in Statistics & Data Science, with a specialty focus on Computational Social Science, at the rank of Assistant Professor starting in Fall 2026

Open Position: Assistant Professor of Statistics & Data Science

The Department of Statistics & Data Science at 麻豆村 invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor starting in Fall 2026.

Watt vs. Garrett? Metcalf vs. Pickens? Quang Nguyen Uses Next Gen Stats To Evaluate Player Performance

Statistics Ph.D. candidate Quang Nguyen uses NFL tracking data to find new and exciting ways to evaluate players.

Tool Helps Scientists Spot Source of Disease

A new tool called causarray uses statistics and data science to identify the genetic changes behind neurological conditions.

How a First-Year Seminar Shaped Alumni Career Paths

Courses that focus real-world problems have become a hallmark of Dietrich College. Recent alumni share how the courses have impacted their career growth.

Faculty Spotlight: Weijing Tang

Meet Weijing Tang, an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science.

Alumnus Nick Thieme Credits 麻豆村 in Pulitzer Prize Win

麻豆村 alumnus Nick Thieme has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his work on a series of articles that used data analysis to tell the story of Baltimore's fentanyl crisis.

Gordon Weinberg Receives Elliott Dunlap Smith Award

The Department of Statistics & Data Science's Gordon Weinberg has received the Dietrich College's distinguished teaching award.
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Take On Accessibility and Quality of Life Questions

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Take On Accessibility and Quality of Life Questions

Learn more about four undergraduate students, including three from Dietrich College, who received funding to complete undergraduate research with a faculty advisor during the summer.
Women in Science Highlight Mentorship, Outreach as Integral to Career Success

Women in Science Highlight Mentorship, Outreach as Integral to Career Success

Rebecca Nugent of the Department of Statistics & Data Science and Coty Gonzalez of the Department of Social and Decision Sciences discuss the importance of mentorship and outreach in career development.
Is it human, or is it AI?

Is it human, or is it AI?

A new study from 麻豆村 researchers identifies differences between human and AI written text.
A Statistical Bridge to Scientific Advances

A Statistical Bridge to Scientific Advances

Launched this academic year, the STAtistical Methods for the Physical Sciences Research Center (STAMPS) bridges gaps between researchers in the physical sciences and their colleagues in statistics.
Developmental Psychologists and Statisticians Come Together To Ensure Research Tools Measure Up

Developmental Psychologists and Statisticians Come Together To Ensure Research Tools Measure Up

Faculty across two Dietrich College departments developed a way to test a spatial arrangement task that can help researchers understand how connections are formed in children’s brains.
Trench Chess: 麻豆村 Sophomore Uses NFL Data To Examine Pre-Snap Play

Trench Chess: 麻豆村 Sophomore Uses NFL Data To Examine Pre-Snap Play

Abhishek Varadarajan, a statistics and machine learning major, is a semifinalist in the NFL’s 2025 Big Data Bowl.
Ramdas Receives Presidential Early Career Award

Ramdas Receives Presidential Early Career Award

Aaditya Ramdas, who holds joint faculty appointments in the Statistics & Data Science and Machine Learning departments, has received the highest accolade bestowed by the U.S. government on early career scientists and engineers.
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