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ANNOUNCEMENTS

International Year of Statistics

Read more at http://statistics2013.org/.

Faculty Search

Applications are invited for possible tenure-track, lecturer, and visiting positions. Carnegie Mellon offers a collegial faculty environment, emphasizing a combination of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary research and teaching. All areas of statistics are welcome, and joint appointments with other units in the Pittsburgh area are possible. We especially encourage women and minorities to apply. For further information, please contact hiring@stat.cmu.edu. Application screening begins immediately and continues until positions closed. Send CV, research papers, relevant transcripts and three letters of recommendation to:

Chair, Faculty Search Committee
Department of Statistics
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. AA/EOE.

Graduate Applications

The PhD application is closed until fall of 2013. For more information about the PhD program please see the PhD information page.

The MSP application will be available in October. For more information about the MSP program please see the MSP Information Page

OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT

Founded in 1966, Carnegie Mellon's Department of Statistics evolved in a university environment that emphasized computation, cross-disciplinary research, and the understanding of scientific principles through theoretical evaluation. This led the department to define a path for itself by focusing on:

computational statistics;
cross-disciplinary statistical research;
statistical theory and methodology.

As all three of these areas became fundamental to statistics, our department assumed increasing leadership in the field. Today, our research interests are eclectic; however, the core focus remains the same. Our graduates are in high demand for jobs in academia, government, and industry.

SEMINAR SCHEDULE

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NEWS

New Undergraduate Awards September 9, 2012

Sonia Siok (SDS & Stat, Dec 2012) has been named an Andrew Carnegie Society Scholar for 2012-2013. ACS Scholars "embody Carnegie Mellon's high standards of academic excellence, volunteerism, leadership, involvement in student organizations, athletics or the arts."

Meg Hayes (IS & Stat, 2011; MS in IS, Dec 2012) has been chosen for this year's Student Service Award by the Carnegie Mellon Alumni Association and will be honored at Ceilidh Weekend in October.

FEATURED FACULTY

Steve Fienberg

Steve Fienberg's books on categorical data, Discrete Multivariate Analysis: Theory and Practice (with Yvonne Bishop and Paul Holland) and The Analysis of Cross-Classified Categorical Data, are Citation Classics. He chaired the committee that produced the NRC's 2003 report on the polygraph and lie detection and write about the use of statistics in public policy contexts.

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