Statistics

The Division of Statistics expects that there would be many opportunities for collaboration and joint ventures in teaching and research involving the Division and a formally organized group in CS&E. Our recently submitted plan for the further development of Computational and Graphical Statistics calls for the addition of five new faculty positions over the next seven years. We envision at least two of these positions being allocated to joint appointments with other units. We believe that an affiliation with CS&E would be among the more likely possibilities, and we would welcome the opportunity to plan a joint search with CS&E if and when the Initiative is authorized. The mention of potential joint Target-of-Excellence hires is also very appealing. Individuals that come to mind would include Colin Mallows and Daryl Pregibon from AT&T, Y. Vardi from Rutgers, and D. Nychka of North Carolina State. All four are world-class researchers with strong profiles in computational aspects of Statistics, and each would have, we believe, the seniority and record of accomplishment that would qualify them for a targeted recruitment. Finally, with regard to academic institutions currently producing new PhDs with strength on the interface of Statistics and Computational Science, we would mention U. Washington, U. Chicago, Stanford U., and Carnegie Mellon.