Congrats to Dr. Geoff Pleiss & his students on being awarded the AISTATS 2026 Best Student Paper Award! 🎉
The paper is titled "We Still Don’t Understand High-Dimensional Bayesian Optimization”.
Read more: tinyurl.com/3ruakupy
Congratulations to Rachel Lobay and Gian Carlo Diluvi on their 2025 Graduate Teaching Awards!
This award recognizes Rachel and Gian Carlo's outstanding commitment to teaching and their meaningful impact on student learning.
Congratulations to you both! 👏🏼
STAT 450 ended on a high note today - with a poster session!
Students have been exploring real case studies all term, and this morning they finally got to show off their work to a semi‑public crowd. 📈
Congrats to our students and thank you to all those who attended this session.
First Nations, Inuit & Métis–identifying Math/Stats students are invited to an informal lunch on Mon, April 13, 2026.
➡️ A chance to connect over a shared meal 🥪🥗
Register by Wed, April 8th for details: tinyurl.com/yp3yu2tu
Daniel Chen, a lecturer in UBC’s Department of Statistics, was recently featured on CityNews for creating a detailed map of Vancouver’s best cherry blossom viewing spots 🌸
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🎉Congrats to UBC Statistics PhD student Rachel Lobay on receiving a 2025–26 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award! 👏
Read more: tinyurl.com/y7974nz9
🎉 Congrats to Nikola Surjanovic, winner of the 2025–2026 Marshall Prize!
This prize is awarded to an outstanding M.Sc. or Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics who has demonstrated excellence in the discipline of statistics.
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/yk889wvc
The second talk in our department colloquium series takes place on on April 21.
🗣️Speaker: Dr. Edward Kennedy (Carnegie Mellon University)
📌Talk title: Nonparametrics in causal inference: densities, heterogeneity, & beyond
📅 April 21
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 5104/5106
Details: tinyurl.com/57z6fuxn
Join us as we welcome Dr. Aleksandra Korolova (Princeton University) to the Statistics Equity, Diversity and Inclusion seminar on Mar 26.
🗣️ Talk title: “Lessons from auditing the hidden societal impacts of ad delivery algorithms”
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍Online
Registration required: tinyurl.com/3tuexka7
Join us for the 2026 van Eeden Seminar with Dr. Ryan Tibshirani on Apr 2 at UBC.
📌Talk title: Online Conformal Prediction, Multi-Level Quantile Tracking, and Gradient Equilibrium
🕥10:30 am to 12 pm
📍ESB 5104
Register: tinyurl.com/cxhtsam3
“It’s not just melting sea ice: climate change is affecting everything—the predators, the prey and their habitats, effectively reshuffling a complex, intertwined system," said Dr. Katie Florko. @ubcoceans.bsky.social @stat.ubc.ca
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UBC PhD candidate Margarita Kapustina is the recipient of the 2025–26 Dept. of Statistics Award in Data Science! Margarita is a PhD candidate in Neuroscience in the Cembrowski Lab at UBC, where her work sits at the intersection of neuroscience and data science.
More: stat.ubc.ca/news/margari...
The UBC Statistics Department Colloquium kicks off on Mon, Mar 16.
Please join us as we welcome David Haziza from uOttawa for a talk titled "A Debiased Machine Learning Single-Imputation Framework for Item Nonresponse in Surveys".
🕒3 - 4 PM
📍ESB 5104/5106
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5dca7uta
Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé has been awarded a UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship in recognition of her distinguished contributions to statistical ecology and her leadership in advancing critical habitat protection. Congrats, Dr. Auger-Méthé! 👏🏼
Read more: tinyurl.com/ddnucada
March 8 is International Women’s Day. Across research, education, university services and student life, women at #UBC are making a difference in the lives of others every day.
Explore stories of achievement, events and community resources here: events.ubc.ca/internationa...
📣Women and underrepresented groups in data science:
Applications are now being accepted for the Women in Mathematics of Data Science Workshop. Apply today to attend this 10-day program at UBC! 👩🏽💻🧑🏿💻
Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/yc74m9s8
Now accepting project proposals from PIs in Faculty of Science for our Data Science Catalyst Program. For further info 👉https://dsi.ubc.ca/data-science-catalyst-program Submission deadline is Monday, March 2. We look fwd to receiving projects from all disciplines in the Faculty! @science.ubc.ca
Join us on Mar 10 as we welcome Adam Kashlak (University of Alberta) for a talk titled "Functional State Space Models and the Kalman Filter".
🕚11 AM - 12 PM
📍ESB 4192
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/rve92927
We're kicking off our department colloquium March 16!
📌Join us 3–4 PM in ESB 5104/5106 for David Haziza's (UOttawa) talk title "A Debiased Machine Learning Single-Imputation Framework for Item Nonresponse in Surveys"
Don’t miss the first talk of the series!
Full details: tinyurl.com/2jzcx7am
What are the odds that the U.S. team will play in Vancouver during the FIFA World Cup this summer? UBC Statistics Prof. Daniel McDonald and Assistant Prof. Charles Margossian joined The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn to break down how likely this scenario is.
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Join us! UBC Statistics graduate student seminar (Feb 10):
🗣️Kenny Chiu, UBC PhD Student
📌Talk title: "Randomization Tests for Distributional Group Symmetry"
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & online
Learn more: tinyurl.com/y9pn5bj8
UBC Statistics Seminar (Feb 24):
🗣️Nathaniel Stevens, @uwaterloo.ca - "An Economical Approach to Design Posterior Analyses"
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & online
Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/bdew9frj
Join us for a talk titled "The Importance of Trustworthy AI in Heavily Regulated Domains" by Dr. Lovedeep Gondara, Head of AI R&D at Vanguard - Monday, March 2 at 5pm - ESB 5104. Please RSVP 👉my.cs.ubc.ca/event/2026/03/dsi-talk-i... @science.ubc.ca @cs.ubc.ca
February is #BlackHistoryMonth. Black history and excellence should be celebrated every day, but this month offers a dedicated opportunity to reflect, recognize and elevate Black achievements and history.
Find events and resources at UBC: bit.ly/3SGImTD
🎉Exciting announcement: This March, we are launching a new Department Colloquium Series!
↪️Broad, accessible, and engaging talks!
🗓 Mar 16 – David Haziza (uOttawa)
🗓 Apr 21 – Edward Kennedy (CMU)
🗓 Jun 8 – Stephanie Hicks (Johns Hopkins)
More information coming soon!
Faculty members: submit your nominations for the 2025 - 2026 UBC Statistics Award in Data Science!
Know an undergrad or grad student making creative, impactful contributions to data science? Submit your nominations today!
⚠️Deadline: Feb 17, 2026
Learn more: tinyurl.com/4vrnj3je
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Yan Song to UBC Statistics! 🎉
Starting Feb 1, 2026, she joins the department as an assistant professor. We’re thrilled to have her and look forward to the great work ahead. Welcome, Dr. Song!
🔗Read more: tinyurl.com/4c8pency
Are you graduating in May 2026 (or graduated in Nov 2025)? Don't forget to book your graduation photos by Mar 30! 📸
Book your appointment today - evenings and weekends fill up fast!
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Make Family Day unforgettable! Join Kids Take Over UBC on Feb 15, 10am–5pm for live music, dance, STEM, storytelling, galleries & more. Adventure awaits! Get tickets at: kidstakeover.ubc.ca
Next Tuesday (Jan 20): UBC Statistics hosts Prof. Weng Lee Wong (UCLA) for a talk on nature-inspired metaheuristics—an underused but powerful alternative to traditional optimization approaches. 🕚11 AM - 12 PM 📍ESB 4192 & Online
Details: tinyurl.com/2jc9akfh
@cs.ubc.ca @ubcengineering.bsky.social