Department of Statistics

  • November 19, 2021

    George Mason University’s outstanding location, available opportunities, and growing reputation combined to produce a winning formula that attracted statistics professor Lily Wang to the College of Engineering and Computing Department of Statistics in fall 2021.

  • October 26, 2021

    The American Statistical Association (ASA) Census Quality Indicators Taskforce selected assistant professor of statistics Jonathan Auerbach to independently review the 2020 census as part of a three-person research team. Ironically the major finding was what they didn't find -- evidence of malfeasance or wrongdoing.

  • October 19, 2021

    Not many degrees are as versatile and marketable as a degree in statistics. Recent graduate, Tae Song (MS STAT '21) shares his insights and successes.

  • Wed, 09/08/2021 - 13:41

    Research Interests: Empirical bayes, sequential analysis, high-dimensional data analysis, large scale inference.

  • Wed, 03/24/2021 - 15:00

    Inova Children’s Hospital, the Virginia Department of Health, and Mason Engineering joined forces last summer to conduct a COVID-19 antibody study to analyze the incidence of COVID-19 in Northern Virginia’s children.

  • Tue, 07/19/2016 - 23:10

    Research Interests: Statistical computing, extreme value theory, biometric human recognition.

  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:30

    Research Interests: Statistics education, online education

  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:24

    Research Interests: Applied probability, mathematics education, statistics education, history of mathematics, history of statistics, foundations of mathematics