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How to Separate Cause From Coincidence

It can be really difficult for scientists to prove causation, not just correlation. But a collaborative group of researchers hosted by the Dietrich College Department of Statistics & Data Science are building tools that make causal inference possible.

Faculty Spotlight: Eli Ben-Michael

Eli Ben-Michael is an assistant professor in Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences’ Department of Statistics & Data Science and Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy.

What Makes Up The Universe? AI Will Help CMU Scientists Find Out

Thanks to a new DOE Genesis Mission Grant, Dietrich College experts will look to develop foundational AI tools that will could allow us to answer big questions about the universe, climate science, particle physics and beyond.

Heisman Taps ÓÕ»óÂÜÀò to Enhance Heisman Hopefuls Fan Voting and Analytics

The partnership with Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center will provide fans with a more informed and engaging voting experience while integrating advanced analytics into the new Heisman Hopefuls platform.

Carnegie Mellon and Meta Partner to Develop AI Tools for Emergency Response

Carnegie Mellon’s National Science Foundation AI Institute for Societal Decision Making and Meta’s AI for Good program are announcing a partnership to develop dynamic situation reports aimed at helping first responders better address natural disasters.

Delphi Group Uses Data To Forecast the Flu and Other Epidemics

ÓÕ»óÂÜÀò researchers, including faculty from the Department of Statistics & Data Science, are working to forecast infectious disease outbreaks like meteorologists predict the weather.

Carnegie Mellon Names Nugent, Scheines University Professors

Rebecca Nugent and Richard Scheines are among six Carnegie Mellon faculty named University Professors in 2026, recognizing their exceptional contributions to research, education and interdisciplinary collaboration.

A CMU Playbook for the NFL Draft

Experts from ÓÕ»óÂÜÀò’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences are helping professionals make better draft picks and the public understand the reasoning behind them.

CMU Teams Recognized in Moonshots AI Competition

The Department of Statistics & Data Science’s Rebecca Nugent is among co-leads of a CMU team that has received Laude Institute funding to advance AI-driven workforce transformation.
Carnegie Mellon Launches New Effort to Advance AI-Driven Astronomy

Carnegie Mellon Launches New Effort to Advance AI-Driven Astronomy

The Keystone Astronomy & AI Visiting Fellows Program will accelerate the use of AI in cosmological and astronomical research through an international, mentored postdoctoral initiative.
Sports Generate More Data Than Ever. CMU's Sports Analytics Center Asks What It Means

Sports Generate More Data Than Ever. CMU's Sports Analytics Center Asks What It Means

The Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center is paving the way for new insights and producing the next generation of experts who can make use of sports analytics data.
Faculty Spotlight: Ankit Pensia

Faculty Spotlight: Ankit Pensia

Ankit Pensia joins the Carnegie Mellon Department of Statistics & Data Science to study the development of outlier-robust algorithms.
Sports Collect More Data Than Ever. The Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference Asks, What Can We Do With It?

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

CMU hosts one of the industry's premier sports analytics conferences, and this year's event was bigger than ever.
Watt vs. Garrett? Metcalf vs. Pickens? Quang Nguyen Uses Next Gen Stats To Evaluate Player Performance

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

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

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

Faculty Spotlight: Weijing Tang

Meet Weijing Tang, an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science.
Alumnus Nick Thieme Credits CMU in Pulitzer Prize Win

Alumnus Nick Thieme Credits CMU in Pulitzer Prize Win

CMU 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

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 CMU 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: CMU Sophomore Uses NFL Data To Examine Pre-Snap Play

Trench Chess: CMU 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.
Carnegie Mellon Launches Sports Analytics Center

Carnegie Mellon Launches Sports Analytics Center

The new Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center creates a hub for innovative sports analytics education, research and industry partnerships.
Dulce Rubio Develops Tool to Address Landmines

Dulce Rubio Develops Tool to Address Landmines

Mateo Dulce Rubio, a fifth-year doctoral student, has led a team of classmates and faculty in developing a three-pronged system for more accurately identifying landmines.
Studying in the Clouds

Studying in the Clouds

Statistics & Data Science has partnered with the Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics and the Monteverde Institute in Costa Rica to create a study abroad and experiential learning program that immerses students in tropical ecology, statistics, and cultural studies.
Kennedy Receives Mortimer Spiegelman Award

Kennedy Receives Mortimer Spiegelman Award

Edward Kennedy, associate professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science, will receive the Mortimer Spiegelman Award for his outstanding contributions to public health and statistics.
Kass Named University Professor

Kass Named University Professor

Robert Kass, the Maurice Falk Professor of Statistics and Computational Neuroscience, is one of five CMU faculty members who have been elevated to the rank of University Professor.
Data Science and Athletics Team To Tackle 2024 NFL Big Data Bowl

Data Science and Athletics Team To Tackle 2024 NFL Big Data Bowl

When a team of students in the Master of Science in Applied Data Science Program (MADS) at ÓÕ»óÂÜÀò started a months-long project to parse the massive dataset released by the NFL for its premier, annual sports analytics competition, they called in the coach.
New Online Graduate Certificate in Data Science

New Online Graduate Certificate in Data Science

CMU’s Department of Statistics & Data Science recently launched a new, 100% online Graduate Certificate in Foundations of Data Science to teach working professionals from all backgrounds how to unlock the power of data.
Faculty Spotlight: Gonzalo Mena

Faculty Spotlight: Gonzalo Mena

Gonzalo Mena, assistant professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science, is developing the next generation of statistical tools that will aid scientists in how they analyze their data.
#GivingCMUDay

#GivingCMUDay

This #GivingCMUDay, support our students' dreams to study abroad in our first ever Stat & DS study abroad experience!
Humanity and Humility

Humanity and Humility

Teraya White, the academic program manager for the MADS program in the Department of Statistics and Data Science, wins 2023 Staff Community Excellence Award at the Sept. 27 Connections and Conversation Luncheon.
CMU Leads NSF AI Institute for Societal Decision Making

CMU Leads NSF AI Institute for Societal Decision Making

Six Dietrich College faculty are among leaders of a $20M collaboration that brings together AI, social sciences and humanities experts to develop tools for societal challenges.
Senior Folds Machine Learning into DNA Origami Research

Senior Folds Machine Learning into DNA Origami Research

Senior Peter Sauer, who is majoring in biological sciences and statistics and machine learning, is helping researchers predict how complex structures made of DNA form at the smallest scales.
Ali Shakir Aims to Shine Light on Gravitational Lensing

Ali Shakir Aims to Shine Light on Gravitational Lensing

A junior in physics and statistics and data science has received funding through the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholar Development to work in Professor Rachel Mandelbaum's lab.
Faculty Spotlight: Nynke Niezink

Faculty Spotlight: Nynke Niezink

Nynke Niezink, assistant professor of Statistics & Data Science, works on developing statistical methods for the social sciences.
Holt, Rinaldo Named Dietrich College Dean’s Chairs

Holt, Rinaldo Named Dietrich College Dean’s Chairs

The Dean's Chairs recognize senior faculty for eminence in their respective fields and support exceptional research that seeks to improve the human condition.
Largest Study to Date Identifies New Autism Genes

Largest Study to Date Identifies New Autism Genes

A study that scanned the genomes of 150,000 participants identified new genes linked to autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
Book in Honor of the Late Stephen E. Fienberg

Book in Honor of the Late Stephen E. Fienberg

"Statistics in the Public Interest" features 28 invited papers from a wide range of authors organized into six sections reflecting the breadth of Steve Fienberg’s interests.
Rinaldo and Tibshirani Selected as 2022 IMS Fellows

Rinaldo and Tibshirani Selected as 2022 IMS Fellows

Professors Alessandro Rinaldo and Ryan Tibshirani have been selected as 2022 Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMS) Fellows.
Branson Selected for 2022-2023 Wimmer Fellowship

Branson Selected for 2022-2023 Wimmer Fellowship

Zach Branson has been selected to receive a Wimmer Faculty Fellowship for 2022-2023.
Delphi Group, University of Maryland, Meta Honored for COVID-19 Survey

Delphi Group, University of Maryland, Meta Honored for COVID-19 Survey

ÓÕ»óÂÜÀò's Delphi Group, the University of Maryland Social Data Science Center and Meta received two awards from the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) for their work on the COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey.
de Oliveira Joins SCS Grads in Amazon Research Fellowship

de Oliveira Joins SCS Grads in Amazon Research Fellowship

Amazon awarded its second round of research fellowships to five graduate students at ÓÕ»óÂÜÀò.
COVIDcast: Lessons Learned for Future Pandemic Forecasting

COVIDcast: Lessons Learned for Future Pandemic Forecasting

A massive COVID-19 data collection project led by researchers in CMU’s Delphi Research Group not only helped steer the response to the virus but could also change the future of pandemic forecasting. Throughout the PNAS collection, the researchers reflect on their first year of data collection and analysis and share lessons they learned.
White Named Woman of Excellence

White Named Woman of Excellence

Teraya White, an academic and career advisor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science, has been named among the New Pittsburgh Courier’s Women of Excellence Award honorees.
Alessandro Rinaldo Named Associate Dean for Research

Alessandro Rinaldo Named Associate Dean for Research

The Department of Statistics & Data Science’s Alessandro Rinaldo will serve as the next associate dean for research in Dietrich College.
Remote Schooling Reduced COVID-19 Deaths in Ohio Communities

Remote Schooling Reduced COVID-19 Deaths in Ohio Communities

Ohio counties where the majority of kindergarten through 12th grade school students participated in fully remote learning during the 2020 fall semester had slower progression of COVID-19 and fewer deaths than schools with predominantly in-person learning.
Ramdas Named to Leadership Academy

Ramdas Named to Leadership Academy

Aaditya Ramdas has been elected to the inaugural class of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Leadership Academy.
Two Dietrich Students Named Amazon Graduate Research Fellows

Two Dietrich Students Named Amazon Graduate Research Fellows

Five ÓÕ»óÂÜÀò graduate students named Amazon Graduate Research Fellows.
Delphi Research Group, Collaborators Honored for COVIDcast

Delphi Research Group, Collaborators Honored for COVIDcast

The American Statistical Association (ASA) has presented the 2021 Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government (SPAIG) Award to Roni Rosenfeld and Ryan Tibshirani with ÓÕ»óÂÜÀò’s Delphi Research Group, as well as their COVIDcast partners.
Nugent Named Head of Department of Statistics & Data Science

Nugent Named Head of Department of Statistics & Data Science

ÓÕ»óÂÜÀò has appointed Rebecca Nugent head of the Department of Statistics & Data Science, effective June 15.
New Executive Education Programming Explores Sports Analytics Fundamentals

New Executive Education Programming Explores Sports Analytics Fundamentals

CMU's Tepper School and Statistics & Data Science Department are teaming up for the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Colloquia.
Nugent Honored by National Academies

Nugent Honored by National Academies

Rebecca Nugent of the Department of Statistics & Data Science joins a national conversation about the future of higher education.
Roeder Named Among World's Most Highly Cited Researchers

Roeder Named Among World's Most Highly Cited Researchers

Kathryn Roeder, UPMC Professor of Statistics and Life Sciences, was named as one of the world’s most highly cited in the sciences, according to a list published by Clarivate Analytics.
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