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Department of Statistics

Rutgers University-New Brunswick, School of Arts & Sciences

The Department of Statistics of Rutgers University seeks outstanding applicants for a faculty position of associate professor rank or higher to start in Fall 2024. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in statistics or related fields.

Responsibilities of the position include: teaching and supervising both undergraduate and graduate students, and conducting original research in statistics and data science broadly defined.   The department particularly welcomes applicants who can contribute to a diverse and inclusive environment through their scholarship , teaching, mentoring, and professional services.  Pursuit of external research is expected.

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Congratulations to Drs. Sijian Wang, Sagar Khare, Jean Baum, Adam Gormley and Guillaume Lamoureux

Rutgers researchers are seeking to develop the technology to modify or “edit” protein molecules in the body—an advance that could spur major breakthroughs in human health.

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 Arthur Cohen Lecture 

The Department of Statistics of Rutgers University is hosting a lecture in honor of Dr. Arthur Cohen. Wednesday, April 20, 2022 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Fiber Optics Material Research Building, Auditorium.

Guest Speaker Dr. Emmanuel Candès, Stanford University.

More information can be found here.

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The Department of Statistics of Rutgers University seeks outstanding applicants for tenure-track position of assistant and associate professor to start Fall 2022. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in statistics or a related field by September 1, 2022. Responsibilities of the position include: teaching and overseeing both undergraduate and graduate programs in statistics, and conducting original research in broad areas of statistics, particular emphasis on statistical learning and data science are preferred. Pursuit of external research funding is expected.

Interested individuals should apply online through Rutgers online link http://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/142285 by providing a curriculum vitae, research statement and teaching statement,  and arranging for submission of at least three confidential letters of reference.

Review of applications will start on November 1, 2021, and continue until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications early.

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Dr. Neville E. O'Reilly, a beloved husband, educator, and mentor, passed away on September 22, 2021, in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Neville was born in Durban, South Africa where he obtained his undergraduate degree first in legal studies and then a second undergraduate degree in applied mathematics in which he excelled. Upon graduation, he became a practicing attorney and engaged in defending a prominent anti-apartheid activist, which did not make Neville popular with the existing government. Following this case, Neville’s parents encouraged him to leave South Africa to pursue his passion for mathematics and statistics. He won a full scholarship from Columbia University where he obtained his PhD in Mathematical Statistics and Probability under the supervision of the prominent statistician Herbert Ellis Robbins. Upon completing his degree, Neville joined the faculty of the Department of Statistics at Rutgers before moving to the business world where he held senior positions at AT&T, Netspeak, Dialect Solutions and Equitrac in finance, strategic planning, business operations as well as in product development, management, and marketing.

After a long career in business working on several continents, Neville came back to Rutgers in 2012 to become the Associate Director of the newly launched MS degree program in Financial Statistics and Risk Management (FSRM), one of two professional programs that he would help build in the Department of Statistics. The FSRM program was a unique offering at the time and Neville played a vital role in its development and success. He again played a vital role in 2016 when the MS degree program in Data Science was launched, for which he also served as Associate Director.

Read more: In Memoriam: Neville E. O'Reilly

Arthur Cohen, a brilliant applied and mathematical statistician and a wonderful colleague and leader, passed away on July 26, 2021.

Arthur spent his professional career at Rutgers, from 1963 until he traded his title of Distinguished Professor for Emeritus in 2017.  A world-renowned leader in decision theory, he was known in the research world for blending dynamic applied statistical expertise with rigorous and creative mathematical skills.  Among his colleagues he was also revered for his integrity, geniality, incisiveness, and an unending passion for statistics.

Arthur was born in 1933 and later attended Brooklyn College, where he was captain of the basketball team.  One professor there suggested that Arthur might try graduate school in statistics at Columbia University, to which he could commute from home.  That bit of serendipity launched his career.  Arthur interrupted his graduate studies to spend two years with the Epidemiology Intelligence Service, in what was then the Communicable Disease Center (CDC), as a "disease detective".  After returning to Columbia, Arthur wrote a dissertation under Ted Anderson involving admissible estimators, a major topic over his career.  

Read more: In Memoriam: Arthur Cohen

Sent on behalf of Christopher Schmid, Professor and Chair of Brown Biostatistics

Good day, Attached please find the details for a search we currently have underway for an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics. We would greatly appreciate you sharing this document with your students and any colleagues you believe would have interest.

Thank you very much.

Denise T. Arver

Academic Department Manager

Department of Biostatistics

Brown University's School of Public Health

The comprehensive exam will have three theoretical questions related to the underpinnings of Statistics as taught in 582 and 583 and three more “word problem like” applications of Statistics questions which are related to prerequisite classes (i.e. 484) and applications classes 563 and 586. Students will choose 5 of the 6 questions to answer and be graded on. We have now posted solutions to Applied and Theoretical questions from previous Masters Comprehensive Exams (which were given separately for Applied and Theoretical questions) and to the new format exam (Applied / Theoretical combined) that has been given since Fall 2019.
Given the current situation with COVID the exam will be conducted on-line. Detailed instructions for students taking exam will follow.

Past exams and solutions can be found here:
https://statistics.rutgers.edu/graduate-academics/ms-degree-program
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