Statistics Research

Our faculty conduct research across a broad range of foundational and emerging areas of statistics and data science. They are renowned experts in their fields and their work drives progress and knowledge-generation within statistical sciences and across disciplines.

Foundational areas

Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Tokunbo FadahunsiBrett HunterDavid KepplingerBen Seiyon LeeWilliam RosenbergerAbolfazl SafikhaniJiayang SunAnand VidyashankarLily Wang
Clinical Trials, Study Protocol, and Experimental Design Brett HunterNicholas RiosWilliam RosenbergerJohn StufkenJiayang Sun
Semiparametric and Nonparametric Analysis Wanli QiaoAbolfazl SafikhaniJiayang Sun, Lily Wang
Measurement Error and Selection Bias Jonathan Auerbach, David Kepplinger, Jiayang Sun
Geometric Data Analysis, Random Fields, and Inference for Geometric Objects Wanli Qiao, Jiayang Sun​, Lily Wang
Bayesian Analysis and Inference Jonathan Auerbach, Isuru Dassanayake
Spatial, Temporal, and Functional Data Ben Seiyon Lee​, Abolfazl SafikhaniJiayang Sun, Lily Wang
Simultaneous Inference, Multiple Comparisons, and Extreme value theory Brett HunterDavid KepplingerJiayang SunLily Wang
Statistical Education/Pedagogy Ilhan Izmirli
High-dimensional or Big Data Inchi HuDavid Kepplinger, Ben Seiyon Lee, Nicholas RiosAbolfazl SafikhaniJohn StufkenJiayang SunLily Wang

Emerging areas

Crowdsourcing and Modern Sample Surveys Jonathan Auerbach, Jiayang Sun
Natural Language Processing, Statistics for Electronic Health Records (EHR and Multisourced data) David Kepplinger, Martin Slawski, Jiayang Sun
Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Interface of Statistics and Computer Science Inchi Hu, David Kepplinger, Wanli QiaoNicholas RiosAbolfazl SafikhaniMartin Slawski, Jiayang Sun, Anand Vidyashankar, Lily Wang
Statistical Privacy and Security Analytics, Compliance and Regulatory Anand Vidyashankar
Statistical Computing, Visualization and Data Mining David Kepplinger, Ben Seiyon LeeNicholas Rios​, Jiayang SunLily Wang
Data Compression, Record Linkage, and Feature Selection David KepplingerAbolfazl SafikhaniJohn Stufken, Martin Slawski, Jiayang Sun
Statistical Imaging, Mixture Models, and Causal Inference Inchi HuDavid KepplingerAbolfazl SafikhaniJiayang SunLily Wang

Further data analytics research is listed under Data Analytics research.