After earning a PhD in engineering sciences at Harvard University, Assistant Professor Jie Ding has finally returned to his roots in fundamental mathematics. This field brought him to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Amanda Schwartz joins the School of Statistics as a Communications and Events Specialist with over 10 years of event management experience under her belt.

Lan Wang was elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

Statisticians, the original data scientists, stand ready to interpret the information of the digital age. In less than three years we will be producing over 1.7 megabytes of new information every single second for every human being on the planet. This new information, along with the vast amount of information that has already been collected, ranges from the mundane to the extraordinary.