UBC Statistics

We're hosting a virtual Info Session for our MSc and PhD in Statistics programs on Nov 17. ☑️Hear about our programs. ☑️Ask questions. 📆Tuesday, November 17, 2026 🕤9:30AM – 10:30 AM PST 📍Online (Zoom) Register: tinyurl.com/bdzadujw

Don't miss UBC Statistics Prof. Alexandre Bouchard-Côté's talk on Oct 23rd (12:30 PST)! 📌Title: A Bayesian Census of Companions to 100,000 Stars This seminar is part of @canssiontario.bsky.social's SCOPE Seminar series. 📍Online and in-person 🔗Register: tinyurl.com/27797he8

Teaching & Learning in Statistics & Data Science Seminar: 📌Talk title: Facilitating Active Learning in Data Science Lectures: Embedding Editable and Executable R Code into Slides 🗣️Speaker: Grace Tompkins, UBC 📆Oct 20 📍ESB 4192 & Online 🕚11 AM - 12 PM Learn more 👉🏼 tinyurl.com/brbbes8b

📣 UBC Science seeks a Black scholar for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor position in Quantitative Science, starting July 2027. 📅 Apply by Dec. 1, 2026 💻 Info sessions: Oct. 16 & 30, 10 am PT Apply and learn more: science.ubc.ca/blackscholars

Please join us on Sept 24 for a talk titled "Veridical Data Science towards Trustworthy AI" by UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Bin Yu. 📍ESB 5104 & Online 🕚11 AM - 12 PM Details: tinyurl.com/53t9rstp @ubcmath.bsky.social @cs.ubc.ca

Interested in statistics & data science education? Join our Teaching & Learning Seminar Series! 🗓️ Sept 29: Dr. Tiffany Timbers on how data scientists use LLMs and what it means for data science education. 🕚 11 AM–12 PM 📍ESB 4192 & online 🔗 tinyurl.com/2d2bfujm

📣 Calling all first-generation Statistics students! Looking for mentorship, academic guidance and career development opportunities? Our First-Generation Mentorship Program can help you connect, grow and plan for your future. Apply to become a first-generation mentee 👉🏼https://tinyurl.com/mry5vmjn

We’re looking for mentors for our first-generation mentorship program! Help junior statistics students navigate university while gaining valuable leadership experience. Paid: $35.13/hr. 🗓️Apply by October 9, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/3x6fm98u

UBC Statistics is delighted to welcome Dr. Jonathan Wakefield to our department. Dr. Wakefield's research interest lies in biostatistics, connecting statistical methodology and global health. 🔗Read the full announcement: tinyurl.com/yvwfmy43

“Animals, like humans, can make bad decisions; they may use a habitat that is bad for them. This is especially true because we are altering their environment; a place that was good for them in the past may now be dangerous,” said @marieaugermethe.bsky.social oceans.ubc.ca/2026/07/09/w...

UBC Statistics is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Dr. Keegan Korthauer and Dr. Ben Bloem‑Reddy as Associate Professors. We are also proud to share that Dr. Joel Ostblom has been appointed Associate Professor of Teaching.

RESEARCH: A Bayesian approach to include Indigenous Knowledge and satellite telemetry data in habitat selection functions . 1st author: @rowennagryba.bsky.social Last author: Dr. @marieaugermethe.bsky.social #OPENACESS besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Thank you to everyone who attended our last department colloquium of the semester, and thank you to Dr. Stephanie Hicks (Johns Hopkins University) for presenting her talk titled "Statistical methods for single-cell and spatial data science".

UBC has a new introductory course about AI! AI 100 is open to all UBC students and covers the fundamentals of what AI is and explores its ethical and social implications. Read more about the new AI 100 course and UBC’s new AI-focused curriculum: science.ubc.ca/news/2026-05...

Congratulations to Yuhan Chu on being awarded the 2026 Lorraine Schwartz Prize in recognition of her exceptional work in mathematics and probability. Read more: tinyurl.com/mr2n8zvc @stat.ubc.ca

UBC Statistics congratulates Prof. Daniel McDonald on being awarded the 2026 Lise Manchester Award. 👏 The Lise Manchester Award recognizes excellence in state-of-the-art statistical work on problems of public interest, carried out within the last five years. Read more: tinyurl.com/y8vyufx8

Join us on June 8th for the UBC Statistics department colloquium. 🗣️Speaker: Stephanie Hicks, Johns Hopkins University 📌Talk title: Statistical methods for single-cell and spatial data science. 🕒3 - 4 PM 📍ESB 5104/5106 More details: tinyurl.com/32fdp7j3

🎉We are pleased to share that Wei Lu, a UBC Statistics undergrad, has been awarded the 2025-2026 Nash Medal, recognizing his exceptional academic achievements in the BSc Statistics program. 👏🏼 👀 Read more: tinyurl.com/yfut2f7j

Attend #UBCgrad at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts this spring! Congratulations Class of 2026 — you inspire us. graduation.ubc.ca/schedule/

Join us for a public lecture by alums Drs. Peter (PhD, Zoology '64) & Rosemary Grant (Zoology, RA '60-'64). Both are distinguished for their long-term studies of Galápagos finches, and are 2026 UBC Honorary Degree Recipient May 26, 2:00 pm @zoology.ubc.ca zoology.ubc.ca/event/2026/0...

The final talk in in our department colloquium series takes place on Mon, June 8. Stephanie Hicks (Johns Hopkins University) will give a talk titled "Statistical methods for single‑cell and spatial data science." 📅 3–4 PM 📍 ESB 5104/5106 🔗 More details: tinyurl.com/2s3twh3m

The UBC Travelling Health Fair brings free health consultations to campus, May 26–28. Appointments are confidential, about 30 minutes, and open to faculty, staff, student staff and postdoctoral fellows. 🔗 Spaces are limited: hr.ubc.ca/health-and-wellbeing/physical-wellbeing/travelling-health-fair

Dr. Edward Kennedy from Carnegie Mellon University joined us today for our department colloquium series, where he gave a talk titled "Nonparametrics in causal inference: densities, heterogeneity, & beyond." Thank you to Dr. Kennedy and everyone who joined us. Our next talk takes place on June 8th.

Congrats to Dr. Geoff Pleiss & his students on being awarded the AISTATS 2026 Best Student Paper Award! 🎉 The paper is titled "We Still Don’t Understand High-Dimensional Bayesian Optimization”. Read more: tinyurl.com/3ruakupy

Congratulations to Rachel Lobay and Gian Carlo Diluvi on their 2025 Graduate Teaching Awards! This award recognizes Rachel and Gian Carlo's outstanding commitment to teaching and their meaningful impact on student learning. Congratulations to you both! 👏🏼

STAT 450 ended on a high note today - with a poster session! Students have been exploring real case studies all term, and this morning they finally got to show off their work to a semi‑public crowd. 📈 Congrats to our students and thank you to all those who attended this session.

First Nations, Inuit & Métis–identifying Math/Stats students are invited to an informal lunch on Mon, April 13, 2026. ➡️ A chance to connect over a shared meal 🥪🥗 Register by Wed, April 8th for details: tinyurl.com/yp3yu2tu

Daniel Chen, a lecturer in UBC’s Department of Statistics, was recently featured on CityNews for creating a detailed map of Vancouver’s best cherry blossom viewing spots 🌸 vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2026/0...

🎉Congrats to UBC Statistics PhD student Rachel Lobay on receiving a 2025–26 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award! 👏 Read more: tinyurl.com/y7974nz9

🎉 Congrats to Nikola Surjanovic, winner of the 2025–2026 Marshall Prize! This prize is awarded to an outstanding M.Sc. or Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics who has demonstrated excellence in the discipline of statistics. 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/yk889wvc

The second talk in our department colloquium series takes place on on April 21. 🗣️Speaker: Dr. Edward Kennedy (Carnegie Mellon University) 📌Talk title: Nonparametrics in causal inference: densities, heterogeneity, & beyond 📅 April 21 🕚 11 AM - 12 PM 📍 ESB 5104/5106 Details: tinyurl.com/57z6fuxn

Join us as we welcome Dr. Aleksandra Korolova (Princeton University) to the Statistics Equity, Diversity and Inclusion seminar on Mar 26. 🗣️ Talk title: “Lessons from auditing the hidden societal impacts of ad delivery algorithms” 🕚 11 AM - 12 PM 📍Online Registration required: tinyurl.com/3tuexka7

Join us for the 2026 van Eeden Seminar with Dr. Ryan Tibshirani on Apr 2 at UBC. 📌Talk title: Online Conformal Prediction, Multi-Level Quantile Tracking, and Gradient Equilibrium 🕥10:30 am to 12 pm 📍ESB 5104 Register: tinyurl.com/cxhtsam3

“It’s not just melting sea ice: climate change is affecting everything—the predators, the prey and their habitats, effectively reshuffling a complex, intertwined system," said Dr. Katie Florko. @ubcoceans.bsky.social @stat.ubc.ca science.ubc.ca/news/2026-03...

UBC PhD candidate Margarita Kapustina is the recipient of the 2025–26 Dept. of Statistics Award in Data Science! Margarita is a PhD candidate in Neuroscience in the Cembrowski Lab at UBC, where her work sits at the intersection of neuroscience and data science. More: stat.ubc.ca/news/margari...

The UBC Statistics Department Colloquium kicks off on Mon, Mar 16. Please join us as we welcome David Haziza from uOttawa for a talk titled "A Debiased Machine Learning Single-Imputation Framework for Item Nonresponse in Surveys". 🕒3 - 4 PM 📍ESB 5104/5106 Learn more: tinyurl.com/5dca7uta

Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé has been awarded a UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship in recognition of her distinguished contributions to statistical ecology and her leadership in advancing critical habitat protection. Congrats, Dr. Auger-Méthé! 👏🏼 Read more: tinyurl.com/ddnucada

March 8 is International Women’s Day. Across research, education, university services and student life, women at #UBC are making a difference in the lives of others every day. Explore stories of achievement, events and community resources here: events.ubc.ca/internationa...

📣Women and underrepresented groups in data science: Applications are now being accepted for the Women in Mathematics of Data Science Workshop. Apply today to attend this 10-day program at UBC! 👩🏽‍💻🧑🏿‍💻 Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/yc74m9s8

Now accepting project proposals from PIs in Faculty of Science for our Data Science Catalyst Program. For further info 👉https://dsi.ubc.ca/data-science-catalyst-program Submission deadline is Monday, March 2. We look fwd to receiving projects from all disciplines in the Faculty! @science.ubc.ca

Join us on Mar 10 as we welcome Adam Kashlak (University of Alberta) for a talk titled "Functional State Space Models and the Kalman Filter". 🕚11 AM - 12 PM 📍ESB 4192 Details 👉 tinyurl.com/rve92927

We're kicking off our department colloquium March 16! 📌Join us 3–4 PM in ESB 5104/5106 for David Haziza's (UOttawa) talk title "A Debiased Machine Learning Single-Imputation Framework for Item Nonresponse in Surveys" Don’t miss the first talk of the series! Full details: tinyurl.com/2jzcx7am

What are the odds that the U.S. team will play in Vancouver during the FIFA World Cup this summer? UBC Statistics Prof. Daniel McDonald and Assistant Prof. Charles Margossian joined The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn to break down how likely this scenario is. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Join us! UBC Statistics graduate student seminar (Feb 10): 🗣️Kenny Chiu, UBC PhD Student 📌Talk title: "Randomization Tests for Distributional Group Symmetry" 🕚 11 AM - 12 PM 📍 ESB 4192 & online Learn more: tinyurl.com/y9pn5bj8

UBC Statistics Seminar (Feb 24): 🗣️Nathaniel Stevens, @uwaterloo.ca - "An Economical Approach to Design Posterior Analyses" 🕚 11 AM - 12 PM 📍 ESB 4192 & online Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/bdew9frj

Join us for a talk titled "The Importance of Trustworthy AI in Heavily Regulated Domains" by Dr. Lovedeep Gondara, Head of AI R&D at Vanguard - Monday, March 2 at 5pm - ESB 5104. Please RSVP 👉https://my.cs.ubc.ca/event/2026/03/dsi-talk-importance-trustworthy-ai-heavily @science.ubc.ca @cs.ubc.ca

February is #BlackHistoryMonth. Black history and excellence should be celebrated every day, but this month offers a dedicated opportunity to reflect, recognize and elevate Black achievements and history. Find events and resources at UBC: bit.ly/3SGImTD

🎉Exciting announcement: This March, we are launching a new Department Colloquium Series! ↪️Broad, accessible, and engaging talks! 🗓 Mar 16 – David Haziza (uOttawa) 🗓 Apr 21 – Edward Kennedy (CMU) 🗓 Jun 8 – Stephanie Hicks (Johns Hopkins) More information coming soon!

Faculty members: submit your nominations for the 2025 - 2026 UBC Statistics Award in Data Science! Know an undergrad or grad student making creative, impactful contributions to data science? Submit your nominations today! ⚠️Deadline: Feb 17, 2026 Learn more: tinyurl.com/4vrnj3je

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Yan Song to UBC Statistics! 🎉 Starting Feb 1, 2026, she joins the department as an assistant professor. We’re thrilled to have her and look forward to the great work ahead. Welcome, Dr. Song! 🔗Read more: tinyurl.com/4c8pency