Williams College alumna Ya Xu ’06 (BS in Economics and Mathematics from Williams College and PhD in Statistics from Stanford University), now leader of the Data Science team at Linkedin, has been included in Fortune magazine’s “40 Under 40 in Technology” listing: https://fortune.com/40-under-40/2020/ya-xu/ Many congratulations to Dr. Ya Xu!… Continue reading »
Join the Association for Women in Mathematics for Mathematical Storytime on Friday, September 18, 6:00 PM EDT! Juniors and seniors will share stories about what they wish they knew before taking particular classes and about their experiences as folks from underrepresented groups in mathematics. Insights from first- and… Continue reading »
OURSTEM+ is a student organization on campus dedicated to supporting underrepresented minorities in STEM+ fields. They are hosting their annual event, I Know What You Did Last Summer, on September 22 at 6PM ET. Current Williams students will share what they did this past summer in hopes of guiding Williams… Continue reading »
OURMATH is a student organization aimed at creating community for students from underrepresented groups in the Math/Stats department at Williams. OURMATH will have its first panel on September 11, at 1:30pm EST. The panelists will be speaking on what it is like to be from an underrepresented group and study… Continue reading »
The first (and hopefully last!) virtual Joint Stats Meeting (JSM) was held this week online, originally scheduled to be in Philadelphia. Over 4,500 people registered for the event. Among the many presentations were two by Williams professors, Anna Plantinga and Xizhen Cai, who gave virtual talks on Wednesday. The… Continue reading »
During my time at Williams, I was lucky to know from the beginning that I wanted to go to graduate school for something in the field of math. In high school, I had always done well in my math classes and found the content interesting, so I knew… Continue reading »
At the end of an Academic Year full of unprecedented challenges, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics was honored to celebrate the Math/Stat graduating Seniors and their families at the virtual graduation breakfast/brunch: Please see here a video recording with the remarks by Professor Richard De Veaux,… Continue reading »
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Williams College invites graduating mathematics and statistics majors, their families, and guests to attend a breakfast on Commencement morning, Sunday, June 4, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Mathematics and Statistics Library, Bronfman Science Center. Please join us for coffee,… Continue reading »
Data science is an actively growing area in various careers and fields. The Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference is designed to inspire and educate data scientists, regardless of gender, and support women in the field. More information can be found here. Continue reading »
Matthew Quinn and Stephanie Stacy, Juniors at Williams College, won the First Place in this year’s USPROC (Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition) sponsored by CAUSE (Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education). USPROC is an annual national competition among undergraduate students in United States. The project submitted by Matthew and… Continue reading »
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