2020 SSC Elections

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2020 SSC elections list.

New Investigator Presentation Award at SSC 2020

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Information on the New Investigator Presentation Award.

Call for Student Teams for Case Studies in Data Analysis Competition 2020

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The Case Studies in Data Analysis Poster Competition provides students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge to big datasets analysis.

Probability Section Update

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A machine learning related workshop for the 2020 SSC Annual Meeting.

Professor James V. Zidek Appointed to the Order of Canada 2019

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Professor James V. Zidek has been honoured by his appointment as an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Dorothy Shoichet Award Winner Silvana Pesenti's Research Builds Bridges that Might Help Prevent the Next Financial Crisis

Dorothy Shoichet Award winner Silvana Pesenti's research builds bridges, might help prevent the next financial crisis

Professor Silvana Pesenti's groundbreaking work in actuarial science earned her the prestigious Dorothy Shoichet Women Faculty Science Award of Excellence.

Tony Wirjanto Appointed as the Curator in Insurance and Asset Management for the World Economic Forum

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Professor Tony Wirjanto appointed as the Curator in Insurance and Asset Management for the WEF.

The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science Welcomes Assistant Professor Pengyu Wei

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Pengyu Wei joins the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo.

News from the University of Sherbrooke

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Klaus Herrmann recently joined the Department of Mathematics of the University of Sherbrooke as assistant professor.

Waterloo Startup Aims to Revolutionize Food Delivery Industry

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The five founders of Gooloo earned a spot in the University of Waterloo’s Concept $5K Finals.

In Memory of Dennis O'Shaughnessy

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It is with sadness that we announce the recent passing of Dennis O'Shaughnessy.

Colin R. Blyth (1922–2019)

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Canadian statistician Colin Ross Blyth died on August 22, 2019.

7th Bayes, Fiducial and Frequentist Statistics Conference, May 6–8, 2020

7th Bayes, Fiducial and Frequentist Statistics Conference, May 6 to May 8, 2020

Information on the 7th Bayes, Fiducial and Frequentist Statistics Conference.

International Symposium on Statistics and Econometrics (CISEM) 2020

Information on the International Symposium on Statistics and Econometrics (CISEM) 2020.

Biostatistics Conference April 30–May 1, 2020

Biostatistics Conference April 30th and May 1st.

Information on the Biostatistics Conference April 30–May 1, 2020.