Welcome Letter from the Chair
Since its founding in 1949, the Department of
Statistics at the University of Chicago has been at the forefront of
scholarship in the theory and application of statistics and probability. The
faculty of the department has long been recognized for its quality and
diversity of interests, and graduates of our Ph.D. program are counted among
the leaders of the field.
The Department of Statistics offers two tracks of
graduate study, one leading to the Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree, the other
to the Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.). The M.Sc. degree is a professional
degree—students who receive this degree are prepared for nonacademic careers in
which the use of advanced statistical methods is of central importance but are
also prepared for further graduate study. The Ph.D. program prepares students
for independent statistical research in academic, industrial, or public policy
settings. Students in both programs are expected to acquire a common core of
basic knowledge in statistical theory and applied statistical methodology, but
students may tailor their programs to specialized areas of application,
including statistical genetics, bio-informatics, systems biology, neuroscience,
environmental statistics, computer vision, speech recognition, machine
learning, economics and finance. Students may also specialize in probability
theory and stochastic processes.
I hope that, having found your way to our web site,
you will take the opportunity to find out more about us. The Admissions
section has links to pages with detailed information about our graduate
programs, the admissions process, and student life at the university. The Statistics
Department home page has links to
sections describing our faculty's research interests and their publications,
our seminars and colloquia, our course offerings, and our consulting program.
If you have specific questions about our graduate programs or our admissions
process, please contact our Admissions Committee by email.
If you have other questions about our department, please feel free to write an email to me.
With
regards,
Yali
Amit
Chair
June 2011
