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2024 News

Kass Named University Professor

Robert Kass, the Maurice Falk Professor of Statistics and Computational Neuroscience, is one of five CMU faculty members who have been elevated to the rank of University Professor.

Data Science and Athletics Team To Tackle 2024 NFL Big Data Bowl

When a team of students in the Master of Science in Applied Data Science Program (MADS) at Carnegie Mellon University started a months-long project to parse the massive dataset released by the NFL for its premier, annual sports analytics competition, they called in the coach.

New Online Graduate Certificate in Data Science

CMU’s Department of Statistics & Data Science recently launched a new, 100% online Graduate Certificate in Foundations of Data Science to teach working professionals from all backgrounds how to unlock the power of data.

Faculty Spotlight: Gonzalo Mena

Gonzalo Mena, assistant professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science, is developing the next generation of statistical tools that will aid scientists in how they analyze their data.