Summer Camp for Outstanding Undergraduates Held in Tsinghua

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The Center for Statistical Science hosted a “Summer Camp for Outstanding Undergraduates”, July 13-16, 2016, to provide for top undergraduate students keen on furthering their study of Statistics and Data Science a venue for broadening their academic perspectives, and learning of the state-of-the-art in research.

During the 3 days of activities, students interacted in depth with world renowned statisticians and industrial elite, both domestic and overseas, and learned of the latest in Statistics and Data Science research, industrial applications, and vision of future development. A the conclusion of the Camp activities, 8 participants were awarded “Excellent Summer Camp Participant Prize”, locked in early for the Center’s “Exam free admission to Ph.D. program” 2017 quota.

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On May 30, 2016, Prof. Yu Bin, Member of the American Academy of Sciences and Professor of the Department of Statistics at UC Berkeley, visited the Center for Statistical Science, and had a deep talk with the faculties and students of the center. Prof. Yu Bin is the tenured professor of statistics and electrical engineering department at UC Berkeley, she is also the Chancellor’s Professor.

On the afternoon, Prof. Yu Bin delivered a talk entitled Statistics is a Pillar of Data Science, there are about 150 students and teachers came to listen this report, giving positive responses.

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With the support of Tsinghua University and the colleagues of statistical academia, the Center for Statistical Science have made continues progress in talents introduction and discipline construction since June 2015. To map out a plan for the future development, the center held the Development Planning Symposium on Dec. 12, 2015. More than 20 senior statisticians attended and gave many valuable ideas and suggestions.

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