statistics

Aug 26, 2015

Citizen Science Effort Highlights How Little We Know About Life in Our Own Homes

An NC State citizen science project has discovered of thousands of unidentified species living in and around homes in the United States.

May 27, 2015

Designing Clinical Trials for Personalized Cancer Treatments

The $10.4 million grant will help researchers develop new statistical methods that can be used to both design clinical trials for cancer treatments and analyze the resulting data.

Abstract architecture at entrance to NC State University

May 13, 2015

New Project Tackles Genetic Switchboard for DNA

The Genotype-Tissue Expression project aims to explain links between genetic variation and disease.

This image shows a biological expression network analysis of a portion of the "1,000 Genomes" cell lines used for testing the effects of environmental chemicals.

May 1, 2015

Cross-Population Study Links Individuals’ Chemical Sensitivity, Genes

NC State scientists helped lead the first large-scale cell-based screening to test variations in environmental chemical sensitivity across a range of human populations and link those variations to genetic data.

Jul 11, 2014

Your Data, Your Treatment

NC State's Marie Davidian discusses how statistics can help achieve the promise of personalized medicine.

Jan 17, 2013

Statisticians promote contributions to society during the International Year of Statistics

NC State University is among more than 1,400 organizations in 111 countries that are combining energies in 2013 to promote the International Year of Statistics, or Statistics2013, a worldwide initiative…

Jan 17, 2013

PAMS dedicates statistics commons in honor of Dean Dan Solomon

The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences has dedicated the fifth floor commons room of SAS Hall as the Daniel L. Solomon Statistics Commons in honor of Dean Solomon’s critical…

Sep 4, 2012

SAMSI renewed for another five years by NSF

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed the main supporting grant for the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI). The new funding will provide $17.5 million over five years…

Aug 22, 2012

PAMS announces full funding of endowed professorship

The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences has completed the funding of an endowed professorship in honor of Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher. The R.A. Fisher Distinguished Professorship will support a…

Jun 20, 2012

Students learn about uncertainty quantification at SAMSI workshop

NC State students David Moreau, Alice Toms and Andre Waschka recently completed the Undergraduate Workshop at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI). The week-long program was held at…