Statistics & Operations Research
The Department of Statistics and Operations Research specializes in inference, decision-making, and data analysis involving complex models and systems exhibiting both deterministic and random behavior. We focus on developing and analyzing the necessary quantitative and computational tools to enable practitioners to solve problems in statistical and probabilistic analysis, modeling, optimization, and the evaluation of system performance.
Our research work is at the core of Data Science, Machine Learning/AI, Analytics, Network Science and related fields.
News
More than Numbers
We invite UNC faculty and staff to join us for the next Carolina Data Science Now seminar...
Postdoc position
The Department invites applications for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship starting July 1, 2022...
Research
Optimization
Probability
Statistics
Stochastic Modeling
Teaching
The department runs highly popular Statistics and Analytics (STAN) major and minor, and partners for Data Science (DS) minor. Our offerings include “Foundations of Statistics and Data Science” (STOR 120), “Introduction to Data Science” (STOR 320), “Sports Analytics” (STOR 538) and many other highly sought undergraduate courses.
Our graduate MS and Ph.D. programs in Statistics and Operations Research provide challenging and comprehensive training across the full spectrum of STOR.
Outreach
The department runs the UNC Statistical / Data Science Consulting Center, which serves clients across campus and elsewhere. Under the supervision of faculty members, graduate students work with the clients to address their statistical & data science questions.
Separately, STOR graduate students run the Data Outreach Program for Students (Data OPS) aimed at educating local K-12 students in data science topics.
Upcoming Events
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Moderated by Prof. Olvera-Cravioto from our department
Don’t forget to join the #CarolinaDataScienceNow seminar at 12 PM ET! All @UNC employees + faculty interested in how #datascience can be used as a foundational anchor in #computerscience + #statistics projects are encouraged to join.
https://datasciencenow.unc.edu/event/june-seminar-2022/
#NCDSMemberSpotlight: @RENCI recently published a release about the #DataMatters short-course series aimed at students + professionals in #business, #research, and #government, in partnership with @Odum_Institute + #TheNCDS.
https://renci.org/news/data-matters-short-course-series-is-back-for-august-2022/
The next #CarolinaDataScienceNow seminar on June 23, “#DataScience: More Than Numbers," will discuss how #datascience can be used as a foundational anchor in #computerscience + #statistics projects. Any @UNC employees + faculty are welcome to register.
https://datasciencenow.unc.edu/event/june-seminar-2022/