Berkeley Statistics

Assistant Professor Alex Huth was recently quoted in a Nature article about a non-invasive AI that translates brain activity into descriptive text, accurately detailing what a person is seeing or imagining. #BerkeleyStats nature.com/articles/d4158…

In case you missed it, Big Give is up and running and so far your commitment is shining through. Remember, you have until 9 pm pacific time to give! givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/108… #BerkeleyStats #CalBigGive

Big Give 2026 is live! Members of the Berkeley Statistics Alumni Advisory Board will match, dollar for dollar, every gift made to the Department of Statistics up to $20,000. #BerkeleyStats #CalBigGive givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/108…

Associate Professor Sam Pimentel was recently awarded a sizable grant by the Huo Family Foundation in conjunction with family online safety company Aura to study the impact of social media on children’s mental health. statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/pim… #BerkeleyStats

PhD Alum Amanda Glazer '24 recently returned to Berkeley to speak at the Winning Analytics Summit at Memorial Stadium. Hosted by @CalAthletics, the initiative looks to leverage data and analytics to bolster Cal Athletics' recruiting, performance, and engagement. #BerkeleyStats

Distinguished Professor Philip Stark (@philipbstark ) has been named a 2025 OPTIMA Ariel Liebman Impact Award winner. linkedin.com/posts/optima-a… #BerkeleyStats

Distinguished Professor Bin Yu (@bbiinnyyuu) and her research group have been recognized for their joint work with Stanford researchers to develop computational techniques to uncover hidden genetic interactions. #BerkeleyStats

Jason Peter Miller, a faculty member at the University of Cambridge's Statistics Laboratory and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, is the recipient of the 2025 Line and Michel Loève International Prize in Probability. statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/jas… #BerkeleyStats

The 2026 AMS-EMS Mikhail Gordin Prize will be awarded to Vadim Gorin from the University of California, Berkeley. The prize is awarded by the American Mathematical Society and the European Mathematical Society. ams.org/news?news_id=7… #BerkeleyStats

@californiamag recently interviewed Associate Professor Will Fithian (@wfithian) on the future of AI and humanity. alumni.berkeley.edu/california-mag… #BerkeleyStats

Associate Professor @fperez_org recently participated in a Cal Alumni Association panel titled “Democratizing AI Through Platforms." alumni.berkeley.edu/berkeley-forwa… #BerkeleyStats

Last month, Assistant Professor Amanda Coston was awarded a significant research grant by the Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications. The award ceremony took place at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco. Photos via the Okawa Foundation. #BerkeleyStats

Bickel goes from Statistics' founder Jerzy Neyman all the way to the present day, all while contextualizing the Department's wider role in the study of statistics. Bickel also shares his views on the future of data science and its part in society. #BerkeleyStats

At the Berkeley Statistics Annual Research Symposium, legendary Professor Peter Bickel spoke about the department's history as it celebrated its 70th anniversary. youtu.be/hvDS-MhkKVo

Excited to share that I've been awarded the Okawa Foundation Research Grant! statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/cos…. Thank you Okawa Foundation for generously supporting my group's research on contextual evaluation of AI! @OkawaFoundation @UCBerkeley @BerkeleyCDSS @berkeley_ai

Current Postdoctoral researcher Reese Pathak has been awarded the 2026 IMS Lawrence Brown PhD Award. Pathak is sponsored at Berkeley by Assistant Professor Nikita Zhivotovski. #BerkeleyStats

Assistant Professor Amanda Coston has been awarded a significant research grant by the Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications. statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/cos… #BerkeleyStats

UC Berkeley Department of Statistics is hiring! We’re seeking applicants for up to three approved tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level in Statistics, Probability and AI. Details & apply: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05139 #AI #Statistics #Probability #UCBerkeley

Distinguished Professor and election integrity expert @philipbstark was recently quoted in @WIRED #BerkeleyStats wired.com/story/scott-le…