Our IA Program develops practical relationships between the department and the industrial community by creating opportunities for scientists, engineers, and developers from high-profile businesses to meet with our graduate students and share research topics in an informal setting. The annual conference for members, faculty, and final-year PhD candidates is a highlight event in our academic year.

USC's Gareth James will become Dean of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University on July 1st. Professor James received his Statistics PhD in 1998 under Trevor Hastie. Hailed as an active and dynamic leader during his time at the Marshall School of Business, he is E. Morgan Stanley Chair in Business Administration and professor of data sciences and operations, and served as interim dean there, leading the school’s COVID-19 response.

Our (formerly) own Daniela Witten (PhD 2010), now professor and the Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair of Mathematical Statistics at the University of Washington, has contributed a special brand of advice to doctoral students in the April/May issue of IMS Bulletin:

• "So long and thanks for all the tips"