About

Our department aims to be a diverse community engaged in areas of education and research in Statistical Theory and Methods, Data Science, Actuarial Science, Financial Mathematics, and Applied Probability; our research collaborations represent a wide range of interdisciplinary fields including environmental science, computer science, and biomedical science. We are home to the UCSB Center for Financial Mathematics and Actuarial Research, an interdisciplinary research center providing leadership in quantitative finance. We also provide consulting services through our Data Science Consulting Laboratory: DataLab

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At its core, our department views diversity and inclusion as critical within our mission to educate and prepare the future workforce of data scientists and quantitative thinkers. Increasing diversity across our field is essential in creating more productive, representative, and enriching outcomes as well as innovative solutions to critical problems. We recognize that historically, the job markets and academic communities in statistical theory and methods, financial mathematics, and actuarial science have been weighted toward racial, gender, and socioeconomically privileged communities. We are dedicated to correcting this imbalance in our own community.

PSTAT Department Calendar

March 2023

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Seminar - Dr. Miles Lopes (UC Davis)
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Seminar - Dr. Michael Zhang (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Hong Kong)
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Announcements

Actuarial Researchers - Insurance Mathematics and Economics (IME) Conference

Reminder!

The 26th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics (IME 2023) will take place on 4th – 7th July 2023, hosted by the Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics at Heriot-Watt University.

UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives

Professor Mengyang Gu was awarded with UC Collaborative for AI-enabled Materials Exploration and Optimization (UC-CAMEO) in UC Multi-campus Research Programs and Initiative. 

Best Paper at ACM IMC 2022
"The Importance of Contextualization of Crowdsourced Active Speed Test Measurements" has been awarded the IMC 2022 Best Long Paper Award. The best paper award will recognize the outstanding paper at the conference, and all accepted papers are eligible for it.Congratulations, Professor Mengyang Gu and co-authors!

Upcoming Seminars

Seminar - Dr. Pavel Shevchenko (Macquarie University)

Title: Stochastic Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy Models
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  1. April 5, 2023 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
  1. Department Seminar
2023 UCSB InsurTech Summit

The UCSB InsurTech Summit...

  1. April 14, 2023 - 8:30am to 7:00pm
Seminar - Dr. Wei Liu

Title: Statistical Profession: Academic vs Industry
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  1. April 19, 2023 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
  1. Department Seminar