We provide opportunities for students, the community, and industry experts to connect and learn outside the classroom and lab. Attend a lecture, join our statistical organization, or use the services of our consulting center.
“Our weekly statistical seminar series is particularly beneficial to graduate students and faculty, and it attracts people from other departments at the university and the Washington, D.C., area.”
— William F. Rosenberger, professor of statistics
Our department hosts a weekly statistical seminar series covering topics related to research and application in statistical sciences and data science every Friday on the Fairfax Campus.
Mu Sigma Rho
Mu Sigma Rho is the national honorary society for statistics. Its purpose is the promotion and encouragement of scholarly activity in statistics, and the recognition of outstanding achievement among the students and instructional staff in eligible academic institutions.
Consulting Center
Our faculty members and graduate research assistants offer their statistical expertise and guidance on topics including large language models (LLMs), experimental design, data visualization, explainable AI (XAI), and more through the consulting center during the fall and spring semesters.
ASA at George Mason
Open to all students, the American Statistical Association (ASA) chapter fosters academic and professional opportunities in the statistical sciences, promotions engagement with statistics across disciplines, and supports career development.
The Statistics Collaboration Core (SCC) is a specialized service that supports research initiatives by providing statistical and data science expertise through formal external partnerships.
"Our mission is to support reproducible research and sound statistical and data science practice. … The SCC is distinguished in its capacity for innovation, as well as methodological research. If there are no existing off-shelf methods, we will be glad to develop one as well."
— Jiayang Sun, chair of the Statistics Department