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Statistics & Actuarial Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 162370
Orlando, FL 32816-2370
Phone: 407-823-2289
Fax: 407-823-3930
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Announcements

Accomplishments

Faculty, April 2008:
The National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) selected the University of Central Florida, and four other institutions nationwide, to participate in the second round of the Colleagues Committed to Redesign (C2R) program as part of the mathematics, statistics and computer science cluster. The redesign program which is part of a Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant, focuses on redesigning existing courses to immprove student learning outcomes and reduce instructional costs. The team members are Piotr MIkusinski, Chief Academic Officer, Tammy Muhs and Maria Capursi , Lead Faculty Members, and Walter (JP) Peters, Chief Techonology Officer.

Graduate, March 2007:
The Statistics Department would like to congratulate Tony Vaiciulis on winning the SAS poster contest. He presented his poster at the Data Mining M2006 Conference on October 23-24 in Las Vegas, NV.

Faculty, May 2005:
Susan Schott has been recommended as a 2005 CAS Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) award recipient. The TIP program rewards faculty for teaching productivity and excellence. Selection criteria include teaching quality and effectiveness, commitment to instruction, innovation, creativity, and productivity based on a portfolio of assignments and evaluations collected over the previous 4 academic years.

2008 Colloquium Speakers
Mack Shelley - Iowa State University
Morris Eaton - University of Minnesota
Jon Stene - Denmark<

Recent News Articles

Monday, February 25, 2008
Mathematics Awareness Month 2008
In a presidential election year, voting is uppermost on our minds. Candidates vie for attention, polls are taken, debates held, blogs written, prima...

Friday, May 25, 2007
UCF Professors Available to Discuss Hurricanes and Their Impacts
Several University of Central Florida professors are available to talk with news reporters about topics related to hurricanes. The group includes a ...

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
US hurricane forecasters urge safety on oil stockpiles
ORLANDO -- Forecasters urged the oil industry this summer to stockpile supplies away from the U.S. Gulf Coast, which they predict will be hit by hur...