The 2022 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) Statistics and Data Science Academic Symposium had been successfully held by SUSTech International Center for Mathematics and SUSTech Department of Statistics and Data Science from 21st to 22nd May at College of Science conference hall. The symposium attracted renowned experts and scholars from Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, University of Science and Technology of China, Renmin University of China, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Chinese University of Hong Kong, to meet online and in person, updating their scientific research in the field of statistics and data science.

Percolation is one of the important research directions of statistical physics. Over the past 20 years, scientists have continuously used percolation models to study propagation problems in complex networked systems. Almost all percolation theories focus on modeling influence mechanisms between direct neighbors to the best of our knowledge. However, growing evidence in social and ecological systems suggests that indirect influence is pervasive in the dynamical behaviors of the system.

From December 4 to 5, the 2021 Shenzhen International Conference on Frontiers of Statistics and Data Science was held at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). The event was organized by the Department of Statistics and Data Science (STAT-DS) and co-organized by the SUSTech International Center for Mathematics.

On 5 September 2021, Department of Statistics and Data Science held a welcome and orientation session for newly admitted undergraduate students, including 46 students from two programs: Statistics and Data Science and Big Data Technology. The event was hosted by department vice chair prof. TIAN Guoliang.

On 21 and 22 August 2021, the inaugural Shenzhen International Conference on Biostatistics, jointly hosted by Department of Statistics and Data Science (Stat-DS), SUSTech and Center for Biostatistics, College of Science, SUSTech, was held at convention center in SUSTech. The conference gathered 16 leading researchers from prestigious universities around the world in the field of Biostatistics, to present and discuss their latest research and the hot topics in related fields.