Department of Statistics and Data Science at SUSTech launches a newly approved undergraduate major in Data Science and Big Data Technology, a monumental achievement to strengthen its academic program

Recently, the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (MOE) announced the application results of new undergraduate majors in universities for 2020. With the ample support from the MOE and the Department of Education of Guangdong Province, the undergraduate major in Data Science and Big Data Technology applied for by the SUSTech Department of Statistics and Data Science in 2020 was approved by the MOE, an indication of a major breakthrough and achievement in the department’s commitment to provide quality education. With the newly approved program and the existing program (major in Statistics), the department now offers two undergraduate programs.

Professor Shao Qiman, SUSTech Chair Professor, was appointed as Co-Editor of the Annals of Applied Probability

Department of Statistics and Data Science holds 2021 Spring Festival series events

The winter break of Spring Festival is usually time of the year for faculty, staff and students to reunite with family and enjoy themselves. However, this year due to the regulations on prevention and control of COVID-19, many of them chose to stay in Shenzhen during the holiday.

Systematic review on mental health, collaborative projects between SUSTech and Oxford University

The Department of Statistics and Data Science successfully held the “2020 Annual Strategic Planning and Development Seminar” and visited Huizhou University

On 13th-15th November 2020, the Department of Statistics and Data Science (the Department of STAT-DS) held the “2020 Annual Strategic Planning and Development Seminar” in Huizhou, and conducted an academic symposium with the Huizhou University (HU). There were more than 30 faculty members from the Department of STAT-DS and the HU attended the symposium.

Global Scientist Interdisciplinary Online Forum·2021

Mentor’s tacit knowledge is essential to mentee’s success, study finds

Einstein believed that mentors are especially influential in their protégé’s intellectual development. However, there still has a lack of systematic study on the significance of mentorship. Researchers from Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Northwestern University have integrated and analyzed new and large-scale mentor-mentee relationship data, scientific publications, and scientific awards data.

The story of “SUSTech and Me” launched by faculty members and students

On June 17, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) launched the first session of “SUSTech and Me.” Faculty members from different academic departments came to share their experience of being with SUSTech. Communications and Public Relations Director Ling ZHANG chaired the meeting.

My Graduation Story – Inspiring students to go further

Department of Statistics and Data Science International Interdisciplinary Sub-forum, 2020

Organized by the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), the fifth Global Scientist Interdisciplinary Forum (The Forum) took place in Shenzhen from January 3 to January 5 in 2020. Over 300 outstanding young scholars from home and abroad attended the forum.