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  1. Prof. Schuckers part of virtual panel on leading a Math Department in the 21st Century

    Charles A Dana Professor of Statistics and Data Science Michael Schuckers who is currently serving as the Chair of the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics (MCSS) at St. Lawrence...

  2. Schuckers speaks on panel on Outreach in Sports Analytics at NESSIS 2023

    Charles A. Dana Professor of Statistics and Data Science Michael Schuckers was part of a panel on “Successful Outreach in Sports Analytics” at the 2023 New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports...

  3. The Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics Department Holds Annual Dinner

    The Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics (MCSS) Department held their Annual Dinner. This year the event brought together over 70 students, faculty and staff who gathered to socialize. Faculty shared information about a wide range of topics including internships, summer fellowships, departmental resources, the MCSS LinkedIn group, graduate schools, senior projects, honor societies and local conferences for undergraduates.

  4. Gabe and Eliza at JMM 2024

    Eliza Brown '24 and Assistant Professor of Math, Computer Science, and the Statistics Department Gabriel Dorfsman-Hopkins Present Art at the Joint Mathematics Meetings.

    Eliza Brown '24 and Assistant Professor of Math, Computer Science, and the Statistics Department Gabriel Dorfsman-Hopkins recently returned from San Francisco, where they presented two art pieces at the JMM Art Exhibition. The pieces, Bohemian Algebraic Starscapes No. 4 and No. 7, stem from Eliza’s summer research fellowship, which involved computing and visualizing the eigenvalues of families of integer matrices, and were made using linear algebra, number theory, and high-performance computing.

  5. SLU Alum is a finalist in Big Data Bowl Competition

    Shane Hauck ’23 is finalist in the National Football League ’s (NFL’s) 2024 data analysis competition, the Big Data Bowl. This year’s competition focused on tackling. Hauck and his team wrote an analysis of NFL tackling entitled “No Edge, No Chance: The Impact of Setting the Edge on Zone Run Plays.” The annual Big Data Bowl is a data analysis competition meant to generate innovative statistical methods in football. “Contestants in each year’s Big Data Bowl compete for prizes ranging from game tickets to cash, including a $100,000 prize for the competition.” Hauck and team are finalists in the Coaching track. They are one of five teams of finalists that will present their work to judges and NFL teams at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, IN on February 28th.

  6. 2024 Spring Mu Sigma Rho new members

    New Members are inducted into Mu Sigma Rho Statistics Honorary Society

    On February 2, 2024 four new student members were inducted into the Mu Sigma Rho Statistics Honorary Society.

  7. SLU Faculty presented at Joint Statistical Meetings

    Several St. Lawrence University (SLU) faculty presented at the 2023 Joint Statistical Meeting in Toronto. The Joint Statistical Meeting is the largest gathering of statisticians in North America. Three SLU faculty gave presentations.

  8. Schuckers gives talk on assessing equity and fairness in biometrics at BIOSIG 2023

    The talk entitled “Statistical Methods for Testing Equity of False Non Match Rates across Multiple Demographic Groups” discussed statistical methods for comparing whether or not differences between demographic groups, e.g. ethnic groups or age groups in their ability to access a biometrically based device were statistically discernible.

  9. Patti Frazer Lock Gives Three Presentations at National Mathematics Meetings.

    Patti Frazer Lock recently returned from giving three presentations at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco.

  10. A child with brown hair in a ponytail looks into a telescope while a professor in a white t-shirt and a bucket hat looks on.

    St. Lawrence Sets Its Sights Even Higher for 2024

    The New Year is already full of promise for St. Lawrence.