Research in Probability and Statistics
Almost all natural phenomena in the technological, biological, physical and social sciences have random components. Applied probability is the application of probabilistic methods to understand the random elements in real-life problems. Statistics is the science of using data, which typically arises from the randomness inherent in nature, to gain new knowledge. Research areas of the applied math and affiliated faculty exhibit this interplay between mathematics and real-life problems. Areas of current interest include optimization of stochastic networks; the study of stochastic processes and stochastic differential equations in hydrology and telecommunications; probabilistic models, and statistical tests based on these models, in genetics and RNA sequencing; extreme value theory in estimation of maximal wind speeds. Appropriate coursework includes analysis, probability and statistics, as well as background courses in one of the sciences or engineering fields in which one intends to do research.
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