Bin Yu chosen as speaker for 2023 Wald Lectures

EECS Prof. Bin Yu (Statistics M.A. ’87/Ph.D. ’90) has been chosen by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) to present the 2023 Wald Memorial Lectures.  Considered the highest honor bestowed by the IMS, a single Wald Lecturer is selected annually to deliver a series of one, two, three or four one-hour talks on a single topic of unusual interest over multiple days at the IMS Annual Meeting in Probability and Statistics.  This format allows speakers to break down complex subject matter in a way that makes it more accessible to non-specialists.  The honor is named for Abraham Wald, the mathematician who founded the field of statistical sequential analyses.  Yu, who has a joint appointment in the Department of Statistics, is focused on solving high-dimensional data problems through developments of statistics and machine learning methodologies, algorithms, and theory. Her group is engaged in interdisciplinary research with scientists from genomics, neuroscience, and medicine.