Statistical Science

Jacob Smith: Black Candidates Can Win in Swing Districts

December 17, 2020

Jacob Smith: Black Candidates Can Win in Swing Districts

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Jacob Smith: Here's the Problem Biden Faces if He Picks Current Lawmakers for His Cabinet

December 2, 2020

Jacob Smith: Here's the Problem Biden Faces if He Picks Current Lawmakers for His Cabinet

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(L-R) Banks, Brinson, Calakos, Farahany, Lisberger, Permar.

November 24, 2020

Six from Duke Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Eric Laber

September 30, 2020

Eric Laber: From Awe-Inspiring Magic to Problem-Solving Statistics

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Ashley Lunn makes strawberry crumb bars with fresh-picked strawberries. Photo courtesy of Ashley Lunn.

May 26, 2020

Employees Share What They’re Cooking During the Pandemic

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May 22, 2020

Clyde, Reiter Named Institute of Mathematical Statistics Fellows

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May 14, 2020

Duke Celebrates 70 Years of Discovery and Research at the National Science Foundation

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People working at computers.

April 28, 2020

3 Quick Ways to Get Better at Building Online Surveys

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Joan Combs Durso portrait

March 30, 2020

Dedicated Devils: Guiding Faculty Through Online Teaching Transition

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A Duke team trained a computer to identify up to 200 species of birds from just a photo. Given a photo of a mystery bird (top), the A.I. spits out heat maps showing which parts of the image are most similar to typical species features it has seen before.

October 31, 2019

This A.I. Birdwatcher Lets You ‘See’ Through the Eyes of a Machine

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David Dunson's research will not just assist mapping of biodiversity around the world but will develop new methodologies to use Big Data.

October 11, 2019

Statistician Receives European Research Council Grant to Aid in Mapping Biodiversity Around the Globe

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Justin Wright, associate professor of biology at Duke, works on a study which is a collaboration with researchers from Syracuse University. Photo courtesy of Justin Wright.

March 20, 2019

Deeper than Basketball: Atlantic Coast Collaborations

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A new art contest at Duke isn’t limited to human artists -- the contestants in the 'AI for Art' competition also collaborated with machines. Meet the artists and see their work, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, Rubenstein Arts Center

March 18, 2019

These Works of Art Were Created by Artificial Intelligence

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Tf-idf word cloud for all magazines

February 22, 2019

Behind the Stereotypes of Magazine Covers, a Study Finds Surprises

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Students used A.I. to make these blurry images sharp. Before and after images show a low-resolution source image (left) and what the Duke Data Science Team was able to create from it (right).

December 5, 2018

Duke Team Attempts a Real-Life Version of CSI 'Zoom and Enhance'

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November 6, 2018

More Than Just An Online Survey Tool

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