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We are the UC Berkeley Department of Statistics, known for award-winning faculty, cutting-edge research and innovations in instruction.

Joined February 2021
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Berkeley Statistics retweeted
Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society@BerkeleyCDSS
Jun 11
Last month, we celebrated the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway nearing completion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony! šŸŽ‰ Watch the recap to catch all the highlights! Video credit: UC Berkeley UDAR @UCBerkeley @berkeleyinspire #AI #DataScience #Computing #Statistics #Innovation
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Current Berkeley Statistics Ph.D students Abdullah Ateyeh and Claire Macnamara Morton have been named 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program award winners. statistics.berkeley.edu/abouā€¦ #BerkeleyStats
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Adjunct ProfessorĀ Michael Mahoney and his team at @BerkeleyLab have developed a "bridge model" that connects conversational AI, such as GPT, to physics-based structural encoders. newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/05/1ā€¦ #BerkeleyStats

New MatterChat Model Helps AI to ā€˜Seeā€™ the Language of Science

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Berkeley Statistics retweeted
Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society@BerkeleyCDSS
May 27
On May 22, CDSS held two commencement ceremonies at the Greek Theatre to recognize more than 2,000 students graduating with bachelor of arts degrees in computer science, data science and statistics. Congratulations, class of 2026! šŸ”— Read more: bit.ly/3PE8AYf
Collage of three photos: Three CDSS students smiling in caps and gowns on stage; two CDSS students smiling in caps and gowns within the crowd of graduates; overhead view of the CDSS commencement ceremony at the Hearst Greek Theatre with numerous attendees.

ALT Collage of three photos: Three CDSS students smiling in caps and gowns on stage; two CDSS students smiling in caps and gowns within the crowd of graduates; overhead view of the CDSS commencement ceremony at the Hearst Greek Theatre with numerous attendees.

Two CDSS students smiling in caps and gowns within the crowd of graduates; Daniel Wang dressed in a graduation stole with Oski the Bear; Jennifer Chayes and Michael I. Jordan on stage and smiling at the CDSS commencement with a crowd of graduating students visible in the background; Sejal Sarda dressed in cap and gown.

ALT Two CDSS students smiling in caps and gowns within the crowd of graduates; Daniel Wang dressed in a graduation stole with Oski the Bear; Jennifer Chayes and Michael I. Jordan on stage and smiling at the CDSS commencement with a crowd of graduating students visible in the background; Sejal Sarda dressed in cap and gown.
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Yesterday, we celebrated the remarkableĀ class of 2026! We gathered at Hertz Hall on the UC Berkeley campus for commencement ceremonies, which featured a keynote address byĀ renowned statistician and computational biologist Michael Waterman. #BerkeleyStats #CalGrad
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Get to know the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, our new home! #BerkeleyStats
Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society@BerkeleyCDSS
May 13
The Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, the new home of CDSS, is nearing completion! This space will foster AI-driven discovery, interdisciplinary collaboration & provide student support as we work to find solutions to the worldā€™s most pressing challenges. bit.ly/4uJCKbs
Dean Jennifer Chayes leans against the staircase railing inside the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, home of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society.

ALT Dean Jennifer Chayes leans against the staircase railing inside the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, home of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society.

Lower level of the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, home of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, featuring a modern oval staircase.

ALT Lower level of the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, home of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, featuring a modern oval staircase.

Curved glass exterior and south courtyard of the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, home of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, featuring a shade canopy, landscaped trees and tiered lawn area.

ALT Curved glass exterior and south courtyard of the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, home of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, featuring a shade canopy, landscaped trees and tiered lawn area.

View from the rooftop terrace of the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, home of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, featuring a large glass skylight.

ALT View from the rooftop terrace of the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, home of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, featuring a large glass skylight.
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Chancellorā€™s Distinguished Professor @bbiinnyyuu recently joinedĀ The Genetics Podcast, where she discussed herĀ work with the Ashley group at Stanford. #BerkeleyStats
Sano Genetics
@sanogenetics
May 7
šŸŽ™ļøTune in to Episode 238 of #TheGeneticsPodcast šŸš€ This week, weā€™re joined by Dr. Bin Yu, Chancellor's Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley. Listen in to hear why linear models may not tell the whole story in genetics, how a stability-driven random forest approach revealed novel epistatic interactions in cardiomyopathy, and why predictability, computability, and stability should guide how we do data science in biology. Available herešŸ‘‡ šŸŽ§ eu1.hubs.ly/H0v6mK00 šŸ“½ļø eu1.hubs.ly/H0v6n3t0 #Biostatistics #Genetics #MachineLearning
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Professor of the Graduate School Peter Bartlett is one of six Berkeley faculty members recently inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2026! #BerkeleyStats
National Academy of Sciences@theNASciences
Apr 28
We are thrilled to announce the election of 120 members and 25 international members to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continued achievements in original research. Congratulations to our new #NASmembers and welcome to the Academy! šŸŽŠ
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Assistant Professors Liberty Hamilton and Alex Huth were recently interviewed by the Berkeley College of Letters and Science. ls.berkeley.edu/news/frontliā€¦ #BerkeleyStats
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Professor Yun S. Song (@yun_s_song) and alum Jingyi Jessica Li (@jsb_ucla), PhD. ā€˜13 have been named as 2026 fellows at the International Society for Computational Biology. #BerkeleyStats
ISCB News
@iscb
Apr 21
šŸŒŸ ISCB proudly congratulates the 2026 Class of Fellows! šŸŒŸ This prestigious recognition celebrates a career of significant impact and dedication to the #computationalbiology community.Ā  āž”ļøRead more about this yearā€™s Fellows and their contributions here: tinyurl.com/mtuf6m5b
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Berkeley Statistics retweeted
Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society@BerkeleyCDSS
Apr 22
Michael Jordan, the Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor Emeritus in @UCBStatistics and @Berkeley_EECS, will speak at the CDSS undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22. šŸ”— bit.ly/3OwVL1lbit.ly/3OwVL1l
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Huge congrats to #BerkeleyStats Professor @ras_nielsen for being among the 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows.
UC Berkeley
@UCBerkeley
Apr 17
Two historians, a biologist and a bioengineer from UC Berkeley have won illustrious Guggenheim Fellowships and will pursue independent work under ā€œthe freest possible conditions.ā€ news.berkeley.edu/2026/04/17ā€¦
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Distinguished Professor @bbiinnyyuu and Associate Teaching Professor Andrew Bray were part of a panel discussion on teaching data science using the Veridical Data Science (VDS) framework. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.ā€¦ #BerkeleyStats

Teaching Veridical Data Science: A Panel Interview with Matteo Bonvini, Andrew Bray, Ruobin Gong...

Published in Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education (Vol. 34, No. 2, 2026)

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Berkeley Statistics retweeted
World Laureates Summit
@WLA_summit
Apr 17
At the 2026 #WLS #AI Science Forum, Professor Michael I. Jordan revealed a fundamental flaw in foundation models: they are masters of the past but unreliable at the boundaries of discovery. Using AlphaFold's failure to predict protein quantum fluctuations as a case study, Jordan demonstrated how AI can produce "convincingly narrow" but factually incorrect confidence intervals. To solve this, he introduces Prediction-Powered Inference (PPI), a new statistical framework designed to ground AI predictions in empirical truth, ensuring that the next generation of automated science remains "honest". Watch the full keynote: youtube.com/watch?v=d0y-VS94ā€¦ #WLS26 #MachineLearning #Science #BasicScience #Mƶbius #Dubai #UAE @Berkeley_EECS @UCBStatistics
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Congrats to Associate Professor Fernando PĆ©rez and Affiliated Assistant Professor Ahmed Alaa! #BerkeleyStats
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Apr 15
Congrats to the Edge Medicine initiative team ā€“ Ida Sim, Ahmed Alaa, Irene Chen, Fernando Perez, & Maya Petersen ā€“ on receiving a @LaudeInstitute Moonshots seed grant! šŸ”— bit.ly/48R0Gkq @UCBStatistics @UCJointCPH @UCBerkeley @UCSF #AI #HealthCare
Edge Medicine team (left to right): Ahmed Alaa, Irene Chen, Fernando PĆ©rez, Maya Petersen, and Ida Sim. Text reads: ā€œEdge Medicine initiative awarded Laude Moonshots seed grant.ā€

ALT Edge Medicine team (left to right): Ahmed Alaa, Irene Chen, Fernando PĆ©rez, Maya Petersen, and Ida Sim. Text reads: ā€œEdge Medicine initiative awarded Laude Moonshots seed grant.ā€
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We're thrilled to announce that we are theĀ #1Ā public Statistics program according to U.S. News & World Report, and #2 overall! #BerkeleyStats
Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society@BerkeleyCDSS
Apr 7
.@UCBerkeley graduate programs in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, and statistics get high rankings by @usnews. Go Bears! šŸ» šŸ”— Read more: bit.ly/41W4j4F
Group of smiling students in UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society t-shirts under a dark blue layer with the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society logo at the bottom. Text reads: "Graduate Program Rankings. #1 computer engineering; #1 electrical engineering; #2 statistics; #4 computer science. 2026 U.S. News and World Report."

ALT Group of smiling students in UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society t-shirts under a dark blue layer with the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society logo at the bottom. Text reads: "Graduate Program Rankings. #1 computer engineering; #1 electrical engineering; #2 statistics; #4 computer science. 2026 U.S. News and World Report."
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New @UCBStatistics Research Digest In keeping with the Berkeley tradition, dating back to Neyman and our other founders, we continue to hold a very broad appreciation for what research looks like in statistics -- from applied, to methodological. mailchi.mp/c06a2d03db55/berkā€¦
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Assistant Professor Alex Huth was recently quoted in a Nature article about a non-invasive AI that translates brain activity into descriptive text, accurately detailing what a person is seeing or imagining. #BerkeleyStats nature.com/articles/d41586-0ā€¦

ā€˜Mind-captioningā€™ AI decodes brain activity to turn thoughts into text

Nature - A non-invasive imaging technique can translate scenes in your head into sentences. It could help to reveal how the brain interprets the world.

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In case you missed it, Big Give is up and running and so far your commitment is shining through. Remember, you have until 9 pm pacific time to give! givingday.berkeley.edu/givinā€¦ #BerkeleyStats #CalBigGive

Big Give 2026

BIG THANKS! We raised $13,097,265 from 19,278 donors!

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Big GiveĀ 2026 is live! Members of the Berkeley Statistics Alumni Advisory Board will match, dollar for dollar, every gift made to the Department of Statistics up to $20,000. #BerkeleyStats #CalBigGive givingday.berkeley.edu/givinā€¦
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