A Focus on Research
Mathematics
Mathematics research interests at Mississippi State University lie in four main categories: 1) Analysis, 2) Algebra, Combinatorics, and Topology, 3) Computational and Applied Mathematics, and 4) Differential Equations. Faculty in each area actively publish papers and work with graduate students pursuing PhDs and Masters degrees. Find out more about each research group by going to their respective pages indicated to the right.
Weekly Seminars
Mathematics Seminar - 01/21/26
Robert Banik and Kimberly W. Walters, Instructor II of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University
Mathematics Seminar Series
Flourishing Through Teaching Flops
Time: -
Location: Allen 411
Statistics
The research interests of the statistics faculty at Mississippi State University include topics in applied and theoretical statistics, as well as applied and theoretical probability and data science. The majority of their work is driven by practical problems across a spectrum of disciplines, including, but not limited to, modeling financial and climatological data, linear and response surface modeling in agriculture and veterinary sciences, and various engineering fields. Their work also addresses important questions arising in data science, such as data integration, data quality, dimension reduction, and more.
Weekly Seminars
Statistics Seminar - 02/03/26
Dr. Zhiling Gu, Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of Public Health, Yale University
Statistics Seminar Series
Building Confidence in AI-Generated Biomedical Images through Advanced Statistical Inference
Time: -
Location: Allen 14
Statistics Seminar - 02/05/26
Dr. Eva Murphy, Teacher Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Statistical Sciences, Wake Forest University
Statistics Seminar Series
Bayesian Spatial Factor Models for Joint Modeling of Multiple Outcomes with Application to the Opioid Epidemic
Time: -
Location: Allen 14
Statistics Seminar - 02/06/26
Dr. Steve MacEachern, Distinguished Arts & Sciences Professor of Statistics at The Ohio State University, Fellow of ASA, ISBA, and IMS
Statistics Seminar Series
TBA
Time: -
Location: Allen 411
Statistics Seminar - 02/10/26
Dr. Jiajun Tang, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, UPenn
Statistics Seminar Series
Network Goodness-of-Fit for the block-model family
Time: -
Location: Allen 14
Statistics Seminar - 02/12/26
Dr. Yu-Chien Bo Ning, Research Associate at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Statistics Seminar Series
Building Trustworthy Bayesian Machine Learning Framework for Data Science
Time: -
Location: Allen 14
Statistics Seminar - 03/24/26
Dr. James Stephen Marron, Amos Hawley Distinguished Professor of Statistics and Operations Research, and Professor of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fellow of IMS and ASA, Elected Member of ISI.
Statistics Seminar Series
TBA
Time: -
Location: TBA
Murray/Ollivier Address - 03/25/26
Dr. James Stephen Marron, Amos Hawley Distinguished Professor of Statistics and Operations Research, and Professor of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fellow of IMS and ASA, Elected Member of ISI.
Murray/Ollivier Address
TBA
Time: -
Location: TBA
Statistics Seminar - 04/24/26
Dr. Mengxin (Maxine) Yu, Assistant Professor of Statistics & Data Science, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Washington University in St. Louis
Statistics Seminar Series
Uncertainty Quantification for Modern Machine Learning Predictions
Time: -
Location: Allen 411
Statistics Seminar - 05/01/26
Dr. Bingxin Zhao, Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science at the Wharton School, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, UPenn
Statistics Seminar Series
TBA
Time: -
Location: TBA
Statistics Seminar - Date TBA
Dr. Lance A. Waller, Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Fellow of ASA and RGS
Statistics Seminar Series
Maps: A Statistical View
Time: -
Location: Allen 411