Committees

Administration

Here are found the committees for both the Department and Graduate Program in Statistics.

• Department of Statistics Committees (2025-26)
• Graduate Program in Statistics Committees (2025-26)

Committees of the Department of Statistics, 2025-26

Department Chair: Jiming Jiang

Vice-Chair for Undergraduate Affairs: Ethan Anderes 

Vice-Chair for Graduate Affairs: Jie Peng

Director of Data Science Major: Alexander Aue

Faculty Teaching Evaluations Committee

• Ethan Anderes (chair)
• Fushing Hsieh
• Staff Liaison: Kim McMullen & Jeff Katz

Infrastructure Committee: Computing, Information, Library

• Alexander Aue (Chair)
• Xiucai Ding
• Thomas Lee
• Staff Liaison: Nehad Ismail

Undergraduate Matters: Advising, Curriculum, Awards

• Ethan Anderes (Vice Chair Undergraduate Affairs)
• Fushing Hsieh
• Qijia Jiang
• Bala Rajaratnam
• Staff Liaison: Kim McMullen & Jeff Katz

TA Committee: Assignments, Mentoring, Supervision

• Jie Peng (Chair & TA Supervisor)
• Ethan Anderes
• Chris Drake
• Staff Liaison: Andi Carr

Faculty Awards and Nominations Committee

• Jiming Jiang (Chair)
• Prabir Burman
• Hans-Georg Müller

Faculty Search Committee

• Xiucai Ding (Co-Chair)
• Wolfgang Polonik (Co-Chair)
• Can Le
• Miles Lopes
• Xiao Hui Tai
• Danielle Harvey (external member)

Personnel Action Committee

• TBD
• Staff Liaison: Pete Scully

Visiting Assistant Professor and Lecturer Committee

• Bala Rajaratnam (Chair)
• Fushing Hsieh
• Miles Lopes
• Staff Liaison: Pete Scully

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

• Wolfgang Polonik (Chair)
• Prabir Burman
• Jairo Fúquene Patiño
• Xiao Hui Tai
• Jie Peng
• Maxime Pouokam
• JoAnna Whitener
• Staff Liaisons: Amy McFarland (graduate program), Jeff Katz, Viviana Gonzalez (undergraduate program)
• Liaison with L&S DEI Committee: Olga Rodriguez

Laboratory for High-Dimensional Data Analysis Visitor Program

• Wolfgang Polonik (chair)
• Hans-Georg Müller
• Duncan Temple Lang
• Staff Liaison: Pete Scully

Publicity and Event Planning: Newsletter, fundraising

• Xiucai Ding (Chair)
• Shizhe Chen
• Chris Drake
• Jiming Jiang
• Mina Karzand
• Staff Liaisons: Pete Scully & Andi Carr

Statistical Laboratory

• Prabir Burman (Director)
• Andrew Blandino (Senior Statistician)
• Staff Liaisons: Daniel Chang & Olga Rodriguez 

Chair's Advisory Committee

• Hans-Georg Müller (Chair)
• Alexander Aue
• Wolfgang Polonik

Representatives to Academic Senate Assembly

• Alexander Aue (representative) to August 31, 2027
• Ethan Anderes (alternate) to August 31, 2027
• Xiucai Ding (alternate) to August 31, 2027

Representatives to College Assembly L&S

• NN (representative) to June 30, 2027
• NN (representative) to June 30, 2027
• NN (representative) to June 30, 2027
• NN (alternate) to June 30, 2027

Graduate Program in Statistics Committees, 2025-26 

Program Chair: Jiming Jiang 

Vice-Chair for Graduate Affairs: Jie Peng

GPS Executive Committee

Admissions Committee 

• Wolfgang Polonik (Admissions Chair) - to June 30, 2026
• PhD Admissions:
  • Wolfgang Polonik (Chair)
  • Prabir Burman
  • Xiucai Ding
  • Shizhe Chen
  • Can Le
  • Dogyoon Song
  • Staff Liaison: Andi Carr
• MS Admissions
  • Jie Peng (Chair)
  • Chris Drake
  • Ricardo Masini
  • Xiaodong Li
  • Duncan Temple Lang
  • Jairo Fuquene Patino
  • Staff Liaison: Amy McFarland

Graduate Advising Committee

effective 9/1/25

• PhD Advising, including Awards
  • Jie Peng  (Chair & Primary PhD Adviser) - to August 31, 2026
  • Mina Karzand - to August 31, 2026
  • Xiaodong Li - to August 31, 2026
  • Hans-Georg Müller - to August 31, 2026
  • Staff Liaison: Andi Carr
• MS Advising:
  • Miles Lopes (MS Adviser) - to August 31, 2026
  • Alexander Aue - to August 31, 2026
  • Chris Drake - to August 31, 2026
  • Ricardo Masini - to August 31, 2026
  • Staff Liaison: Amy McFarland

Membership Committee

Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee

• Prabir Burman (Chair)
• Hao Chen
• Chris Drake
• Bala Rajaratnam
• Student Representative: TBD
• Staff Liaison: Andi Carr

Student GSA Representatives

• TBD

Examinations Committees

Written M.S. Comprehensive Exam Committee (March 2026): 

• Jie Peng (206 section), Exam Chair
• Can Le (200B section)
• Miles Lopes (200A section)
• Shizhe Chen (207 section)
• Staff Liaison: Amy McFarland

Written Ph.D. Pre-Qualifying Exam Committees (March 2026):

• Ethan Anderes (231A section), Exam Chair
• Wolfgang Polonik (231B section)
• Xiaodong Li (232A section)
• Jiming Jiang (232B section)
• Staff Liaison: Andi Carr

Committees effective 9/1/2025