CALL FOR PAPERS: 18th Student-Faculty Conference on Statistical Sciences
The UPLB Institute of Statistics, in collaboration with the UP School of Statistics and the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute, invites you to the 18th Student-Faculty Conference on Statistical Sciences to be held at UP Los Baños on 16 October 2017.
This year’s conference theme “Statistics for Propelling AmBisyon Natin 2040” will particularly highlight how statistics can be employed to propel AmBisyon Natin 2040 and how statisticians of different walks of life can support it.
This is open to all students and faculty members nationwide who want to share their researches involving statistical methods.
INSTAT 2017 Testimonial Program for Graduating Students
[Left picture] Daniel Joseph Pisano leads this year’s graduates having graduated magna cum laude and gaining the second highest GWA among College of Arts and Sciences graduates. Posing with Daniel are guest speaker Karl Kelvin Cruz, Daniel’s parents and INSTAT Director Consorcia Reaño. [Right picture] Dr. Mariano De Ramos together with CAS Dean Felino Lansigan and INSTAT Director Consorcia Reaño unveil the Dr. Mariano B. De Ramos Statistical Excellence Award display wall. Adriel Brent Aparri is the first to receive the award
The Institute of Statistics held its testimonial program for the Class 2017 graduates on 23 June 2017 at the INSTAT Lecture Hall. Leading this year’s graduates is magna cum laude, Daniel Joseph Pisano who received the Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence for having the second highest GWA of 1.2651 among the graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences and the DOST Medal of Merit for Academic Excellence for his outstanding performance as a DOST RA 7587 scholar.
INSTAT: 19 significant years
The Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) marked its 19th year in the college. Tracing its roots to IMSP as the Department of Statistics and Statistical Laboratory (DSSL), INSTAT was officially created by the Board of Regents on February 26, 1998. Since then, INSTAT has produced skilled and competent statisticians serving inside and outside of the country.
The anniversary celebration of INSTAT with theme “Analytics: Gearing towards Data-Driven Decisions” kicked off with a symposium held at INSTAT Lecture Hall last February 24. The symposium showcased the outstanding papers of the two teams of BS Statistics students in the recently concluded SAS Analytics Champion 2017.
INSTAT bags 2nd SAS® Academics Analytics Conference Championship
THE CHAMPIONS! Winning team, Caritos, Roda and Secreto, smile proudly with their medals
It’s a back-to-back win for the Institute of Statistics last February 9 as SAS® Philippines held its 2nd Academic Analytics Conference at the One Esplanade Place, Roxas Boulevard. This conference gathers SAS users and programmers from different universities, government institutions, and private companies across the country to share their knowledge and expertise on analytics leveraging on big data. Attendees were welcomed by SAS Technical Sales Manager Ms. Ivy M. Fernandez, a former faculty of INSTAT.
