News and Achievements

Mathematical modeling, analysis and simulation is the core in applied mathematics. Ordinary and partial differential equations provide essential tools for understanding how populations grow, cells interact, and drugs move through tissue over time. Professor Hong-Ming Yin at Washington State University’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics is an internationally well-known expert in this field. He uses […]

We are proud to announce that the Washington State Statistics Poster Competition (K-12) is now accepting submissions! Students, educators, and families can learn about the competition and make submissions on the Department of Mathematics and Statistics Poster Competition webpage. Since 2012, Dr. Dean Johnson, Director of the WSU Center for Interdisciplinary Statistical Education and Research, […]

The department is proud to announce that the 10th Cascade RAIN Meeting was hosted at the WSU Vancouver campus on October 17th. This meeting is a gathering of researchers to discuss ongoing research in computational and applied mathematics in the northwest region. We are grateful for the support of the SIAM PNW Section in helping […]

Sergey Lapin, professor of Mathematics and Statistics and director of WSU’s Data Analytics Program, recently received a letter of appreciation from Washington State Community Connectors (WSCC) for his leadership and commitment to their ongoing partnership with WSU. With Sergey’s support, the partnership has connected WSU students with opportunities to apply data analytics to real-world challenges […]

We are proud to celebrate our faculty and the Associate Director of the WSU Data Analytics Program Xiongzhi Chen who recently published a paper in Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (Vol 78, 2026). Link to Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (Vol 78, 2026) The paper is titled “Uniformly consistent proportion estimation […]

We are proud to announce that the WSU School of Biological Sciences is hosting a collaborative seminar with the department about using machine learning and AI to address real world biological questions. The seminar will be held in Todd Hall 420 on the WSU Pullman campus from 3:10-4pm PST with coffee and refreshments in Abelson […]

We are excited to welcome Dr. Raf Vandebril who will be giving a colloquium on October 15th, 2026 in the Smith Undergraduate Education Center 318 (CUE 318). His colloquium is “Exciting Eigenvector — Couple Pendulum — Swinging Balls” and the title, Zoom details, abstract, and speaker bio can be found below. Please join us in […]

We are excited to share that Dr. Dean Johnson’s session at JSM 2026, “The Most Essential Statistical and Non-statistical Skills in 2026: How to Effectively Use LLMs in Statistical Collaboration Settings,” received the Statistical Consulting Section Best Topic Contributed Session Award. The session brought together a stellar group of statistical consultants to discuss how AI […]

Since 2012, Dr. Dean Johnson has organized a statistics poster competition designed to promote statistical literacy and data-centered problem solving among K–12 students. Originally developed for elementary school students in Pullman, Washington, the competition was expanded statewide in 2024 to include K–12 students throughout Washington State. The program engages students in data collection, statistical analysis, […]

We are pleased to congratulate Sergey Lapin and his co-authors on the publication of their chapter, “Perceptions and Practices of Tourism Professionals in Transitional Economies Across Data Quality, Access, and Innovation.” This work has been published in the Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics book series and was presented as part of the International Conference of […]

Congratulations to our faculty, Hong-Ming Yin, on his recent publication, “On a Reaction-Diffusion System Describing Cell Interaction with a Medical Drug,” published in Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis (Volume 25). This research examines the complex interactions among chemotherapeutic drugs, tumor cells, normal cells, and immune cells through a nonlinear reaction-diffusion model. The study establishes […]

We are pleased to congratulate Sergey Lapin and his co-authors on the publication of their chapter, “Perceptions and Practices of Tourism Professionals in Transitional Economies Across Data Quality, Access, and Innovation.” This work has been published in the Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics book series and was presented as part of the International Conference […]

Congratulations to our faculty Saranah Selmi who was chosen as one of the Provost’s Featured Faculty! As part of this recognition, she will be honored at the November 14th football game against the Colorado State Rams. Please join us in congratulating Saranah! Provost’s Featured Faculty are faculty members nominated by their respective dean or chancellor […]

The eleven students from Cusick are participants in a collaborative tutoring program between the WSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Camas Learning Center (CLC), an in-school and after-school program managed by the Kalispel Tribe. They were invited to the IBS conference by Regents Professor Jan Dasgupta, department chairperson and the current president of the IBS western North American region. Dasgupta saw an opportunity to share the Pullman academic experience with both leading researchers and the students tutored by her undergraduate students.

As part of the partnership, AGH has established 10 Erasmus+ fellowships — five for students and five for faculty members — to WSU faculty and students. Iannelli, along with Sergey Lapin, professor of mathematics and statistics at WSU Everett and director of WSU’s data analytics program, received support to visit AGH during the first week of June. While there, the WSU professors further explored research collaboration ideas, namely in the fields of applied mathematics education and computational space flight dynamics.

The Department of Mathematics & Statistics Scholarship Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday, April 17th from 3:30pm to 5:00pm in Todd Hall 230. Please come support and congratulate this year’s scholarship recipients! It isn’t required to stay for the whole ceremony if you only have time to stop by. There will be refreshments such […]

Xueying “Snow” Wang is using computational modeling to decipher how viral infections spread across multiple scales, from processes inside individual cells to outbreaks across populations.

Mathematicians and statisticians from around the world descended onto Pullman to attend the regional conference of the International Biometric Society (IBS) in early June. Kalispel students were invited to join them.

Seventy-three students at the Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) 2026 were the recipients of 65 awards totaling $14,000.

Six competitors vied to represent the College of Arts and Sciences in the 3 Minute Thesis qualifier round on March 5th in Goertzen Hall.

As demand for data skills surges, WSU is rolling out new training certifications that let learners upskill quickly without closing the door on a full degree.

Sergey Lapin, professor, career-track, in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Washington State University Everett, has been appointed to serve as director of the data analytics program.

Sergey Lapin, professor of mathematics and statistics, and director of the data analytics program, is a participant in the grant that will allow Washington State University to train U.S. and Swedish students in cybersecurity research applied to artificial intelligence, or AI. 

Washington State University researchers have received a three-year National Science Foundation grant that will train U.S. and Swedish students in cybersecurity research for artificial intelligence (AI) applications.