Click here to view an interview with Vijay Nair, the founding father of our department in its modern incarnation and former faculty member.  It has just appeared in Statistical Science, the premier review journal in statistics; it publishes such interviews with distinguished statisticians. 

Liza Levina, Vijay Nair Collegiate Professor and Chair, stated, "I had a great time doing this, and would like to thank my coauthor Naveen Narisetty (Vijay's PhD student, UM PhD 2016), Mouli Banerjee who encouraged us to do this in his role as Editor of Statistical Science, and most of all Vijay himself who was so generous with his time and so much fun to interview. "