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There has never been a better time to be a statistician.
Texas A&M Statistics is hoping to capitalize on this current trend and our decades of success as a department by embarking on a unique effort to benefit our former, current, and future students. But to do so, we’ll need your help.
We’ve started the Statistics Former Student Network to leverage the rich and varied experiences, expertise, and skill sets of our former students to help enrich and extend the educational experiences for our present and prospective graduate and undergraduate students.
Because we believe the short- and long-term success of such a powerful group begins and ends with its potential members, we value your input, ideas, and advice. If you have interest in serving on the board, have suggestions for talks or webinars, wish to assist with mentoring students, or have any other ideas for SFSN, please contact us!
One of Texas A&M University’s best assets is its people — successful former students, colleagues, and friends with a wealth of institutional, industry, and inspirational knowledge to offer. We encourage you to consider giving back by paying it forward. Advantage, Aggies!
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A network of possibility, created by Texas A&M statisticians for Texas A&M statisticians!
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NEXT PRESENTATION
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Yehua Li, Professor & Chair of Statistics
Department of Statistics
University of California at Riverside
Functional Principal Component Analysis of Spatially and Temporally Indexed Point Processes
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Registration is required. Please REGISTER HERE to attend this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom meeting.
If you are interested in giving an SFSN presentation, please contact Elaine James (elaine@stat.tamu.edu) to be put in contact with SFSN President, Marcy Johnson.
PAST WEBINARS
September 21, 2023
Hua Liang, Professor of Biostatistics, George Washington University
“Semiparametric Models: Several Examples”
(Click title to View the Recorded Presentation)
Announcement and Bio
April 11, 2023
Tatiyana V. Apanasovich, Associate Professor of Statistics, George Washington University
“New Classes of Multivariate Covariance Functions“
(Click to View the Recorded Presentation)
Announcement and Bio
March 20, 2023
Scott H. Holan, Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri/U.S. Census Bureau
“Computationally Efficient Bayesian Unit-Level Models for Non-Gaussian Data Under Informative Sampling with Application to Estimation of Health Insurance Coverage”
(Click to View the Recorded Presentation)
Announcement and Bio
February 22, 2023
Eileen C. King, Research Professor, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
“Changing the World with Statistics“
(Click to View the Recorded Presentation)
Announcement and Bio
December 5, 2022
Yongtao Guan, Presidential Chair Professor, Department of Management Science, School of Business Administration, University of Miami
“Group Network Hawkes Process”
(Recorded Presentation)
Announcement and Bio
November 17, 2022
Cheng Cheng, Biostatistics Department, Comprehensive Cancer Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
“Nonparametric Failure Time Analysis: Thinking Out of the “Cox-Regression Box” in Genomic Applications“
(Recorded Presentation)
Announcement and Bio
October 25, 2022
Bo Li, Professor and Chair, Department of Statistics, Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
“Statistics Methods for Climate Change and Sustainability” (Recorded Presentation)
Announcement and Bio
May 9, 2022
Jinfei Sheng, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of California, Irvine, Merage School of Business
“Technology and Cryptocurrency Valuation: Evidence from Machine Learning” (Recorded Presentation)
Announcement and Bio
April 11, 2022
Todd Ogden, Professor of Biostatistics (in Psychiatry), Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
“Analysis of Shape Data with Applications to Mitochondria” (Recorded Presentation)
Announcement and Bio
February 22, 2022
Katherine B. Ensor, Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics, Rice University and President, American Statistical Association
“Community Analytics and the Value of University/City Partnerships” (Recorded Presentation)
Announcement and Bio
SFSN Presentations from Previous Years
2020-2021
2018-2019
CONNECT WITH YOUR PEERS
SFSN Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn groups are coming soon! Also, stay tuned for links to an online forum for SFSN members, currently in development.
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS
Please feel free to contact the board if you have questions about SFSN, or if we can assist you in any way.
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Dr. Ersen Arseven
PhD Statistics ’74 Statistical and Process Consultant Nyack, NY |
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Marcy Johnson
MS Statistics ’88 Director, Quantitative Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX |
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Dr. Shane Reese
Ph.D Statistics ’99 Dean, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Brigham Young University Provo, UT |
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Scott Fincher
MS Statistics ’17 Data Scientist, KNIME Austin, TX |
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Dr. Brani Vidakovic
PhD Statistics (Purdue University) 1992 Head, Statistics Department, Texas A&M University College Station, TX |