Tags: Alumni

tHANK YOU EVERYONE WHO JOINED THE STAT 2024 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY On May 8th, the Department of Statistics hosted their annual Commencement Ceremony to honor the outgoing Statistics Students. Thanks to all of you who could join and celebrate with us!  Congratulations to our 2024 STATISTICS GRADUATING Undergrad STUDENTS Best Statistics Student Awards • Anne E. Edwards • Courtney Paige Taylor Best Data Science Student Awards •Pragya Bhayana…

In the Spirit of Giving: David Lifsey Amplifies Fellowship Fund with $50,000 Contribution  On Thursday, December 7, 2023, at 3:15 pm, Mr. David Lifsey presented the "Lifsey Graduate Fellowship in Statistics and Data Science" award to Mr. Ryan C. Smith, a UGA Double Dawgs student pursuing a master’s degree in Statistics. Originally founded in 2018, the "Lifsey Graduate Fellowship in Statistics and Data Science" is awarded to a student…

Jingyi Zhang recently won 2nd place in the Medical Device and Diagnostic(MDD) Section's student paper award for her paper “Feature Space Fusion for Heterogeneous Scattered Data”. The Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MDD) section of the ASA sponsors Medical Device and Diagnostic Section's student paper award, a student paper competition for JSM 2021. As the 2nd place winner she will receive a $300 cash award. Jingyi will…

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society. It is a remarkable accomplishment to be chosen as an AAAS Fellow. To be admitted into the 140-year-old organization, nominees are reviewed by steering groups within their particular sections, and a final list is then forwarded to the AAAS Council, who then votes on the aggregate list. The Department of Statistics is proud to see two…

Graduated from Agricultural Economics this summer. Now Tina has accepted a post-doc position at UPenn on energy consumption and efficiency.

I graduated from the Statistics BS program in May of 2013. I moved up to Madison, Wisconsin in July and started working as Business Intelligence Developer for Epic (the electronic medical record vendor). The end of 2013 and beginning of 2014 have been filled with plenty of interesting and new challenges. Working for Epic presents with new experiences and problems every day which I am forced to think creatively to solve. Additionally, having…

Transitioning from Sales Director in the Technology industry to Academia in software (JMP from SAS).

I retired in 2003 from my last job of teaching Biostatistics at Georgia Southern University. Prior to this I worked as a biostatistician for the various pharmaceutical companies in New Jersey, mainly in the field of clinical trials. During retirement, I spend most of my time in spiritual activities and try to remain healthy. All our children are independent and have their families.

I received my PhD in Educational Research and Evaluation from Virginia Tech in 2009. Currently I am the Statistician for Advanc-Ed in Alpharetta GA.

Currently am the Program Manager for the University of Michigan's Debate Team and living in Ann Arbor, Michigan.