[Faculty] Fwd: [MathStatFac] Statistics Seminar: Sastry G. Pantula, Wed., April 24 11:00 am Gold Auditorium, Bioscience Center

[Jose Castillo]

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Title:
Big Data, Big Opportunities, Big Issues?

Abstract:
Big Data are omnipresent and are finding applications in science,
education, business, security, and healthcare, among others.  Big Data, Big
Business, Big Brother... are you concerned?  Converting data to useful
knowledge and information requires a team effort from mathematicians,
statisticians, computer scientists, and domain experts.  It provides career
opportunities for our students.  This has also started a new revolution in
Data Science.  What is Data Science and what is its connection to
Statistics?  In this talk, some of the examples of Big Data and some of the
trends in Data Science programs will be discussed.

Bio:
Sastry G. Pantula, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at CSUSB, is
nationally and internationally recognized as a leader in statistical
sciences. Most recently, he has served as the Director of Data Analytics
programs at Oregon State University (OSU). Also, he has served as the dean
of the College of Science at OSU from August 2013 to August 2017, after
serving a three-year term as the Director for the Division of Mathematical
Sciences at NSF. Pantula spent more than 30 years as a statistics professor
at North Carolina State University (NCSU), where he began his academic
career in 1982. At NCSU, he also served as the Director of Graduate
Programs (1994-2002) and the Head of the Department of Statistics
(2002-2010). He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science and the American Statistical Association (ASA). He served as ASA
president in 2010 and received the ASA Founders Award in 2014. Pantula is a
member of the honor societies Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi and Mu Sigma Rho. He
is also a member of the NCSU Academy of Outstanding Teachers. Pantula
received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in statistics from the Indian
Statistical Institute in Kolkata, India, and a Ph.D. in statistics from
Iowa State University.



-- 
Richard A. Levine, PhD
Fellow, American Statistical Association

Professor of Statistics
Faculty Advisor, Analytic Studies and Institutional Research
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive                   fax: (619) 594-6746
San Diego, CA 92182                    email: rlevine at sdsu.edu
USA
http://edoras.sdsu.edu/~ralevine
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