College of Arts and Science, Miami University
The Department of Statistics
Alumni Newsletter - June 2019
MS in Statistics graduates at 2019 CAS Recognition Ceremony
John Bailer and Karsten Maurer with MS in Statistics graduates at 2019 CAS Recognition Ceremony
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Chair Reflections
John Bailer with 2019 graduates
Greetings from the south side of Upham Hall.
Graduation is a time of excitement and celebration. I had the pleasure this spring of working with seniors in our capstone data practicum class (STA 475). Student teams worked with clients looking at:
  • What are the effects of arts programs on residents of nursing homes
  • Whether a generalized Montessori model for interaction impacts the well-being of participants in an adult day care facility
  • Do different training regimes results in different strength gains
  • How do attitudes towards e-Bikes changes after use
  • Trends in overdose deaths with fentanyl analogs being detected (see the app update in our gallery of data visualizations)
This is a great opportunity for our students to synthesize their study of statistics to meet the needs of clients, and I’m delighted to report that clients are very impressed by the work of our majors.  You will have a chance to meet the current generation of these students if you return to campus on November 7-9 for the 10th anniversary conference for the Department of Statistics (details below).
You can try to find me in the “Where’s Waldo” chair identification challenge below (with Spring 2019 data practicum class)
STA students with John Bailer
Updates and news …
  • Seonjin Kim was promoted to associate professor and tenured
  • Lynette Hudiburgh was promoted to Senior Lecturer
  • The department was a major participant in the Analytics and Data Science Program, one of the projects supported by the Boldly Creative Initiative 
  • Miami’s new provost, Jason Osborne, was just appointed and he will have his tenure home in our department (I don’t think I will get to assign him any teaching)
Best wishes for the summer holidays,
John Bailer
Chair
statistics@MiamiOH.edu
Ten Years and Counting
Register and plan for your November 2019 visit to Oxford!
Looking in our department crystal ball … I see that you are destined for a trip to Oxford, Ohio sometime in the next 6 months. Wait, it is getting clearer … you will arrive well before noon on Thursday, 7 November so that you can attend workshops on network data analysis and smoothing methods followed by a chance to network with current students and other alums.
You will stay for Friday, 8 November, to enjoy panels of alums, a live recording of the Stats+Stories podcast, poster sessions with current students and recent alums and a dinner featuring the ASA Executive Director, Ron Wasserstein. Please visit the conference web site and registration information.
Department News
JSM 2019:
Monday Miami Alumni, Faculty and Friends Lunch
JSM 2018 Lunch
Yep, we’re doing it again! The JSM provides a chance to keep up with developments in our discipline and to network with colleagues from around the country and the world.
We are planning to meet for lunch on Monday, July 29, at 12:30 at the registration desk. We’ll grab a bite at a local restaurant and be back in time for 2:00 session start. Email statistics@miamioh.edu to sign up to join us. (For our Miami grads who are based in the Denver area, you are welcome to join us even if you aren’t attending JSM.)
Successful launch of our STAtistics Alumni-Advisory-Mentoring Panel
Marissa Clark with students
Marissa Clark with students
AJ Tatro with students
AJ Tatro with students
Alum David Friedenberg visiting data practicum class
David Friedenberg visiting data practicum class
We had a very successful launch of the STA-AAMP program this year. We had 15 alumni and friends of the department share in the wisdom, experience and mentoring of our alumni.
Matt Wheeler, Sandy Steiger, Mike Anderson, Justin Hillier, Mitch Beebe, AJ Tatro, George Jerdack, Steve Ruberg, Bob Starbuck, Jill DeMatteis, David Friedenberg, Joel Chaney, Marissa Clark, Pam Castricone, Bryan Bell - thank you for taking the time to meet with students and to meet with the chair, visit classes and present about your careers. We are going to focus our Fall 2019 STA-AAMP on the Fall Conference.  
There will be a Thursday, Nov. 7, evening mentoring and networking event for alums to connect with students. We hope to see you there!
MU alum named CADS Director
We are delighted to announce that Sandy Steiger, MS Statistics alum, has been named of the Center for Analytics and Data Science (CADS).
Sandy worked for 15 years in industry, most recently as the Vice President of Insights at 84.51 before joining the leadership team at CADS.
CADS project with STA connections
Heather Bainey, actuarial science minor and UASP math and statistics scholar, worked with three other students and faculty mentor Tom Fisher. This student team analyzed part-sales and whole good-sale data in the fall for a company to improve its parts sales forecast. They were able to build a model that resulted in a 30% improvement upon the current model used by the company.
Graduating seniors Bri Clements and Nichole Rook were part of a CADS team with faculty mentor, John Bailer. They built an interactive data visualization application for the Butler County Department of Health using infant mortality data. This project will help the department better disseminate information to all of its constituents. Bri will be working at the Collaboratory in Columbus in a data science team led by MS Statistics alum Brian Sampsel. Nichole will be working in Chicago.
STA Undergraduate Research
Dr. T. Miljkovic and ugrad Nikola Andjelic
Dr. T. Miljkovic and ugrad Nikola Andjelic
Congratulations to our undergraduate researchers:
  • Ben Schweitzer
  • Robert Garrett
  • Alison Tuiyott
  • Bri Clements
  • Nichole Rook
  • Nikola Andjelic
  • Ruixin Song
  • Weijia Zhang
and faculty mentors:
  • Tatjana Miljkovic
  • Tom Fisher
  • John Bailer 
for presenting at Miami’s undergraduate research forum this spring.
Some of these students also will present their work at the Joint Statistical Meetings this summer.
Stats + Stories banner on ASA homepage
Stats + Stories banner on ASA homepage
100th Episode of Stats+Stories Podcast - this summer!
Stats + Stories is approaching a milestone - the century mark! The 100th episode will come out in a few weeks.
We are delighted that our partnership with the American Statistical Association continues. A recent episode of particular interest is a conversation about the special P-value issue of The American Statistician with guest Nicole Lazar (S+S #93).
We are planning to do a live S+S recording at the November conference with Miami alum Vicki Hertzberg. Yet another reason to join us in November!
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