Have you ever wondered what kind of
statistical research helps keep our nation safe from biological attacks
or
helps officials understand terrorist networks? Are you interested to
learn what
a defense statistician’s job is like and what kinds of problems they
face?
The ASA Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security (SDNS)
has a
Speakers Program so that experienced researchers can help answer these
questions and others! Statisticians working in defense and security are
available to come speak at your college or university to describe their
work
and share their enthusiasm for this important field.
What
is the SDNS
Speakers Program?
The SDNS Speakers
Program facilitates visits by expert speakers to attend host
academic institutions for a presentation and discussion. The Speakers
Program
aims to foster communication between statisticians, and to familiarize
students
with the role of statisticians in defense and national security.
Speakers can
talk on topics including biosurveillance, cyber defense, military force
structure, distributed sensor networks, reliability, experimental
design, and
many other topics.
Why
should I request
an SDNS speaker?
Through the SDNS Speakers Program,
students and faculty at your institution
will get access to experts in a field to which they might otherwise
have little
exposure. Academic statisticians at host institutions will gain insight
into
current statistical issues in defense and security. Throughout their
interaction, students and faculty will be introduced to a new
point-of-contact
in this sector that could lead to new opportunities for internships,
employments, or other career opportunities. The SDNS speakers are
dynamic,
engaging, and eager to share their unique research with others.
How
do
I request an
SDNS speaker?
If you might
be interested in having a SDNS Speaker visit your university, please
visit our
website at http://www.amstat.org/sections/sdns/speakers.html.
Choose a speaker and contact the SDNS Speaker Committee chair, Alyson
Wilson, agw@iastate.edu,
with a visit proposal. If
your proposal is selected, SDNS will reimburse up to $500 for
expenses
related to the speaker visit. Funds are limited so please contact us to
plan
your seminar today!
Deepak
Agarwal
Sunnyvale,
CA
Yahoo!
Research
Christine
Anderson-Cook
Los
Alamos, NM
Research
Statistician and Scientist
Statistical
Sciences Group, Los
Alamos National Laboratory
Research
Areas:
design of experiments, design assessment, response surface methodology,
reliability
Pranab
K. Banerjee
North
Logan, UT
Space
Dynamics Lab
Howard
Burkom
Laurel,
MD
Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Research Area:
Biosurveillance
Art
Fries
Alexandria,
VA
Institute
for Defense Analyses
Research
Areas:
test and evaluation, reliability, experimental design,
counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics
Karen
Kafadar
Bloomington,
IN
Rudy
Professor of Statistics
Indiana
University
Research
Areas:
robust methods and data analysis, applications in physical, chemical,
biological, and engineering sciences, analysis of screening experiments
and internet traffic
David
Marchette
Fredericksburg,
VA
Naval
Surface Warfare Center
Research Areas:
exploratory data analysis, pattern
recognition, computer intrusion detection, graphs and network analysis,
text analysis
Al
Ozonoff
Boston,
MA
Assistant
Professor, Biostatistics
Boston
University School of Public Health
Research
Areas:
biosurveillance, infectious disease epidemiology, time series methods,
spatial statistics
Brent
Pulsipher
Richland,
WA
Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory
Research
Areas:
sensor analytics, sampling
approaches for characterization and clearance
of critical buildings/airports in case of chemical,
biological, or radiological terrorist events, transect sampling for
detection of unexploded ordnance
, environmental sampling for hazardous waste cleanup
Shane Reese
Provo,
UT
Associate
Professor
Brigham Young University
Research
Areas:
reliability, Bayesian methods, hierarchical models, computer
experiments
Henry
Rolka
Atlanta, GA
Associate Director for Information Exchange
Office of Critical Information Integration and Exchange
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Research Areas:
biosurveillance, fusion and/or information exchange
Jeff Solka
Fredericksburg,
VA
Naval
Surface Warfare Center
Research Areas: statistical pattern recognition and text data mining
Michael
A. Stoto
Washington,
DC
Professor of Health
Services Administration and Population Health, Georgetown University
and Adjunct
Professor of Biostatistics,and Director, Evaluation Core, Center for
Public Health Preparedness, Harvard School of Public Health
Research
Areas: epidemiology, demography, research synthesis/
meta-analysis,
community health assessment, risk analysis and communication, drug and
vaccine safety, performance measurement
Alyson
Wilson
Ames,
IA
Associate
Professor
Department
of Statistics
Iowa
State University
Research
Areas:
reliability, Bayesian methods
