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David W Scott Noah Harding Professor of Statistics Associate Chair, Dept of Statistics

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Background <ul><li>Electrical Engineering & Math (BA Rice) </li></ul><ul><li>Mathematical Sciences (PhD Rice) </li></ul><ul><li>Baylor College of Medicine 1976-1979 </li></ul><ul><li>Rice, Dept Math Sciences 1979-1987 </li></ul><ul><li>Rice, Dept of Statistics 1987- </li></ul>

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Research Interests <ul><li>Multivariate density estimation </li></ul><ul><li>Data mining and visualization </li></ul><ul><li>Statistical computing </li></ul><ul><li>Robust estimation </li></ul><ul><li>Cross-validation algorithms </li></ul><ul><li>Functional data </li></ul><ul><li>Hyper-dimensional data analysis </li></ul>

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Research Collaborators <ul><li>National Science Foundation w/Dr. Cox </li></ul><ul><li>Office of Naval Research </li></ul><ul><li>National Security Agency </li></ul><ul><li>Los Alamos National Labs </li></ul><ul><li>Sabre Technologies </li></ul>

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Students’ Current Positions <ul><li>Freddie Mac </li></ul><ul><li>North Dakota State University </li></ul><ul><li>National Center for Atmospheric Research </li></ul><ul><li>M.D. Anderson Cancer Institute </li></ul><ul><li>Pros Strategic Solutions </li></ul><ul><li>Financial advisor </li></ul><ul><li>Texas Southern University </li></ul><ul><li>Google </li></ul><ul><li>University of Michigan post-doc </li></ul><ul><li>University of Houston Clear Lake </li></ul>

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Why Rice Statistics? <ul><li>Outstanding facilities and computing support </li></ul><ul><li>Diverse faculty interests </li></ul><ul><li>Collaborative research opportunities within Rice and the Medical Center </li></ul><ul><li>Houston a dynamic city (but a $50,000 lifestyle in Houston compares with $130,000 in NYC) </li></ul><ul><li>TA’ing Rice undergraduates unparalleled </li></ul><ul><li>Supportive environment </li></ul><ul><li>Unlimited career opportunities </li></ul>