Jeff Gill Distinguished Professor SPA | Government
Jeff Gill is Distinguished Professor of Government and of Mathematics & Statistics. He is also a member of the Center for Neuroscience and Behavior and the inaugural Director at SPA's …
Betty Malloy Professor and Director of the Data Science Programs CAS | Math and Statistics
I am an applied statistician with a primary focus in biostatistics. My main interest is in applications to occupational and environmental health settings, although I have had the privilege of working …
Director, Online MS Program
Maria Barouti Director of the Online MS in Data Science Program and Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Online Partner Programs (OLP)
Maria Barouti is a Machine Learning educator, with teaching experience in Data Science courses such as Statistical Machine Learning, Regression, Programing in R and Data Science Applications. Also, sh…
Research Notes
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William H Wilson, Peter W Chung, Zois Boukouvalas, & Moritz Elan (2022, December), Application of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods to energetics science and technology. Energetics Science and Technology, IOP Publishing, Book Chapter.
Casey CP, Hartings MR, Knapp MA, Malloy EJ, and Knee KL. (2022). Characterizing the association between oil and gas development and water quality at a regional scale. Freshwater Science, 41:236-252.
Confirmation of the Low Glutamate Diet as a Treatment for Gulf War Illness
- PI: Kathleen Holton
Investigator: Michael Baron - $6,370,661 from US Department of Defense, ending 2025
Effects of Age and Lesion Location on Motor, Cognitive, and Behavioral Outcomes in Pediatric Posterior Fossa Patients
- PI: Catherine Stoodley
Investigator/Statistician: Elizabeth Malloy - $396,041 from National Cancer Institute, ending 2025
Data Science Faculty
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Mike Alonzo Associate Professor CAS | Environmental Science
I use satellite and drone imagery (plus other geospatial tools) to study forests and land cover change, mostly in urban or boreal domains. Current or recent projects include: 1) Urban trees and coolin…
Valentina Aquila Associate Professor CAS | Environmental Science
I am an atmospheric scientist focused on the role of aerosols in the climate system. My main focus is stratospheric aerosol, mostly from volcanic eruptions but also from pollution, forest fires, and g…
Frank Armour Assistant Professor KSB | Information Technology & Analytics
Dr Armour is an assistant professor of information technology at the Kogod School of Business, American University and is the faculty program director for the MS in Analytics degree program.. He recei…
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Zois Boukouvalas Assistant Professor CAS | Math and Statistics
Dr. Boukouvalas' research focuses on the development of interpretable machine learning models and algorithms for the analysis of big multi-modal data, by combining aspects from information geometry, m…
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Olga Cordero-Brana Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Math and Statistics
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James Dickens Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Math and Statistics
Donna Dietz Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Math and Statistics
Dr. Dietz completed her Master's degree at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and her PhD at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York. She has taught Mathematics and Computer Science i…
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Alberto Espinosa Professor KSB | Information Technology & Analytics
Prof. Espinosa is a Full Professor of Information Technology and Analytics at Kogod School of Business, American University. He holds Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in Information Systems from th…
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Josemari Feliciano Adjunct Professorial Lecturer CAS | Math and Statistics
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Jeff Gill Distinguished Professor SPA | Government
Jeff Gill is Distinguished Professor of Government and of Mathematics & Statistics. He is also a member of the Center for Neuroscience and Behavior and the inaugural Director at SPA's …
Mary Gray Distinguished Professor CAS | Math and Statistics
A statistician and lawyer, Professor Gray’s areas of research include applications of statistics to human rights, economic equity, legal issues, and education. She is the founder of the Association fo…
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Monica Jackson Deputy Provost & Dean of Faculty DOF | Deputy Provost & Dean of Faculty Office
Nathalie Japkowicz Professor CAS | Computer Science
Nathalie Japkowicz is a Professor of Computer Science at American University. She was previously with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa where she le…
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Jun Lu Associate Professor CAS | Math and Statistics
Jun Lu got his Bachelor's degree in statistics from East China Normal University in Shanghai, China, his hometown. he then went to University of Missouri-Columbia, from where he received his Ph.D. in …
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Ryan Moore Associate Professor SPA | Government
Ryan T. Moore is associate professor of Government in the School of Public Affairs. His research interests include statistical methods, especially for causal inference, American politics, and the poli…
Ahmad Mousavi Assistant Professor CAS | Math and Statistics
Dr. Mousavi completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Informatics Institute at the University of Florida. Prior to this, he held a postdoctoral position at the Institute for Mathematics and its Appli…
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John Nolan Adjunct Professor CAS | Math and Statistics
Prof. Nolan has taught at the University of Zambia (in Africa), and Kenyon College (in Ohio), and worked in a software company before coming to American University. His main research interests are in …
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Mohammad Owrang Professor CAS | Computer Science
M. Mehdi Owrang is currently a professor of Computer Science in the department of Computer Science at American University in Washington, DC. Dr. Owrang has received his MS and PhD degrees in Computer …
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Valeriia Popova Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SPA | Finance & Personnel Administration
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Richard Ressler Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Math and Statistics
I joined the Mathematics and Statistics Department in 2019 after over 20 years in the strategy and technology consulting industry and a previous 20 years as an officer in the US Army. I enjoy teaching…
Michael Robinson Professor CAS | Math and Statistics
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Hamid Semiyari Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Math and Statistics
Sauleh Siddiqui Professor CAS | Environmental Science
Sauleh Siddiqui is a Professor of Environmental Science with an affiliation with the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at American University and a Research Fellow at the German Economic Research…
Jay Simon Associate Professor KSB | Information Technology & Analytics
Dr. Simon joined the Kogod faculty in 2015. He was previously a faculty member of the Naval Postgraduate School. His research is in decision analysis. His main research focus is multi-attribute prefer…
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Bei Xiao Provost Associate Professor CAS | Computer Science
Dr. Bei Xiao's research focuses on how the human visual system estimate physical and functional properties of objects in our surroundings. Another focus of her research is to apply results from human …
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Thomas Zeitzoff Professor SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Thomas Zeitzoff (NYU PhD, 2013) is an associate professor in the Schoolof Public Affairs at American University. He was previously a postdoctoral…