The Other 37% of my Job Alyson Wilson, Ph.D., PStat Professor, Department of Stas7cs Principal Inves7gator, Laboratory for Analy7c Sciences Associate Director, Data Science Ini7ave
[email protected] hCp://www.stat.ncsu.edu/people/wilson/ Background • BA, Mathemacal Sciences, Rice University, 1989 • MS, Stas7cs, Carnegie Mellon, 1990 • University of PiCsburgh, Department of Epidemiology Data Center, 1991 • Naonal Ins7tutes of Health, 1991-1992 • PhD, Stas7cs, Duke University, 1995 • Cowboy Programming Resources (U.S. Army contractor), 1995-1999 • Los Alamos Naonal Laboratory, Stas7cal Sciences Group, 1999-2008 • Iowa State University, Department of Stas7cs, 2008-2011 • Science and Technology Policy Ins7tute, Ins7tute for Defense Analyses, 2011-2013 • North Carolina State University, Data-Driven Science Cluster, Department of Stas7cs, 2013- • Laboratory for Analy7c Sciences, 2014- Research Interests Research Interests: Examples • Bayesian Reliability, par7cularly for systems • Data fusion, currently for materials • Assurance Test Plans • Graph analy7cs (community detec7on, paern matching in geospaal seman7c graphs) • Inferring geotags for social media • Variable selec7on in stac and dynamic generalized linear models Research Interests: Examples • Industrial stas7cs (metrology, gauge R&R studies, quan7fying measurement error) • 3 books (Bayesian reliability, stas7cs in counterterrorism, reliability) • Grants from o Department of Energy, suppor7ng nonproliferaon and data fusion o Department of Defense, suppor7ng Bayesian reliability o NSF,