TheOther37%ofmyJobAlysonWilson,Ph.D.,PStat

Professor,DepartmentofSta7s7cs

PrincipalInves7gator,LaboratoryforAnaly7cSciencesAssociateDirector,DataScienceIni7a7ve

agwilso2@ncsu.eduhCp://www.stat.ncsu.edu/people/wilson/

•  BA,Mathema7calSciences,RiceUniversity,1989•  MS,Sta7s7cs,CarnegieMellon,1990•  UniversityofPiCsburgh,DepartmentofEpidemiologyDataCenter,1991

•  Na7onalIns7tutesofHealth,1991-1992

•  PhD,Sta7s7cs,DukeUniversity,1995•  CowboyProgrammingResources(U.S.Armycontractor),1995-1999•  LosAlamosNa7onalLaboratory,Sta7s7calSciencesGroup,1999-2008

•  IowaStateUniversity,DepartmentofSta7s7cs,2008-2011•  ScienceandTechnologyPolicyIns7tute,Ins7tuteforDefenseAnalyses,2011-2013

•  NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,Data-DrivenScienceCluster,DepartmentofSta7s7cs,2013-

•  LaboratoryforAnaly7cSciences,2014-

Background

ResearchInterests

ResearchInterests:Examples

•  BayesianReliability,par7cularlyforsystems•  Datafusion,currentlyformaterials•  AssuranceTestPlans•  Graphanaly7cs(communitydetec7on,paCernmatchingingeospa7alseman7cgraphs)

•  Inferringgeotagsforsocialmedia•  Variableselec7oninsta7canddynamicgeneralizedlinearmodels

ResearchInterests:Examples

•  Industrialsta7s7cs(metrology,gaugeR&Rstudies,quan7fyingmeasurementerror)

•  3books(Bayesianreliability,sta7s7csincounterterrorism,reliability)

•  Grantsfromo  DepartmentofEnergy,suppor7ngnonprolifera7on

anddatafusiono  DepartmentofDefense,suppor7ngBayesian

reliabilityo  NSF,suppor7ngjointmaterials/sta7s7cstraining

ResearchGroup

PhDStudents•  YiqingTian,variableselec7onforlogis7cregressionwithp>>n(system

reliability)•  JordanBakerman,geotagginganddynamicvariableselec7on

(nonprolifera7on)•  MiloPage,matrixcomple7on•  IsaacMichaud,sensi7vitytes7ng(detonatortes7ng)

RAs•  JamesGilman,Bayesianreliabilityandsofwaresecuritymetrics•  SusheelaSingh,datafusionformaterials

PostdoctoralResearchFellow•  KarlPazdernik,spa7alsta7s7cs,nonprolifera7on,datafusion,sports

sta7s7cs,industrialqualitymetrics•  HectorRendon,dataveracity

Teaching

•  Introduc7ontoDataScience,CSC/STcross-listedundergraduatecourse

•  BayesianAnalysis,STgraduatecourse•  ExperimentalSta7s7csforEngineers,graduatecourse•  NCStateExecu7veEduca7ondatascienceclasses

StaIsIcsinDefense

•  Co-founderand(frequent)officerfortheAmericanSta7s7calAssocia7onSec7ononSta7s7csinDefenseandNa7onalSecurity

•  Memberof9Na7onalAcademyofSciencespanelslookingatissuesindefense,security,andcounterterrorism

•  Execu7veCommiCeeMember(since2000)ofConferenceonAppliedSta7s7csinDefense;conferenceorganizer(twice)

OtherService

Diversity•  Reten7onandPromo7onofWomenandMinorityFacultyinScienceand

Engineering,submiCedtoScience•  UniversityDiversityAdvisoryCommiCee•  DiversityMini-Grant•  LeadershipforaDiverseCampus

Editorial•  FormerEditor(JASA,AmericanSta7s7cian)•  ManagingEditor(BayesianAnalysis)•  AssociateEditor(JournalofUncertaintyQuan7fica7on)SecretaryforAAASSec7onU(Sta7s7cs)

DataScienceatNCState

NorthCarolinaStateUniversityhasstrengthsthatmakeitanaturalhomefordatascienceac7vi7es–strongprogramsinsta7s7cs,appliedmath,andcomputerscience;long-standingindustrialpartnerships;CentennialCampus,whichfacilitatescollabora7onsamonguniversity,industry,andgovernmentpartners.•  Data-DrivenScienceChancellor’sFacultyExcellenceProgram (clustercoordinator)•  DataScienceIni7a7ve(associatedirector)•  LaboratoryforAnaly7cSciences(PI)

Chancellor’sFacultyExcellenceProgram

•  “Clusterhiring”program,withafocusoninterdisciplinaryresearch

•  77facultymembersoverfiveyears•  20clusters

‒  Data-DrivenScience‒  Bioinforma7cs‒  EmergingPlantDiseaseandGlobalFoodSecurity‒  ForensicScience‒  Geospa7alAnaly7cs‒  Innova7onandDesign‒  LeadershipinPublicScience‒  PersonalizedMedicine‒  SustainableEnergySystemsandPolicy‒  VisualNarra7ve

hCps://facultyclusters.ncsu.edu

Isn’tdatasciencejust

appliedsta7s7cs?

ar7ficialintelligence?

machinelearning?

DataScienceIniIaIve

Howdoweins7tu7onalizedatascienceatNCState?(Andwhatdoesthatmean?)

•  Educa7on•  Research•  Infrastructure

hCp://dsi.ncsu.edu

AnalyIcsandDataScienceEducaIonProgramsandEfforts

•  Ins7tuteforAdvancedAnaly7cs–PSM•  DataScienceGraduateCer7ficate(CSC/Stat)•  CSCgraduatetrackinDataScience•  Sta7s7csgraduateconcentra7oninDataScience•  Co-taughtCSC/Sta7s7csundergraduateelec7ve•  PooleCollegeofManagement–DigitalAnaly7csCer7ficatewithinMBAprogram,Undergraduate15-hourDataAnaly7csHonorsProgram

•  Geospa7alAnaly7csMSandPhDprograms•  Developmentof

•  GeneralEduca7onthema7cconcentra7on•  Quan7ta7veandH&SS-focusedminors•  JointMSprogramwithSta7s7cs,Math,andComputerScience

WinterSymposium•  Highlightinternalresourcesandexternalpartnerships•  Fosterinternalcollabora7onwithinNCStateusingresearch

lightningtalks(andlongbreakswithfoodandcoffee)

Week-LongProfessionalDevelopmentSeries•  IntrotoDataScience •  IntrotoDataVisualiza7on •  IntrotoDataScienceusingR•  DataCura7on•  DataMining

ResearchEnablement

REDTalks•  EmeryBrown,MIT/Harvard,February9•  DeenFreelon,AmericanUniversity,March15•  KathleenVogel,NCSU,April19

CooperaIngAcIviIes•  SMARTCi7es•  I/UCRCCenterforHybridMul7coreProduc7vityResearch

(CMHPR),LaboratoryfortheScienceofTechnologiesforEnd-toEndEnablementofData(STEED)

•  NCDataScienceandAnaly7csIni7a7ve•  TRIPODSproposal

ResearchEnablement