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, CAS/BS ���24, shattered a 24-year-old pool record in the 100-meter freestyle in a meet with Catholic University, with a time of 51.56. The Eagles dominated the day, winning 20 of 24 events, and Watts was named Gregorio���s Trattoria Student-Athlete of the Week.

Congratulations to MS Data Science泭student Dhanush Kikkisetti who泭has received a travel award to attend and present at the泭泭in Ann Arbor, MI, from Sept 29-30, 2023. Dhanush is presenting a poster on his work on泭"Monitoring coded language emergence and use on extremist social media platforms."

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics泭hosted泭an泭international conference泭15-17, 2023.泭The XIV-th International Workshop on Intelligent Statistical Quality Control泭featured泭statistical process control and monitoring, sampling inspection plans, measuring uncertainty, design of experiments, data warehousing, data mining, and explorative data analysis.

Professor Julia Chifman泭received a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation. Julia���s泭���Advancing Inference of Phylogenetic Trees and Networks Under Multispecies Coalescent with Hybridization and Gene Flow���泭is funded for 3 years, through September 2026.

Professor Stephen Casey泭published a book, the泭泭���Sampling, Approximation, and Signal Analysis Harmonic Analysis in the Spirit of J. Rowland Higgins���,泭in the Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis series of Springer-Birkhauser.

Recent MS Data Science grad泭Aarushi Sahejpal泭was featured in泭American Magazine:泭Audacious Changemaker: Data (S)mart.

We congratulate the the泭泭winners:泭Ama Appau,泭Collin Coil,泭Laura Claire Heinly,泭Johnson Odejide,泭Josephus Nyumalin, and泭Thomas Schupp.

Two MS Data Science students, Chaytanya Kumar (President/Founder of 51勛圖's泭, ASA) and Dhanush Kikkisetti (ASA member), were awarded 51勛圖 funding to cover a significant portion of泭attending the annual Symposium on Data Science and Statistics (SDSS) in St. Louis, Missouri in May. SDSS provides a unique platform for data scientists, computer scientists, and statisticians to confer and exchange ideas, while faculty and industry professionals network and share insights.泭Chaytanya and Dhanush encourage all STEM students to seek out conferences like this to attend and gain valuable experiences and insights into the current state of their respective fields.

Professor Michael Robinson received a 3-year $284,000 research grant from the Office of Naval Research for the project "Topological Acoustical Feature Extraction and Exploitation (TAFEE)." He also received a $110,598 grant from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for the project, ���Modeling and Analytic Capabilities for KBase���

Professor Mary Gray and her late husband, Alfred, were honored by the Association for Women in Mathematics with a named award, the .

Professor John Nolan has been accepted into the Fulbright Specialist Program for a tenure of four years.

Tate Altman won the Graduate Physical Sciences Workshop Award at the Mathias Student Research Conference.

Data science grad students泭Haiman Wong,泭Elizabeth Marge,泭Jingyi Xu and Doudou Shi, working with faculty泭Richard Ressler and Maria Barouti, are featured in泭.

• The department extends heartfelt congratulations to泭Shalini Ramachandra, Jana Cohen, Amanda Muniz, Mingfan Meng泭for being泭awarded the泭2021泭Frank Cox Jones Scholarship for Women in Mathematics and泭Lydia Rees泭for being awarded the泭2021泭Hanna Miriam Sandler and Bella Sandler Scholarship.
• Jana Cohen泭was泭awarded $4,500, comprised of $2,500 from the NASA District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium (DCSGC) and $2,000 from the CAS Mathias Research Fellowship and other 51勛圖 sources.泭
• Dr. James Dickens was featured in a .泭
• A U-statistic approach to population genetics:泭Dr. David Gerard was awarded a 泭in the amount of $188,694.00 from the National Science Foundation.

• 51勛圖 Alum泭Misrak Gezmu, PhD,泭is a biostatistician at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH). She earned her PhD泭in statistics from 51勛圖 in 1996. She taught at Norfolk State University before starting at NIH. Dr. Gezmu was elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in May 2022.

• How statistics can aid in the fight against misinformation: Dr. Zois Boukouvalas and Dr. Nathalie Japkowicz were featured in a story for a new site on .
• Stephen Casey was awarded a three-year grant for $228,269 from
  the Air Force Office of Scientific Research: Novel techniques for signal analysis and processing, 2020-2023; his book泭Sampling: Theory and Applications泭泭was recently published; and he泭won the Distinguished Alumni in the Sciences from .
• Monica Jackson received a $29,824 grant from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) for ���The Summer Program In Research And Learning SPIRAL at 51勛圖��� April 2021
• Michael Robinson received a $20,500 grant from Battelle Memorial Institute and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for his project ���HyperThesis DARPA Modeling Adversarial Activity (MAA)��� April 2021
• Zois Boukouvalas was granted $160,000 from Energetics Technology Center, with prime funding from the Office of Naval Research, for his project called "Human Assisted Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing Approaches for Energetics." January 2021
• Zois Boukouvalas was granted $200,000 from Energetics Technology Center, with prime funding from the Office of Naval Research, for his project titled "Data-Driven Multi-model Fusion for the Analysis of Energetic Material Systems." December 2020