Faculty Awards and Achievements
Natalie Amgott Honored with National Early Career Research Award for Innovations in Online Language Learning
Natalie Amgott , associate director of online language learning for the Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics, received the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages’ Early Career Research Award. Her academic journey has been marked by a commitment to unraveling the complexities of language acquisition, curriculum design and online language learning experiences.
Robert Kass Named University Professor for Pioneering Contributions to Statistics and Neuroscience
Robert Kass , the Maurice Falk Professor of Statistics and Computational Neuroscience in the Department of Statistics and Data Science, was elevated to the rank of University Professor, the highest distinction a faculty member can achieve at the university. Kass’s early work focused on Bayesian inference and differential geometry in statistics. His research later expanded to concentrate on analysis of data representing the primary mode of communication among neurons, known as spike trains, which are described well by mathematical models called point processes.
Edward Kennedy Receives National Award for Groundbreaking Work in Public Health and Statistics
Edward Kennedy , associate professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science, will receive the American Public Health Association’s Mortimer Spiegelman Award for his outstanding contributions to public health and statistics. Kennedy applies his expertise to work beyond correlations and associations in data to understand the underlying cause that leads to the effect. These statistical techniques are already making critical advances in health care.
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