Vladimir Geneus

ASA member Vladimir Geneus and his family were featured in a Forbes magazine article, “Excellence in Science and Math Runs in the Family.”

Geneus, along with his siblings Christian and Olivia, all have either an MD or PhD. How does one family have all this educational success? According to Geneus, “Our parents—successful physicians—encouraged us.”

Geneus earned his BA in mathematics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and his PhD in statistics from Florida State University. He is currently a statistics manager at AbbVie.

Anthony Miles

ASA member D. Anthony Miles authored the book Confessions of a PhD and co-authored the book Dissertation Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Up Your Research in the Social Sciences.

For Confessions of a PhD, Miles interviewed more than 100 students and compiled stories from 12 individuals pursuing their doctoral degrees. In the book, each graduate shares personal situations they’ve overcome and offers advice to anyone pursuing a doctorate.

Dissertation Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Up Your Research in the Social Sciences focuses on methodology when planning, writing, and submitting your dissertation thesis. Together, Miles and coauthor Philip Adu guide readers through each stage of the dissertation process.

Miles is the CEO and founder of Miles Development Industries, a consulting practice and venture capital acquisition firm. He has a degree in marketing from The University of Texas at San Antonio. While working as a marketing analyst at Wells Fargo Bank, Miles discovered his interest in statistics, and his fascination grew during his doctoral program at the University of the Incarnate Word.

For more about Miles, read his ASA Story.

Adrian Raftery

Adrian Raftery, Boeing International Professor of Statistics and Sociology and adjunct professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, was recently named the 2023 Myles Hollander Distinguished Lecturer. Raftery will present “Down-Scaled Probabilistic Climate Change Projections, with Application to Hot Days” on October 25 at 11:00 a.m. at Florida State University.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, Raftery earned a BA in mathematics in 1976 and an MSc in statistics and operations research in 1977 from Trinity College Dublin. He then earned a doctorate in mathematical statistics in 1980 from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France.

Raftery was a lecturer in statistics at Trinity College Dublin from 1980–1986, and then joined the faculty in statistics and sociology at the University of Washington. He was also the founding director of the Center for Statistics and Social Sciences (1999–2009). His research focuses on Bayesian model selection and model averaging; model-based clustering; inference for deterministic simulation models; and the development of new statistical methods for demography, sociology, and the environmental and health sciences.

Raftery has published more than 200 articles, edited three volumes of the annual Sociological Methodology compilation, co-edited Statistics in the 21st Century, and co-authored Model-Based Clustering and Classification for Data Science, with Applications in R. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and Sociological Research Association and an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy. He is also a fellow of the American Statistical Association and Institute of Mathematical Statistics and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.

The Myles Hollander Distinguished Lectureship was established by Robert O. Lawton, distinguished professor and statistics professor emeritus at Florida State University, in appreciation of the university, its statistics department, and the statistics profession. The annual lectureship recognizes an internationally renowned leader and pioneering researcher in statistics who has made a sustained impact on the field. The lectures feature topics spanning the breadth of statistics.

The live talk will be accessible via Zoom. Learn more and register.