My current research focus is a collaboration between Duke and Yahoo! Labs. I am developing new recommendation systems with massive, high-dimensional datasets. These datasets are usually very sparse and often include categorical responses. I am also involved in development of statistical methods in metabolomics using ideas from functional analysis, mixture modeling, and image analysis. On the other end of the application spectrum, I enjoy market research applications including item response/survey analysis and forecasting.
My personal interests include hosting game/movie nights and spending time with my wife, Heather. We are actively involved in our Church and community. I also like to drink coffee while talking about statistics, computation, and just about anything else.
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