Jennifer Johnson
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Statistics MVP: Grad Student Rates College Athletes
Many junior high students like to watch sports, but few use statistics to accurately predict the NBA’s most valuable player. Zachary Knowlton, who is graduating this month with a master’s degree in statistics, is the exception.
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CS and Home Security: Computer Science Alumnus’ Business Continues to Grow
BYU computer science alumnus Wade Anderson had always wanted to be an entrepreneur, so when he got to college he didn’t waste any time.
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No Job Shortage for Statistics Graduates
There’s an unprecedented demand for statistics graduates in the United States according to a news release from the American Statistical Association (ASA), and that demand is still growing.
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Department of Mathematics to Celebrate Pi Day with Pie
Pi (π) may be an irrational number, but the celebration of Pi Day has become a tradition to rely on at BYU.
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From the TI 99-4a to Artificial Intelligence
Dr. David Wingate loved programming even when computers didn’t have disks and he couldn’t save any of the code he had painstakingly entered.
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Director of Vatican Observatory to Deliver BYU’s Summerhays Lecture
Brother Guy Consolmagno, planetary scientist and director of the Vatican Observatory, will deliver BYU’s Summerhays Lecture on March 10, 2016. Consolmango’s lecture is entitled “Encountering God’s Personality in Creation.”
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Rex Lee Run Raises Funds for Cancer Research
Runners from around Utah will gather to compete in the 21st annual Rex Lee Run Against Cancer at BYU on March 12, 2016. All registration fees will fund cancer research fellowships at BYU’s Simmons Center for Cancer Research.
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Next Generation SWAT Teams May Include Robots After BYU Grad’s Work
BYU computer science graduate student Daqing Yi has developed an algorithm that could lead to robots working on SWAT teams.
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BYU Professor Honored by Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters
Jean-François Van Huele of the Department of Physics and Astronomy is the recipient of the 2015 Academy Fellow Award from the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters (UASAL).
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