Personal Statement

I am the co-author of Practical Data Science in R (Manning, first Edition 2014; second edition forthcoming). Occasional contributor to the Win-Vector Blog . One of my motivations for my writing on data science and other technical topics is what I see as the gap between basic research and technical practice. In my writing, I try to synthesize relevant ideas and theories from the statistics, computer science, and other research communities so that they are understandable by technical but non-specialist readers who want to apply these ideas in their own field.