Bio
Kendall Giles, Assistant Professor of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Giles has over 15 years of industry work experience, most recently as a Systems Engineer at Raytheon (2001-2005), and was a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA (Fall 2007). With over a dozen journal and conference publications, his research interests include computational statistics, high-dimensional data analysis, statistical pattern recognition, and computer network security.
He is also a Pushcart-nominated writer, and enjoys a variety of activities and pursuits, including music, fitness, and travel.