Reza Modarres, Professor of Statistics, has worked at George Washington University since 1991. I received my BS and MS in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Statistics from the American University. I have taught Statistics courses at the B.S., M.S. and the Ph.D. level. I have received two award for excellence in graduate advising. An elected member of the International statistical Institute, my research interests includes statistical computing, multivariate nonparametric analysis, big data, machine learning, and environmental statistics.