George, Florence Graduate Faculty

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biography

  • Florence George joined FIU as an Assistant Professor of Statistics in August 2007, soon after she graduated with her PhD in Statistics from the University of South Florida. She completed her M.S in Statistics at Mahatma Gandhi University, M. Phil. in Statistics at Cochin University of Science & Technology and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science & Applications at the University of Kerala, all in India.

    Dr. George began her career as a Research Associate at the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Govt. of India. After two years at CPCRI, she joined Marian College, a leading institution under Mahatma Gandhi University, as a Lecturer(UGC) in Statistics. She worked at Marian College for five years before moving to the University of South Florida.

    Florence’s scholarship and research centers on Applied Statistics, Distribution Theory and Biostatistics. She has more than 60 publications in peer-reveiwed journals and has served in numerous Masters and PhD committees. She is proficient in many programming languages, databases and editors like R, SPlus, SAS, SPSS, Oracle, Mat Lab, Latex and MS office, with proven record of certifications in SAS and Oracle.

research interests

  • Applied Statistics, Biostatistics, Distribution Theory, High Dimensional Data Analysis, Model Selection, Statistics in Medicine and Public Health

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full name

  • Florence George

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