Nader M. Gemayel
Email: naderATstat.osu.edu
404
Cockins
Hall
Education
Sept.
2007 – Present: Ph.D. candidate in Statistics, The Ohio State University
(OSU)
2004
– Present: Graduate study in Statistics, The Ohio State University (OSU)
2001
– 2004: B.A. in Statistics, with High Distinction,
Research and Teaching
Experience
Summer
2006 – Present: research assistant for Professor Doug Wolfe
Winter
2006 – Spring 2006: STAT 135 (Introductory Statistics) lab instructor
Fall
2005: STAT 245 (Statistics for Honors Students) lab instructor
Summer
2005: grader for STAT 602 (Statistics – Early Start), STAT 145 lab
instructor
Fall
2004 – Spring 2005: grader for STAT 427-428 (Probability and Statistics
for Engineers)
I
am currently doing RA work for Professor Doug Wolfe and
Professor Elizabeth Stasny. We are working on various aspects of the theory
and application of ranked set sampling (RSS) methodology.
Conferences
JSM
2007 –
Academic Lineage
(Courtesy
of the Mathematics Genealogy
Project)
George Abram
Miller
(
Henry Lewis Rietz
(
Allen
Thornton Craig
(University of Iowa 1931)
Robert V.
Hogg
(University of Iowa 1950)
Douglas A. Wolfe
(University of Iowa 1969)
Favorite References in
Mathematics and Statistics
(Clicking
on a book’s title takes you to the relevant page on Amazon.com)
Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (6th Edition)
by Robert V. Hogg, Allen T. Craig, and Joseph W. McKean
I
haven’t read the 6th edition, but the 5th was a
timeless classic. If you only read one book on statistics, this should be the
one.
Principles of Mathematical Analysis, Third Edition by
Walter Rudin
Baby Rudin: a masterpiece of unparalleled eloquence!
Real and Complex Analysis (Higher Mathematics Series)
by Walter Rudin
Big Rudin: read it and weep!
Introduction to Analysis by Maxwell Rosenlicht
A
reliable, cheap reference, and an easier read than Baby Rudin.
Counterexamples in Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)
by Bernard R. Gelbaum and John M. H. Olmsted
Continuous
functions that are nowhere differentiable, bounded plane regions whose
frontiers have positive measure, and much, much more.
Introduction to the Theory of Random
Processes (Dover Books on Mathematics) by
This
English translation of a classic Russian text uses some unusual notation, but
is very fun to read, even if the material is a bit difficult at times. No
exercises, but great value for such a low price.
All
the measure theory you will ever need!
Science and Reason
(Clicking
on a book’s title takes you to the relevant page on Amazon.com)
I.
Books
by Richard Dawkins:
The
Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
The
Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
The
Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
A
Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
Unweaving
the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
II.
Books
by Other Authors (in no particular order):
Richard
Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think by Alan Grafen and Mark Ridley (editors)
God
Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
Breaking
the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennet
A
Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Candide by François Voltaire
The
End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris
Letter
to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Misquoting
Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman
"Religion ends
and philosophy begins,
Just as alchemy
ends and chemistry begins
And astrology ends,
and astronomy begins."
Christopher Hitchens
“I contemplate with sovereign reverence
That act of the whole American people
Which declared that their legislature should
"Make no law respecting an establishment
of religion,
Or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof,"
Thus building a wall of separation
Between Church & State.”
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Baptists
Of Danbury, CT
“Mr.
Jefferson, build up that wall.”
Christopher Hitchens
How Firm Thy
Friendship!
Celebrating
yet another victory over
Coach
Woody Hayes dots the I in Script Ohio in 1983