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My name is Haema Nilakanta (pronounced: “hey-ma” “kneel-uh-kan-ta”). I’m a statistician and currently a Principal Data Scientist at Target Corporation. I completed my PhD in statistics at the University of Minnesota’s School of Statistics under Professor Galin Jones. My dissertation was on: Output Analysis of Monte Carlo Methods with Applications to Networks and Functional Approximation.

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Research Interests

My research focus is in output analysis of Monte Carlo methods with applications in estimating network properties and approximating functions. I am also more broadly interested in statistical computing methods, measuring reliability in computational methods, and its applications to public health and population sciences.

I also have interests in forecasting problems, applied Bayesian methodology, causal inference, and recommender systems.

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Email: haema.nilakanta@gmail.com

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