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With the massive expansion of the internet and its daily use by many people, I was hopeful that humans as a whole would improve. Yes, we would be far away from an ideal society, but the change would be positive always, so no matter how small, humanity would improve. People would have access to all… Continue reading Social Media Dangers

Here is an excellent collaboration with Maria Bampasidou. In this article, published at the Ag Magazine, we discuss Data in the area of Agriculture. https://www.lsuagcenter.com/profiles/lbenedict/articles/page1565364836038

I am happy to announce that the LSU Ag Center is partnering with Ag Analytics to move forward ideas of Digital Agriculture. This is the first partnership that the LSU Ag Center has established in this area and also the first partnership that Ag Analytics has established with a land grant University. https://www.lsuagcenter.com/profiles/rbogren/articles/page1560888995758

Recently I sent a long email to (hopefully) my future TA for the Statistics Course I will be teaching over the fall. She is an amazing student with a clear understanding of the material so it makes imminent sense to pick her as a TA. But, she is also an international student and the prospect… Continue reading Preparing to teach an English class for international graduate students!

Recently I had a great email question from Henrique Cheng, one of the graduate students in EXST at LSU asking about what is an appropriate path to being a Big Data/ Data Scientist and whether or not it passes through abstract mathematics and specifically my background in Topology. His question stemmed from a research article… Continue reading Path to become a Data Analyst