Welcome Leila.  Good to have you onboard.  J

Erik

From: analytics-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:analytics-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Toby Negrin
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 22:53
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Subject: [Analytics] Welcome Leila Zia to the Analytics Team

Hi Everyone,

I'd like to introduce Leila Zia, a Research Scientist, to the Analytics Team. We're really excited about bringing Leila's skills and expertise to the Foundation!

In her own words:

Leila Zia's areas of expertise are data mining, linear and non-linear optimization, dynamic programming, queueing theory, and game theory. She holds a PhD degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, a MSc degree from Rutgers University, and a BSc degree from Sharif University of Technology. Leila's past research has focused on predictive modeling and optimization in two healthcare applications, namely, appointment non-attendance and colorectal cancer mortality. She is excited to apply her research skills to Wikipedia-related questions. Leila can be contacted at leila@wikimedia.org.

She'll be working out of the San Francisco office -- Welcome Leila!

-Toby