President Email: chris.tsokos@ifnaworld.org Home: http://www.math.usf.edu/~profcpt Dr. Tsokos is Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of South Florida. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Engineering Sciences and his Master of Science in Mathematics from the University of Rhode Island and his Doctoral Degree in Probability and Statistics form the University of Connecticut. Dr. Tsokos is the author of more than 300 publications in academic journals. He has writtne 15 textbooks and research monographs and more than 40 technical publications. He served as Doctoral Advisor for more than 40 students from twelve different countries. He has served and is currently serving in more than 12 academic international journals. Dr. Tsokos has lectured in several countries with extensive invited lecture tours in the P.R. of China, Turkey, the Russian Academy of Science, and India among others. He has been an advisor and consultant for NASA, NSF, NIH, ONR, US Air Force, US Army, EPA, ACS, as well as several Fortune 500 companies. He is a member of several professional societies, which include a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the International Statistical Institute, among others. He is the recipient of several distinguished honors and awards for his professional, educational and humanitarian accomplishments. Secretary Email: rwooten@ifnaworld.org Home: http://www.acceber.net/Pedagogue Dr. Wooten is president of The Pedagogue, a Private Educational and Research Company that serves the public needs. She reived her Bachelors and Masters Degree in Mathematics and Doctoral Degree in Statistics from the University of South Florida. She has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses at USF during the past several years. Dr. Wooten is an interdisciplinary scientist in developing methematical and statistical models for GLOBAL WARMING, hurricanes, health sciences, volcanic studies and ecological processes, among others. She has an extensive list of publications in her area of research interests. Dr. Wooten is a popular lecturer and has made several research presentations. Her philanthropic services in mathematical sciences extend to her being a tutor and academic advisor at the award winning Urban Scholars Outreach Program at USF for underprivileged students. She is also a co-founder of the educational Dr. A.N.V. Rao Gurukulam Program. She is a member of several professional societies and the author of several techinal publications that promote quality undergraduate teaching in mathematical sciences. Director of International Affairs Email: asaghafi@mail.usf.edu Dr. Abolfazl Saghafi is a doctoral candidate at the University of South Florida and a distinguished expert on entropy measures for Weibull parameters and k order Poisson models. Prior to joining USF, Dr. Saghafi earned his doctoral degree in Iran and was on faculty in the Iranian university system teaching undergraduate mathematics and statistics courses for five years. Dr. Saghafi's current work expands his previous methods to machine learning algorithms and high dimensional data. Dr. Saghafi's experience working across the globe on diverse problems serves as the foundation for his many duties coordinating IFNA's global efforts. Director of Information Technologies Email: dkim@shsu.edu Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science at Sam Houston State University IFNA Academic Program Committee Email: rckafle@shsu.edu Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science at Sam Houston State University  Email: nkhanal@ut.edu Professor of Mathematics at the University of Tampa  Email: hansapani.rodrigo@utrgv.edu Associate Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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