Ricardo Batista

Ricardo Batista

PhD Student and Research Assistant

Iowa State University, Statistics Department

Hello!

I am a doctoral student at the Iowa State University (ISU) Department of Statistics and a research assistant at the Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology (CSSM), an academic center in the ISU Statistical Laboratory that specializes in the research and practice for sample surveys. My research is organized into three tracks: segmentation and change detection on image time series; modeling quality of life in rural towns and improving townspeople opinion polling; and, matrix sampling (a.k.a., split-questionnaire design).

Advisor: Zhengyuan Zhu

Interests
  • Machine learning
  • Predictive analytics
  • Graphical models
  • Deep learning
  • Experimental design
  • Computer vision
  • Social network analysis
Education
  • PhD in Statistics, 2023

    Iowa State University

  • MS in Statistical Science, 2019

    Duke University

  • Graduate Foundations Program, 2017

    Columbia University

  • BS in Business Administration, 2011

    Boston University

Projects

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Rural Shrink Smart

Rural Shrink Smart

Helping towns bolster quality of life amid rural depopulation.

Land cover change detection

Land cover change detection

Segmentation of Earth surface image time series and change detection.

Community detection on social networks

Community detection on social networks

Community detection on social networks.