Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering Practice
Education
- Doctoral Degree, Statistics, University of Texas - Dallas
- Doctoral Degree, Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University
- Bachelor's Degree, Industrial Engineering
Biography
Dr Acosta is a data analytics and statistical computing scholar. He is the Director of the MS Analytics program at USC. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M, and a Ph.D. in Statistics from The University of Texas at Dallas.
Research Summary
Dr Acosta research interests focus on using advanced statistical analysis to build models for prediction and classification for decision making in applications such as risk management, asset pricing, and credit-risk. His research has been published in leading journals.
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