President  chris.tsokos@ifnaworld.org http://www.math.usf.edu/~profcptDr. 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. Vice President and Treasurer rwooten@ifnaworld.org http://www.acceber.net/PedagogueDr. 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. Secretary sbranham@mail.usf.edu NONEStephanie is an honors graduate in Mathematics from the University of Tampa. She is continuing her graduate studies for her doctoral degree at the University of South Florida. Stephanie's major research interests are in statistical analysis and modeling of health problems. More specifically in various types of cancer research and cardiovascular studies. She has been a collegiate all-american swimmer and is interested in working for philanthropic non-for-profit organizations such as IFNA. Vice President of International Affairs tsharaf@mail.usf.edu http://math.usf.edu/people/gradta/tsharaf Mr. Sharaf received his Bachelors Degree in Statistics and Computer Sciences from the University of Alexandria, EGYPT. He was on the faculty member at the university of Alexandria where he taught courses in his specialties statistics and computer sciences. Mr Sharaf presently a Doctoral Candidate Statistics student at the University of South Florida. His research interests are in developing Mathematical and Statistical models in health sciences and working with non-stationary time series in developing short and long term forecasting models. IFNA Center's Coordinator pokhrelkeshav@yahoo.com NONEKeshav Pokhrel is a PhD candidate in Statistics at the University of South Florida. He has completed his Master's degree in Mathematics from Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia and the Undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Keshav's major research interests are Functional Data Analysis, Survival analysis, longitudinal data Analysis and modeling. He is the recipient of several academic scholarships and honors. Director of IFNA Website and Technology webadmin@ifnaworld.org NONEBong-Jin, a native of South Korea, obtained his bachelor degree in computer science from the Kyungnam University. He worked in industry on hardware and software scientist, and served the executive committee member of OS/2 user group in South Korea. He obtained his Master degree in Statistics, and he is a candidate for the doctoral degree in statistics at University of South Florida. His research interests are in health sciences, pharmaceutical statistics, and developing nonlinear statistical algorithm. He is the recipient of academic awards and scholarship. |