Bonnie Ray
Bonnie Kathryn Ray | |
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| Born | Mississippi, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Statistician, data scientist |
| Known for | Leading data science at Chartbeat; research on long-range dependence, change detection, orthogonal defect classification |
Bonnie Kathryn Ray is a prominent American statistician and data scientist who currently leads the data science division at Chartbeat, a company specializing in analytics for publishers. Her scholarly interests include long-range dependence, change detection, orthogonal defect classification, along with practical applications in analyzing business models, climate models, and software engineering.
Education and career
Hailing from Mississippi and raised in northern Louisiana, Ray pursued a mathematics degree at Baylor University. During her time there, she served as president of the Mu Sigma Beta honor society and completed internships at Texas Instruments. She graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors in 1985 and subsequently earned her doctorate in statistics from Columbia University in 1991. Her dissertation, titled Fractionally Differenced ARMA Processes: Seasonality and Forecasting Issues, was supervised by Jonathan Hosking and Howard Levene.
Following postdoctoral work at the Naval Postgraduate School, Ray secured a tenured assistant professorship in mathematics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. In 2001, she joined IBM Research at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, where she managed analytics and optimization programs at IBM's China Research Laboratory in Beijing. She later advanced to senior manager roles overseeing data and decision analytics as well as directing cognitive algorithms.
In 2015, Ray moved into the private sector, taking on the role of vice president of data science at Talkspace, an online therapy service, before advancing to her present position leading data science at Chartbeat.
Recognition
In 2005, Ray was honored as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.