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Sumanta Basu uses data to understand the structure of a complex system and to predict what will happen to the system at a future time point.

“Statistics is unique; it’s like a language of science,” says Sumanta Basu, Statistics and Data Science/Computational Biology. “It gives researchers a rigorous framework to clearly present the logic behind their algorithms and analyses, as well as the assumptions they are making, and helps them communicate their findings to their peers in the scientific community.”

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