ITALO RAONY COSTA LIMA

**** ********* ** **, *** 5104 Atlanta, GA 30326

334-***-**** acxd3z@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/italocostalima

SUMMARY

Statistician focused on Data Analytics, including data cleaning, construction of data models and development of data inference techniques. Specialized in Robust Data Analysis, working with the creation of new prediction models for outlier contaminated data sets.

Presented in several nationally acclaimed conferences and published/submitted multiple research papers in peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, had multiple collaborations with a wide variety of industry peers, and researchers from diverse areas.

Specialties – Big Data Analysis, Data Cleaning, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Functional Data Analysis, Robust Statistical Methods, Data Modelling, Predictive Models.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Statistical Consultant, Auburn University Statistical Consulting Center Jan 2015 – Present

Development of predictive model to evaluate effectiveness of Vapor Wake® bomb-sniffing dogs. Attested for 3500% improvement.

Application of time series methods to predict the failure time of LED lamps. Prediction rate comparable with researcher methods, but with easily interpretable method

Doctoral Researcher, Auburn University Aug 2012–- Present

Development of new Robust Statistical Methods for inference of Complex Data Objects. Outperforms previous existing methods by over 1000%. Research provided strong theoretical justification for methodology

Data cleaning and aggregation of massive sized data sets. Resulted in pioneering development of bioenergetics definition for vocal dose

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Auburn University Aug 2012 – Current

Instructor of Record for undergraduate courses. Pre-calculus, Calculus I, Business Calculus, Introduction to Probability, Intro. to Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Founder of the Actuarial Club of Auburn 2016 – Current

Invited actuarial industry experts to speak at Auburn

President of the Auburn University Chapter of SIAM 2014 – Current

Coordinated speaking engagements with professors and industry experts

SOFTWARE

R, SAS, SQL, VBA, Microsoft Excel, Python, Tableau

LANGUAGES

English – Fluent Portuguese – Native language Spanish –Intermediate

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Seminar on Machine Learning - Topics presented: Kernel Smoothing, Model Assessment, SVD

Linear Regression Analysis - Topic presented: Robust methods in linear regression

Time Series Analysis - Topic presented: SVD Methods for Time Series Analysis

Longitudinal Data Analysis - Topic presented: Efficient Semiparametric Marginal Estimation for the Partially Linear Additive Model for Longitudinal/Clustered Data

Survival Data Analysis - Topic presented: Critical Factors Influencing the Heart-Lung Transplantation

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Mathematics with concentration in Statistics (Full Scholarship) Dec. 2016

Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Robust Functional Data Analysis

Doctorate in Mathematics (Full Scholarship) 2010

IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Dynamical Systems

M.Sc. in Mathematics (Full Scholarship) 2006

IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics 2011

UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

ACTUARIAL EXAMS

Exam P/1

Exam FM/2

Exam C/4

PUBLICATIONS

In Preparation

Lima, I., Cao, G., Billor, N. Asymptotic Properties of Spline M-Estimators for Simultaneous Confidence Band for the Mean Function – Accepted for presentation in 2016 ERCIM - Seville, Spain.

oMarked improvement over existing methods, when outliers are present. Theoretical and Simulation results evaluated.

Lima, I., Cao, G., Billor, N. Robust Functional Data Analysis for Computer Vision.

oDeveloped easy to interpret method with comparable performance to established market procedures

Submitted

Lima, I., Cao, G., Billor, N. Robust Simultaneous Inference for the Mean Based on Dense Functional Data.

oMarked improvement over existing methods, when outliers are present. Simulation intensive analysis.

Smith, A., Sandage, M., Pascoe, D., Plexico, L., Lima, I., Cao, G. Elementary School Teachers’ Vocal Dose: Muscle Bioenergetic and Training Implications.

oImproved analytical understanding of voice stress of School Teachers. Pioneering development of bioenergetics definition for vocal dose.

Poster Presentation

Lima, I., Cao, G., Billor, N. Robust Simultaneous Inference for the Mean Based on Dense Functional Data. (2015) – SRCOS Summer Research Conference.

Lima, I., Cao, G., Billor, N. Robust Functional Data Analysis for Computer Vision. (2014) – Joint Statistical Meeting.

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