Statistical Consulting

The Statistical Consulting Unit (SCU) provides statistical analysis, data science expertise, and computational research support to faculty, students and external partners across Georgia Southern University and beyond.

Established in 2005 under the leadership of Dr. Broderick Oluyede, the SCU has completed more than 110 interdisciplinary consultations and has supported externally funded research, graduate theses and collaborative scholarly publications.

Over the past decade, the scope and scale of SCU activities have expanded significantly integrating artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, high-performance computing and applied analytics across multiple colleges.

Through federal partnerships, industry contracts and cross-college research initiatives, the SCU now functions as Georgia Southern University’s primary infrastructure for interdisciplinary quantitative research and data-driven innovation.

Services

Study Design and Research Planning

• Research aims and hypothesis development
• Sampling plans and survey design
• IRB and grant statistical support
• Experimental and observational design

Statistical Analysis and Modeling

• Classical and modern inference
• Survival analysis and reliability modeling
• Bayesian methods
• Machine learning and predictive analytics
• Simulation and stochastic modeling

Data Management and Software Support

• Data cleaning and preprocessing
• R, Python, SAS, SPSS and MINITAB support
• HPC and computational workflow guidance

Professional and Industry Collaboration

• Workforce analytics consulting
• Contract-based analytics
• Joint research and co-authorship
• Regulatory and audit analytics

Request an Appointment

To request an appointment, complete the SCU service request form below. The schedule for statistical consulting upcoming sessions is also provided below. 

Upcoming Events: 

TBA

Statistics Seminar

The Statistics Seminar, organized by SCU members is held on Fridays at 2:30 PM on the Statesboro Campus, Building Math/Physics, Room 3314, and also in Zoom.

Members

The SCU consists of a Director and eleven faculty members of the Statistics Group, from the Statesboro and Armstrong campuses; several associated faculty members from the Applied & Computational Mathematics groups; and associated members from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health.

Director

• Divine Wanduku, Ph.D.
• Room: Math/Physics Building, Room 3309
• Office #: 912-478-4728
• Email: dwanduku@georgiasouthern.edu

Other Core Members

1. Charles Champ, Ph.D. (cchamp@georgiasouthern.edu)
2. Kyle Bradford, Ph.D. (kbradford@georgiasouthern.edu)
3. Arpita Chatterjee, Ph.D. (achatterjee@georgiasouthern.edu)
4. Ionut Iacob, Ph.D. (ieiacob@georgiasouthern.edu)
5. Andrew Sills, Ph.D. (asills@georgiasouthern.edu)
6. Gregory Knofczynski, Ph.D. (gknofczynski@georgiasouthern.edu)
7. Zheni Utic, Ph.D. (zutic@georgiasouthern.edu)
8. Jared Schlieper, Ph.D. (jschlieper@georgiasouthern.edu)
9. Alex Stokolos , Ph.D. (astokolos@georgiasouthern.edu)

Associated Members

• Hani Samawi, Ph.D. (hsamawi@georgiasouthern.edu)
• Jing X. Kersey, Dr. P. H. (jxkersey@georgiasouthern.edu)
• John N. Dyer, Ph.D. (jdyer@georgiasouthern.edu
• Omid M. Ardakani, Ph.D. (oardakani@georgiasouthern.edu)
• Mariana Saenz, Ph.D. (msayala@georgiasouthern.edu)