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Thursday, October 8, 2026:

I presented a poster, Multiclass Calibration Assessment and Recalibration of Probability Predictions via the Linear Log Odds Calibration Function at the Fall Technical Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Friday, September 4, 2026:

I was awarded a Gibbons Star Award by the Department of Statistics at Virginia Tech. This award recognizes graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement in the previous year.

Wednesday, August 5, 2026:

I presented a talk, Multiclass Recalibration of Probability Predictions via the Linear Log Odds Calibration Function, at the 2026 Joint Statistical Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Monday, July 13, 2026:

I was awarded the 2026 John Bartko Ph.D. '62 Award by the Department of Statistics at Virginia Tech. This award recognizes graduate students who demonstrate excellence in statistical collaboration, communication, and consulting.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026:

I received an Outstanding Poster Award by the American Statistical Association, Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security, which is awarded to top student posters at the Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis (DATAWorks) 2026 Workshop.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026:

I presented Multiclass Calisbration Assessment and Recalibration of Probability Predictions via the Linear Log Odds Calibration Function at a speed session at Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis (DATAWorks) 2026 Workshop.

You can watch a recording here: https://youtu.be/Q71mTO0O0nc?si=TZHfPQFh8fXjKZXK 

My slides are available here: https://dataworks.testscience.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Tues_Speed2_Vennos.pdf 

Tuesday, February 24, 2026:

Christopher T. Franck, Xin Xing and I have uploaded an ArXiv article, Multiclass Calibration Assessment and Recalibration of Probability Predictions via the Linear Log Odds Calibration Function. 

Here is the link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18573 

Friday, February 20, 2026:

I was selected to receive a student travel grant to attend DATAWorks 2026 at the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia. I am grateful and excuted for the opportunity to attend DATAWorks! 

Monday, February 23, 2026:

I presented a poster, Can Humans Trust What Machine Learning Sees? Multicategory Recalibration Approaches for Image Classification, at the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference in Blacksburg, VA.