Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas
Founders Building (FO) 2.106
emmett.kendall@utdallas.edu
Brief biography
Hello! I am happy to see you have found my website. I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. I completed my Ph.D. in Statistics from North Carolina State University under the advisory of Dr. Jonathan Williams and received a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Florida where I worked under the advisory of Dr. Joseph Antonelli.
University of Texas at Dallas
Founders Building (FO) 2.106
emmett.kendall@utdallas.edu
Brief biography
Hello! I am happy to see you have found my website. I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. I completed my Ph.D. in Statistics from North Carolina State University under the advisory of Dr. Jonathan Williams and received a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Florida where I worked under the advisory of Dr. Joseph Antonelli.
Curriculum Vitae (Last Updated: January 20, 2026)
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- State-space models
- Biomedical statistics
- Bayesian inference
- Conformal prediction
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I have accepted an offer to become a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Data Science at The University of Texas at Dallas in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. I will start Spring 2026. Very excited for this next step in my academic journey!
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I was awarded the Spring 2025 NCSU GSA Conferences and Travel award.
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I will be traveling to Oslo, Norway, in May 2025 to speak at the University of Oslo's Department of Mathematics Seminar on Statistics and Data Science. Additionally, I was given the opportunity to give a seminar on my research at the Oslo University Hospital.
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The session I organized titled 'Applications and Advances of Regime Switching Models' has been accepted as a Topic-Contributed Session for JSM 2025. Be on the lookout for that this August!
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I won 2nd place at NC State's Graduate Student Research Symposium in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences category.
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I gave a Short Talk at the Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting (BAYSM) 2023 on my work with Mayo Clinic.
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I passed my Oral Preliminary Exam which is the last milestone before my final defense. This means I am no longer a PhD 'student' but am a PhD 'candidate.'
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The work with Mayo Clinic this summer was presented as a poster presentation at JSM 2023. Check out the poster here: poster.
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I was hired as a Graduate Intern for Mayo Clinic's Kern Center for Science of Health Care Delivery Summer 2023 working with Dr. Curtis Storlie.