Curriculum Vitae
Michael J. “Jack” Davis
318-555 Cottonwood Ave.
Coquitlam, B.C., V3J 2R8
Phone: 778-387-1824
jackd@sfu.ca
Current Position
Ph.D. Candidate in Statistics, Simon Fraser University, 2011-Current
Education
M.Sc. in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies - Statistics, 2011
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University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Supervisor: Paramjit Gill
B.Sc. in Mathematics, 2008
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University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Transferred from University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia,
Canada, 2006
Transferred from College of New Caledonia, Prince George, British Columbia, 2005
Professional Development
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SAS 9 Base Programming, 2012, Vancouver
SFU Winter Programming Contest 2012, SFU, Burnaby
IRMACS Summer School for Spatial Statistics 2010, SFU, Burnaby
Microsoft Certified Application Specialist in Word 2007, 2009, Microsoft, Online
Canadian Securities Course, 2009, Canadian Securities Institute, Online
College Reading and Learning Association, 2006, Advanced Mathematics Tutor, UNBC
Experience
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Graduate Teaching Assistant: Stochastic Processes, Design of Experiments (2 times), Statistics
for Social Scientists (3 times), Introduction to Statistics, SFU, Burnaby (2011-Current)
Business Intelligence Analyst, Wyley Interactive (2012-2013)
Sessional Instructor: Statistics for Social Scientists, SFU, Burnaby (2012)
Software Developer and Game Designer, Cosmic Logic Inc., Kelowna, (2009-2012)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Elementary Statistics, Introduction to Statistics for Sciences and
Algebra-Based Physics (3 guest lectures), UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, (2010-2011)
Math and Science Tutor, Westside Tutor, Kelowna, (2008-2010)
Math, Statistics, and Physics Tutor, Academic Resource Centre, UBC Okanagan, Kelowna (2007
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Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in Business Statistics, Multivariate Calculus, UBC
Okanagan, Kelowna (2007-2008)
Publications and Projects
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Davis, J. (2013) “Imputing from ordinal data in unevenly spaced category bounds”. Poster at
Statistical Society of Canada Inaugural Student Meeting.
Davis, J., Danroth, R., Simo, A., Le A., Johnston C., Milloy, M-J., Kerr, T., Wood, E., Brumme,
Z. and the Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study (VIDUS) (2013) “Impact of the heterozygous
CCR5wt/Δ32 genotype on HIV-1 acquisition risk among Injection Drug Users.” Poster at
Canadian AIDS/HIV Research annual meeting.
Davis, J., Nkala, B., Dietrich, J., Kaida, A., Hogg B., Gray, G., Miller, C.L (2013)., “Should the
mental health needs of adolescents be considered as part of comprehensive HIV prevention
programs in HIV endemic settings?” Poster at Canadian AIDS/HIV Research annual meeting.
Davis, J. (2012) “An SPSS Companion Book to Elementary Statistics for the Social Sciences”
Available on academic webpage.
Davis, J., Gill, P. (2012) “Scoring Trends in the Third Period of the NHL”, UBC/SFU Joint
Statistical Student Seminar.
Davis, J., Henrey A. (2012) “R N00b to Pro”, Intermediate Tutorial to R Programming.
Davis, M.J. (2011) “A Statistical Analysis of Fruit Damage in the Okanagan Valley Due to
Codling Moth”, UBC Okanagan MSc Thesis.
Davis, J., Hammermeister J, Roberts, A. (2011) “Doc Logic”, X-Box Live Indie Games.
Davis, M., Gill, P. (2010), “What Happens in the Third Period of an NHL Game”, UBC
Okanagan Brown Bag Lunch Series.
Davis, M. Gustafsson, E. (2010) “A Linear Mixed Effects Model of the Metabolism of
Bradykinin in the Presence of ACE Inhibitors”, Case study poster presented at Statistical Society
of Canada annual meeting.
Davis, M.J. (2009) "Business Statistics in About 25 Pages", UBC Okanagan Academic Resource
Centre.
Davis, M.J. (2007) "Determining the Feasibility of Irrational Numbers in Cryptography",
Undergraduate Research Award Symposium, Kelowna, British Columbia.
Awards
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Simon Fraser University Graduate Fellowship (PhD), $3,163 (2013)
Simon Fraser University Graduate Fellowship (PhD), $9,325 (2012)
I.K. Barber Undergraduate Research Award, $5,000 (2007)
UBC Okanagan Transfer Scholarship, $2,000 (2006)
Time Person of the Year $0 (2006)
College of New Caledonia Mathematics Award, 1 Year Tuition (2003)
Affiliations
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American Statistical Society: Member since 2013
Statistical Society of Canada: Member since 2010, A. Stat. since 2012
Computer Skills
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Programming Languages: PHP, MySQL
Statistical Applications: R, SAS, JMP, SPSS
Other Applications: MS Office Suite, Expresso, LaTeX, Maple
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista, 7; Linux Ubuntu.
Research Interests
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Applications of spatial methods and networks to epidemiology and biostatistics.
Applications of machine learning to optimization in professional sports.
Statistical computing using information theory and databases.
Non-traditional methods of statistics education.