NJIT Newsroom tagged with "bruce bukiet"

NJIT Mathematician Publishes 2013 Major League Baseball Projections

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

It looks like 2013 will be a thrilling season for baseball fans as four of the six divisions can be expected to deliver tight races, says baseball guru NJIT Associate Professor and Associate Dean Bruce Bukiet. Over the years, Bukiet has applied mathematical analysis to compute the number of regular season games each Major League Baseball team should win. Though his expertise is in mathematical modeling, his projections have compared well with those of so-called experts.

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Beijing Normal University Visits NJIT

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Dr. Fanghua Hao, Vice President of Beijing Normal University, Chancellor Dr. Chuansheng Liu and several other representatives of the school met with NJIT President Joel Bloom on the morning of Jan. 28 to discuss similarities between the universities and how the two plan to collaborate together for a mutual beneficial future.

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NJIT Math Professor Calls Detroit Tigers a Favorite to Win World Series

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Since the Major League Baseball Division Series and League Championship Series have determined which teams will compete in the World Series, NJIT Math Professor Bruce Bukiet has again analyzed the probability of each team taking the title.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of mathematical sciences, csla, bruce bukiet, mathematical model

NJIT's Convocation Recognizes 2012 Top Performers: Professors, Staff, Students

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT will mark the start of the new school year Sept. 12, 2012 at University Convocation, an annual celebration and awards ceremony. The event, which recognizes the accomplishments of students, faculty and staff, will be held at 3 p.m. in the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreation Facility on the NJIT campus.

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NJIT Mathematician Publishes 2012 Major League Baseball Projections

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks should win their divisions, while the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds will make it to Major League Baseball’s post-season as wild card teams in the National League (NL) in 2012, according to NJIT’s baseball guru Bruce Bukiet.

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NJIT Math Professor Announces Who Deserves the Cy Young and Most Valuable Player Awards; Calls Rangers Solid Favorite for World Series

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

With Major League Baseball’s World Series set to begin tomorrow, NJIT math professor Bruce Bukiet has once again analyzed the players most deserving of winning baseball’s most important awards for the 2011 season.

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NJIT Math Professor Calls Rangers and Brewers Solid Favorites for Championships

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

The Major League Baseball Division Series is underway and NJIT math professor Bruce Bukiet has once again analyzed the probability of each team advancing to the World Series.

Tagged: department of mathematical sciences, bruce bukiet, baseball predictions, mathematical modeling

NJIT Mathematician Publishes 2011 Major League Baseball Projections

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants should win their divisions, while the Atlanta Braves will take the wild card slot in the National League (NL), according to NJIT’s baseball guru Bruce Bukiet.

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Texas Rangers Will Take the Series, Says NJIT Math Guru

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

There’s a 65 percent chance that the Texas Rangers will beat the San Francisco Giants in the World Series starting tomorrow, said NJIT’s Bruce Bukiet, an associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences.

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NJIT Math Guru Right for Baseball: So Far Phillies, Rangers, Yanks, Giants Winning

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

So far, so good for NJIT’s Bruce Bukiet, who’s been calling the cards right when it comes to winning baseball teams. In the first round of the Major League Baseball Division Series last week, Bukiet, an associate professor of mathematics at NJIT, said the Phillies, Rangers, Yanks and Giants would be ahead. And, they are thanks to his mathematical model.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, baseball, bruce bukiet, baseball predictions, mathematical modeling, phd

Phillies, Rangers, Yanks, Giants To Win, Says NJIT Math Guru

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

With the Major League Baseball Division Series set to begin, associate math professor Bruce Bukiet at NJIT is performing his analysis of the probability of each team advancing to the League Championship Series. "Going into these series, the Philadelphia Phillies have a 64 percent chance of defeating the Cincinnati Reds in their best of five game series,” he said. “The Texas Rangers, New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants have slight advantages to win series over their opponents, the Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves respectively in the first round Division Series contests.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of mathematical sciences, baseball, bruce bukiet, mathematical modeling, predictions

NJIT Math Professor Named 2010 MLB Predictions Champ

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Bruce Bukiet, PhD, of West Orange, an associate professor in NJIT's Department of Mathematical Sciences who applies mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, has won the 2010 Major League Baseball Predictions contest sponsored by Baseball PhD.

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Math Professor Features 2010 Major League Baseball Predictions at NJIT

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

With pitchers and catchers having recently reported to spring training, once again Bruce Bukiet, an associate professor at NJIT, has applied mathematical analysis to compute the number of games that Major League Baseball teams should win in 2010.

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NJIT Prof Sees 70 Percent Chance for Yanks to Win the 2009 World Series: Mauer, Hanley Ramirez Deserve MVP; Greinke, Lincecum Deserve Cy Young

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT’s Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, has computed the probability of the Yankees and Phillies winning the World Series. He also has computed the most deserving of Major League Baseball’s prestigious 2009 Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Cy Young awards.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of mathematical sciences, national science foundation, bruce bukiet, baseball predictions, markov process approach

NJIT Baseball Guru Says Yankees, Dodgers Should Make World Series

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

With the League Championship Series set to begin tomorrow, NJIT Mathematics Professor Bruce Bukiet has, once again, analyzed the probability of each team winning their post-season series. Bukiet updates his calculations daily during the Major League Baseball post-season.

Tagged: department of mathematical sciences, baseball, bruce bukiet, predictions, yankees, dodgers

KUDOS-August 2009

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

An article by NJIT Professor Hans Chaudhry (lead author), and Associate Professors Bruce Bukiet and Zhiming Ji has received the 2009 George W. Northup, DO, Medical Writing Award.

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NJIT Mathematician Foresees Tight Races in Major League Baseball’s Eastern Divisions

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels should make the playoffs in the American League (AL) in 2009 with most other teams lagging well behind.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of mathematical sciences, national science foundation, bruce bukiet, baseball predictions, national league, dynamics of human balance, njit excellence in teaching award, detonation waves, mathematical modeling of physical phenomena

NJIT Prof Sees 59 Percent Chance of Rays Win Over Phillies in World Series

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT’s Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of scoring in baseball, has computed the probability of the Rays and Phillies winning the World Series now that the Rays have defeated the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series.

Tagged: department of mathematical sciences, baseball, bruce bukiet, vincent naimoli, sports, tampa bay rays, operations research, cy young awards

Using Math Model, NJIT Prof Names MVP and Cy Young Award Contenders

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT’s Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, is now applying his methods to ascertain the players most deserving of major league baseball’s prestigious 2008 Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Cy Young awards.

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NJIT Math Professor Bruce Bukiet Featured in Library's Salute to Baseball Exhibit

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT Mathematics Professor Bruce Bukiet, PhD is featured in the Van Houten Library's main exhibit —a salute to baseball-this summer. Bukiet, an avid Mets fan who is also associate dean of NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts, uses a mathematical model to predict Major League Baseball outcomes.

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Mathematician Foresees Romps for Major League Baseball’s American League and Tight Races in National League in 2008

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT’s indefatigable math professor Bruce Bukiet is once again opining on outcomes for this season’s Major League Baseball teams. His picks are based on a mathematical model he developed in 2000.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of mathematical sciences, national science foundation, bruce bukiet, baseball predictions, excellence in teaching award

NJIT Math Professor Predicts A-Rod, Sabathia, Peavy and Hanley Ramirez of Marlins To Win Baseball’s MVP and Cy Young Awards

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT’s Bruce Bukiet, the World Series Forecaster, is once again banging away on his keyboard, this time to name winners of Major League Baseball’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Cy Young awards for the 2007 season.

Tagged: bruce bukiet, mathematics, cy young awards, major league baseball

NJIT Professor Predicts Cubs and Red Sox Most Likely To Advance To League Championship Series

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

"There is no dominant team in this year's baseball playoffs, at least in the first round," said Bruce Bukiet, associate professor of mathematical sciences at NJIT concerning the Major League Baseball Division series. According to Bukiet's mathematical model, the Cubs have a 62 percent chance of advancing to the National League Championship Series, while the Red Sox have a 60 percent chance of advancing to the American League Championship Series.

Tagged: baseball, bruce bukiet, mathematics, national league

KUDOS - July 2007

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Math Professor Receives Van Houten Award for Teaching ExcellenceBruce Bukiet, PhD, associate dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts and associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences at NJIT, received the 2007 Robert W. Van Houten Award for Teaching Excellence. Recipients of the award are selected by alumni who have graduated from NJIT within the past five years.

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NJIT to Re-engineer Science and Technology Pre-College Education With New Initiatives of More than $5M

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT today announced more than $5 M in innovative strategies to better prepare urban students to pursue 21st century engineering and science careers. Combining $4.5 M in National Science Foundation grants with NJIT’s own contribution, the university-wide initiative will enrich and strengthen high school curricula in science, mathematics and engineering in Newark and other urban districts including Perth Amboy, Union City and Orange. Jane Oates, executive director of the NJ Commission on Higher Education, was among those who spoke at the event.

Tagged: robert altenkirch, bruce bukiet, science, technology, fadi deek, robert friedman, c2prism, nsf grant, pre-college education

NJIT Receives $3 Million NSF Grant To Improve Math, Science and Technology Education in Newark High Schools

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT was awarded a five-year, $3-million National Science Foundation grant to impart and infuse computational methods and tools in a math and science context into high school classrooms in Newark. The “Computation and Communication: Promoting Research Integration in Science and Mathematics” or C2PRISM grant will place 24 Fellows—all working towards doctoral degrees in the computational sciences or mathematics— in one of three Newark public high schools and one private high school, St. Vincent’s Academy.

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Bukiet Sees Subway Series a Distinct Possibility in 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

The New York Mets should expect to win about 90 games in 2007 and the Yankees a whopping 110 games to lead their divisions, said Bruce Bukiet, PhD, an associate professor of mathematical sciences at NJIT. Bukiet, who is also an associate dean of NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts, offers the expectations for the number of games each major league baseball team should win based on his mathematical model, developed in 2000.

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Mets Have 60 Percent Chance of Winning League Championship Series, Says Bukiet at NJIT

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400

The New York Mets have a 60 percent chance of taking the the National League Championship series, with a 24 percent chance of clinching the deal in six games, said Bruce Bukiet, an associate professor of mathematical sciences at NJIT.

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Yankees and Twins To Advance to League Championship; Dodgers and Padres To Advance in National League, Says NJIT Math Professor

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400

The New York Yankees have better than a 3 in 4 chance of defeating the Detroit Tigers in their best of 5 series beginning tonight, said Bruce Bukiet, PhD, associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences at NJIT. In the other American League match-up, Bukiet said that the Minnesota Twins have a 71 percent chance of defeating the Oakland A's.

Tagged: baseball, bruce bukiet, math, yankees, national league, dodgers

NJIT Gets $500,000 NSF Grant To Train Math, Science Teachers

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT will lead the way for the next four years to train and place more effective science and math teachers in urban high schools in Newark and other high needs districts around the state. “We’re sending into the neediest New Jersey high schools, 26 new teachers, who will make math and science come alive for their students,” said principal investigator Bruce Bukiet, PhD, associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences and associate dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts at NJIT.

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NJIT Math Professor Bruce Bukiet Receives Teaching Award

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Bruce Bukiet, PhD, associate professor and associate dean in the department of mathematical sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), received at NJIT’s annual awards convocation today the excellence in teaching award for outstanding work.

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NJIT Math Professor Predicts Major League Baseball Season

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Both the Yankees and the Mets will have the best records in their leagues this season, according to Bruce Bukiet, PhD, an associate professor of mathematical sciences at NJIT who uses a computerized mathematical modeling method to predict games. His annually issued predictions have been competitive over the years with those issued by baseball experts.

Tagged: mathematical sciences, baseball, bruce bukiet, yankees, mets

NJIT Math Professor Predicts 2005 Major League Baseball Season

Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Bruce Bukiet, PhD, an associate professor of mathematical sciences at NJIT who has an expertise in mathematical modeling, has issued his annual predictions for the Major League Baseball 2005 season. The Yankees should win the most games in baseball in 2005 and take their division, says Bukiet, and the Mets should win 10 more games than they did last year, but they’ll still take fourth place in their division.

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New Jersey Institute of Technology Professor Issues Baseball Playoff Predictions:Red Sox Most Likely to Advance; Yankees and Twins Should Go To the Wire

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Bruce Bukiet, Ph.D., an associate professor of mathematical sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), an expert in numerical methods and mathematical modeling, has issued his baseball playoff predictions for 2004. Bukiet bases his predictions on the 2004 performance of the players on each team, using his mathematical model for run production.

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NJIT Math Professor Issues Baseball Playoff Predictions

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Bruce Bukiet, PhD, an associate professor of mathematical sciences at NJIT, has issued his baseball playoff predictions for 2004. The series between the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees should be the most hotly contested, with the Twins having a slight edge of 51 to 49 percent. “The Twins’ edge in pitching makes up for the Yankees’ dominance in hitting,” says Bukiet, an expert in numerical methods and mathematical modeling.

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MEDIA ADVISORY

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0400

“The Yankees have a 72.5% chance to beat the Marlins in the World Series, according to Bruce Bukiet. “ It would be fishy if the Marlins were to win,” Bukiet quips, “since the Yankees are overall a better team, with superior hitting and pitching. The Yankees are favored to win all but one game in the series, and even in that game the teams are statistically even.”

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Yankees, Red Sox, Braves and Giants Favored To Take Series, Says New Jersey Institute of Technology Math Professor

Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0400

Bruce Bukiet, Ph.D., an associate professor of mathematical sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) an expert in numerical methods and mathematical modeling, has issued his baseball playoff predictions for 2003.

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NJIT Math Professor Predicts Major League Baseball Season

Mon, 24 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0500

Bruce Bukiet, Ph.D., associate professor of mathematical sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology who has an expertise in mathematical modeling, has issued his Major League Baseball 2003 analysis.

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