Stories Tagged with "mathematical modeling"
2012 - 2 stories
2011 - 4 stories
2010 - 5 stories
2009 - 2 stories
2004 - 1 story
2003 - 1 story
2011 - 4 stories
2010 - 5 stories
2009 - 2 stories
2004 - 1 story
2003 - 1 story
NJIT Professor Featured in NY Times Education Life Ad
July 23, 2012
Mathematics professor Eliza Michalopoulou is featured in an ad appearing in the New York Times Education Life section on July 22, 2012. Michalopoulou uses mathematical modeling and signal processing to help the Navy detect submarines in coastal areas.
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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
October 18, 2011
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. >>
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.
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Mathematical Sciences Department To Host Two Events
June 08, 2011
NJIT's Department of Mathematical Sciences will host two events: a Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp on June 11-12 and the 27th Annual Mathematical Problems in Industry (MPI) Workshop on June 13-17.
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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
October 26, 2010
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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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. >>
Phillies, Rangers, Yanks, Giants To Win, Says NJIT Math Guru
October 05, 2010
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.
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NJIT Math Professor Named 2010 MLB Predictions Champ
October 04, 2010
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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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
October 27, 2009
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.
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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.
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Mathematics Leads Way To Better Golf Swing, Health and More at NJIT International Conference
May 19, 2004
If you’re interested in learning how to improve a golf swing, create a better baseball bat or combat sepsis, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is the place to be. More than 200 mathematicians and scientists will attend NJIT’s first international research conference May 21-22. The event will shed light on 40 unusual and important research activities such as the ones above. Conference sponsors are NJIT’s Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
October 17, 2003
“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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