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Mar 01, 2026 Paper published in Natural Language Processing Journal: How robust are linguistic markers of aging? The case of aging-related social media text with Yan Cong, Jingying Hu, and Hui Liu.
Jan 15, 2026 Quoted in Purdue Brian Lamb School of Communication/PBS coverage: Purdue’s AI Bytes workshops hit 1,000 attendances milestone.
Jan 13, 2026 Launched STAT 41800: Computational Methods in Data Science — a new course covering simulation, resampling, Bayesian inference, and LLMs in data science, with entirely original course materials.
Nov 25, 2025 Awarded NIH/NIA R03 as Principal Investigator for development of analytical tools integrating external datasets with MoTrPAC data ($71,168).
Oct 20, 2025 Presented at the AI Bytes Instructor Showcase on Purdue GenAI Studio as a course-constrained AI assistant for STAT 350.
Jun 01, 2025 Appointed to the Academic Organization Committee, Purdue University Senate (2025–2030).