Teaching
Courses Taught at Holy Cross:
- Stat 120 Statistical Reasoning - Syllabus [Most recent: Fall 2016]
- Stat 220 Statistics - Syllabus [Most recent: Spring 2020]
- Stat 226 Bayesian Statistics - Syllabus, [*New course, Fall 2018]
- Stat 231 Linear Models - Syllabus [Most recent: Fall 2019]
- Stat 375 Probability Theory - Syllabus [Most recent: Fall 2019]
- Stat 376 Mathematical Statistics - Syllabus [Most recent: Spring 2017]
- Stat 380 Statistical Computing - Syllabus [Most recent: Spring 2020]
- Math 400 Independent Study: Investments & Financial Markets, Spring 2019
- Math 400 Independent Study: Evaluation of Actuarial Models, Spring 2017
- Math 400 Independent Study: Financial Mathematics, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017
- Math 400 Independent Study: Models for Life Contingencies, Fall 2016
- Math 400 Independent Study: Statistial Computing, Spring 2014
- Math 410 Directed Project: Techniques of Data Analysis (Time Series and Forecasting), Spring 2016
- Math 410 Directed Project: Bayesian Sequential Change Point Analysis, Spring 2015
- Math 495-496 Senior Thesis
Student Projects:
Senior Theses
- Piotr Pogorzelski '20, Title: Predicting NCAA March Madness Games Using Bayesian Logistic Regression Techniques [College Honors], 2019-2020
- Alex Clark '19, Title: A Stochastic Model of Single Lane Vehicular Traffic Flow, 2018-2019
- Rui Qiang '19, Title: Bayesian Change Point Analysis [College Honors], 2018-2019
- Michelle Yu '18, Title: Detecting Change Points in Climate, 2017-2018
Summer Research Projects
- Marialena Bevilacqua '20, Topic: Using NCAA statistics to predict success in the NBA, Summer 2019
- Xu (Mike) Ding '21, Topic: Simulating the board game RISK, Summer 2019
Video of Mike's Project - Jeenn Barriero '18, Topic: Classification of heart disease patients using Bayesian logistic regression, Summer 2017
Poster Presentation - Rui Qiang '19, Topic: Bayesian change point analysis applied to financial time series, Summer 2017
- Richard Bielak '18, Topic: Bayesian change point models, Summer 2016
- Fan Wu '18, Topic: Change point models applied to financial time series, Summer 2016
- Joe Terranova '16, Topic: Bayesian change point models, Summer 2015
- Marcus Antonellis '15, Topic: Bayesian sequential change point detection, Summer 2014
Academic Year Student Research Projects
- Josh Clark '19 and William MacDonald '20, Topic: Predicting Red Sox Success in the Postseason: A Bayesian Approach to a Hierarchical Model, presented poster at Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 2019 *winner of prize for outstanding poster*
- Caitlin Harty, '18, Topic: Analyzing Monopoly Using Statistical Computing, departmental honors presentation, May 2018
- Michael Hanlon '18, Topic: A Statistical Analysis of Blokus, presented poster at Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 2018
- Jack Champagne '19, Topic: Simulating Chutes and Ladders, presented poster at Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 2018 *winner of prize for outstanding poster*
Other Projects / Statistical Consultation / Reader for Thesis
- Cara Donovan '18 - A Dynamical Systems Approach to Climate Modeling (Reader for College Honors)
- Brian Toner '17 - Identification of Treatment Effect for Alzheimer's Disease Based on Blinded Clinical Data
- Emily Winn '17 - Topological Modeling of Force Networks in Granular Materials (Senior Honors Thesis)
- Alex Taurone '17 - AfterMath of Genocide: Unraveling Balckboxes in the Guatemalan Civil War (Senior Honors Thesis)
- Charles Schufreider '17 - On the Format of the Scholia to the Iliad in the Venetus A Manuscruipt (College Honors Thesis)
Presentations:
- Statistics in the World Around Us - A Group Project for an Introductory Statistics Course, MAA Contributed Paper Session: Best Practices for Teaching the Introductory Statistics Course, Joint Mathematics Meetings 2015, San Antonio, TX, January 2015
- Visualizing the Central Limit Theorem Through Simulation, Data, Modeling, and Computing in the Introductory Statistics Course, Joint Mathematics Meetings 2014, Baltimore, MD, January 2014
- Teaching Statistics Online Using Blackboard Collaborate, Best Practices for Teaching Online Courses, Mathfest 2013, Hartford, CT, August 2013
- Statistics in the World Around Us, Novel Ways to Incorporate Writing into Mathematics Classes Contributed Paper Session, Mathfest 2011, Lexington, KY, August 2011
- The Mnemonics of Mathematics, presented at the 6th annual New England Peer Tutoring Association Meeting, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, April 2005
- Effective Use of the Algorithms in Action Website, presented at 8th Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference (CCSCNE), CCRI, Providence, RI, April 2003
Publications:
- Ruggieri, E. (2019), “Statistics in the World Around Us - A Group Project for an Introductory Statistics Course,“ Universal Journal of Educational Research, 7(4), 1061-1073.
- Ruggieri, E. (2016), “Visualizing the Central Limit Theorem through Simulation,” PRIMUS, 26(3), 229-240.
- Russell, M., Stern, L., Richardson, J., Ruggieri, E., and Severino, C. (2003), “Effective use of algorithms in action web site,” Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 18(5), 237-238.