Famoye, Felix
Professor
CHAIRPERSON
More about Felix Famoye
Publications & Presentations
Credentials, Certifications & Awards
Research Awards
- Fulbright Scholarship Award, 2016-2017
- Carnegie Corporation of New York Fellowship Award, 2015
- College of Science and Technology Award for Outstanding Research, 2012
- Fulbright Scholarship Award, 2009-2010
- President’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, 2005
- Central Michigan University Research Professorship, 1998
- Central Michigan University Research Professorship, 1994
- Central Michigan University Summer Fellowship, 1990
- The University of Calgary Fellowship Award, 1988
- Winner of the International Statistical Institute Competition, 1987
- College of Science & Technology Outstanding Teaching Award, 2005
- Included in Academic Keys Who’s Who in Sciences Higher Education, 2004
- American Statistical Association Mid-Michigan Chapter Service Award, 1998
- Central Michigan University Excellence in Teaching Award, 1997
- Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Award, 1983
Education
- Ph.D., University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 1986
- B.Sc., (Hons), University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1980
Research Interests
- Statistical Inference for Discrete and Continuous Distributions
- Mathematical Statistics
- Generalized Linear Models
- Computational Statistics
Membership in Professional Organizations
- Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association (since 2014)
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications (since 2012)
- Elected into International Statistical Institute (since 1990)
- International Association for Statistical Computing (since 1990)
- American Statistical Association (since 1986)
- Mid-Michigan Chapter of American Statistical Association (since 1988)
Courses Taught
- Graduate and Undergraduate Courses in Applied and Theoretical Statistics