# Bonnie Ray

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{{Short description|American data scientist}}
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'''Bonnie Kathryn Ray''' is an American statistician and data scientist, the head of data science at [Chartbeat](/source/Chartbeat), a publisher data analytics firm.{{r|ona20}} Her publications in statistics have concerned [long-range dependence](/source/long-range_dependence), [change detection](/source/change_detection), [orthogonal defect classification](/source/Orthogonal_Defect_Classification), and wide-ranging applications including analysis of business models, [climate model](/source/climate_model)s, and [software engineering](/source/software_engineering).

==Education and career==
Ray is originally from [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi), and grew up in northern [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana).{{r|cws}} She majored in mathematics at [Baylor University](/source/Baylor_University), where she was president of the Mu Sigma Beta mathematics honor society,{{r|lxm}} and held summer internships at [Texas Instruments](/source/Texas_Instruments).{{r|cws}} She graduated [Phi Beta Kappa](/source/Phi_Beta_Kappa) in 1985,{{r|lxm}} and completed a Ph.D. in statistics at [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) in 1991. Her dissertation, ''Fractionally Differenced ARMA Processes: Seasonality and Forecasting Issues'', was jointly supervised by Jonathan Hosking and [Howard Levene](/source/Howard_Levene).{{r|mg}}

After postdoctoral research with Peter Lewis at the [Naval Postgraduate School](/source/Naval_Postgraduate_School), she became an assistant professor of mathematics at the [New Jersey Institute of Technology](/source/New_Jersey_Institute_of_Technology), and earned tenure there before moving to the [Thomas J. Watson Research Center](/source/Thomas_J._Watson_Research_Center) of [IBM Research](/source/IBM_Research) in 2001. At IBM she spent two years as program manager for analytics and optimization at IBM's China Research Laboratory in Beijing, and eventually became senior manager for data and decision analytics and director of cognitive algorithms.{{r|lxm|cws}}

In 2015, Ray moved from IBM to become vice president of data science at [Talkspace](/source/Talkspace), an online and mobile therapy company,{{r|cws}} before moving again to her present position at Chartbeat.

==Recognition==
Ray was elected as a [Fellow of the American Statistical Association](/source/Fellow_of_the_American_Statistical_Association) in 2005.{{r|fasa}}

==References==
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<ref name=cws>{{citation|url=https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2018/03/01/bonnie-k-ray/|title=Bonnie K. Ray|department=A Statistician's Life, Celebrating Women in Statistics|magazine=AmStat News|publisher=American Statistical Association|date=March 1, 2018}}</ref>

<ref name=fasa>{{citation|url=https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Awards/ASA-Fellows-list.aspx|title=ASA Fellows list|publisher=American Statistical Association|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref>

<ref name=lxm>{{citation|url=https://www.baylor.edu/math/index.php?id=924957|title=Bonnie Ray|work=Life Experiences in Mathematics Series|publisher=Baylor University Mathematics|date=March 2014|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref>

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<ref name=ona20>{{citation|url=https://ona20.journalists.org/speaker/bonnie-ray/|title=Bonnie Ray|work=ONA20 Speakers|date=October 2020|publisher=Online News Association|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref>

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