Raja Velu

Professor Emeritus, Managerial Statistics
Raja
PhD, Business/Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor Velu’s research interests in statistics include multivariate methods, longitudinal and time series modeling, and exploratory data analysis. He is currently interested in applied areas such as analysis of high frequency data in finance, Asset Pricing and Models for Big Data.

Professor Velu has worked as part of the Intelligent Information Systems Group at IBM-Almaden Lab, where he conducted cutting-edge research on data mining, and as part of the forecasting team at Yahoo!, in developing the company’s newest ad platform, Panama. He has published in Biometrika and the Journal of Econometrics, among many others, and has a research monograph published by Springer. His research is cited in various social and natural sciences fields.

He is also involved in training and consulting for such leading companies as Saks Fifth Avenue and Time, Inc.

Publications

  • Jan 01, 2013

    Chancellor's Excellence Citation Award

    Syracuse University
  • Jun 01, 2012

    Faculty Fellow

    JPMC
  • Aug 01, 2011

    Faculty Fellow

    JPMC
  • Jan 01, 2006

    Elected Member, International Statistics Institute

  • Jan 01, 1989

    Awarded “Campus Researcher Award”

    University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • Jan 01, 1987

    Awarded “Best Researcher Award”

    College of Business and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • Jan 01, 1986

    Awarded “Best Researcher Award”

    College of Business and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater