Welcome
My name is Miles Chen. Online, you'll find me as either mileschen or smileschen.
I am proud to be a Continuing Lecturer for the Department of Statistics and Data Science at UCLA.
I am also a course instructor for UCLA Extension.
Welcome, and thank you for visiting my page.
Contact Info
Math Sciences Building 8105 J
mileschen@stat.ucla.edu
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Psalm 103:1
My Dream Job
Is Teaching Statistics and Data Science
I love the subject and field of statistics. I love teaching. I love UCLA and the people here. I am thankful for my colleagues in the department of Statistics and thankful for all the students I get to teach.
Falling in love with statistics
As an undergraduate student, I studied Industrial Engineering. It was a really fun subject, and I had to take several statistics courses. Those classes ended up being my favorites. [Thank you Professor Lin and Professor Chakravarthy!]
After spending a few years in industry working as an industrial engineer and project manager, I decided to return to graduate school to pursue my PhD in statistics. After a long journey, I completed my PhD under the direction of Professor Peter Bentler. My dissertation is titled: "Identifying DIF for Latent Classes with the Dirichlet Process." It focusses on a statistics application in psychology, namely Item Response Theory.
As a graduate student, I developed a passion for teaching. Being able to teach statistics at UCLA is a dream come true. I am humbled and grateful.
I hope anyone who takes a statistics course will learn to love statistics too.
Education
Ph.D. Statistics, UCLA 2015
M.S. Statistics, UCLA 2009
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Kettering University, 2006
Furry Friends
Rest in peace. I will always love you, Buddy.
My cuddly companion, Firu.
grateful to work here