Dr. Jairo Diaz Rodriguez

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Jairo Diaz-Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University. His research interests center on data science, machine learning, high-dimensional statistics, and optimization in the context of big data. He received his PhD in mathematics, with a focus on statistics, from the University of Geneva in Switzerland in 2018 under the supervision of Professor Sylvain Sardy. After completing his PhD, he was appointed as an assistant professor at Universidad del Norte in Colombia. Diaz-Rodriguez has extensive experience working as a data science consultant and machine learning engineer across various fields, including information technology, public health, education, economics, and marketing. He has worked on a wide range of real-world data science problems and has a strong interdisciplinary background. His expertise spans the entire data science pipeline, including data acquisition, transformation, visualization, model selection, and the deployment of fully functional production systems.

Research Interests

Requirements for York University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
4-year Honours Bachelor degree in a related discipline
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Specialization Notes

Department of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies graduate programs generally follow the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) B+ minimum requirement.