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Research Interests

Research Interests. Bill Woodall. B.S. in Mathematics, Millsaps College M.S. and Ph.D. in Statistics, Virginia Tech Associate of the Society of Actuaries Former Editor of the Journal of Quality Technology Reviewer for over sixty journals, funding agencies, and universities outside the U.S.

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Research Interests

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  1. Research Interests Bill Woodall

  2. B.S. in Mathematics, Millsaps College • M.S. and Ph.D. in Statistics, Virginia Tech • Associate of the Society of Actuaries • Former Editor of the Journal of Quality Technology • Reviewer for over sixty journals, funding agencies, and universities outside the U.S. • Resume is at departmental website

  3. Twenty former Ph.D. students and three current ones have worked in the following areas: • Industrial process monitoring: Involving, e.g., multivariate methods, time series models, Markov chains, and regression. • Taguchi on-line and multivariate methods • Critiques of fuzzy logic • Profile monitoring • Health-related monitoring

  4. To work with me, you should take STAT 6494 Advanced Topics in Mathematical Statistics (on Advanced Statistical Quality Control) in Spring 2008.

  5. Recent Ph.D. Students: M. A. Mahmoud and J. D. Williams Woodall, W. H., Spitzner, D. J., Montgomery, D. C., and Gupta, S. (2004). “Using Control Charts to Monitor Process and Product Quality Profiles”, Journal of Quality Technology 36, 309-320. http://filebox.vt.edu/users/bwoodall/WOODALL%20et%20al.pdf

  6. Woodall, W. H. (2006), “Use of Control Charts in Health Care Monitoring and Public Health Surveillance” (with discussion), Journal of Quality Technology 38, 88-103. http://filebox.vt.edu/users/bwoodall/2006%20JQT%20Review%20Paper.pdf Ph. D. Students: Landon Sego, Mike Joner, Shannon Fraker, Brooke Marshall.

  7. Reasons to study health-related monitoring • Literature is accessible • Many open research topics with some low-hanging fruit • Highly publishable topics • Biostatistics is a very hot area • Can make a significant impact

  8. Advice to M.S. Students • Learn details, but don’t forget the bigger picture. • Keep an open mind about research and obtaining a Ph.D.

  9. Advice to Ph.D. Students • Choose research area carefully. • Meet regularly with advisor. • Submit papers for publication while writing your dissertation. • Expect ups and downs.

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