Lines from Layla
Layla Parast writes:
A few years ago, my dad had a heart attack. (He continues to claim it was just a “discomfort.”) When he was in the emergency room, his doctor told him he needed heart surgery right away. My dad had never had a major surgery and had no…
Contributing Editor Layla Parast is aiming for excellence…by being medium-good:
A few years ago, Netflix recommended to me a documentary called “Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness,” which was about the 2017 CrossFit Games. I knew what CrossFit was—it involved running around carrying balls and kettlebells and lots of…
Layla Parast has learned a hard lesson:
Summer is my favorite time of year. To me, summer means watermelon, pools, and the smell of sunscreen and mosquito repellent. My favorite, well-known example explaining how correlation is not causation involves summer: the numbers show that ice cream sales and shark attacks…
We are pleased to welcome Layla Parast—Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, mother, and CrossFit competitor—to the team of IMS Bulletin contributing editors, with her new column, Lines from Layla.
At my oral exam during my PhD, one…