{"id":28899,"date":"2019-04-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coreblog.prod.adnc.cambridge.org\/?p=28899"},"modified":"2019-04-03T11:18:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T10:18:34","slug":"new-editor-qa-rhonda-righter-of-uc-berkeley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/2019\/04\/03\/new-editor-qa-rhonda-righter-of-uc-berkeley\/","title":{"rendered":"New editor Q&#038;A: Rhonda Righter of UC Berkeley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>Rhonda Righter is joining the editorial board of the journal <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/probability-in-the-engineering-and-informational-sciences\">Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences<\/a><\/em>. She brings with her a wealth of knowledge in the area of stochastic modelling and optimization; <a href=\"http:\/\/rrighter.ieor.berkeley.edu\/about\/\">read her full biography here<\/a>. We asked her a few questions about her experience in the field and her thoughts on the journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What drew you to\nPEIS?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To me, PEIS has just the right balance between theory and\napplication &#8211; emphasis on nice mathematical results but with real, practical,\napplications in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why did you choose\nto research probability with engineering and OR applications?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love it! I think appropriately capturing and responding\nto uncertainty is critical in the real world. Often, when systems have\nrandomness (as they almost always do), behavior can be counter-intuitive. This\nmakes understanding it even more important &#8211; and fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve been\npublishing in journals \u2013 including PEIS \u2013 for many years. How have you balanced\nthe expectation to publish with the daily requirements of being a professor at\nSanta Clara and UC Berkeley?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teaching and research are complementary &#8211; students\ngive me ideas, and my research gives me interesting insights that I can carry\ninto the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Is there an area\nof stochastic modelling and optimization in which you are excited to see\nfurther developments?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One hot and exciting area right now is machine learning &#8211;\na very real application of probability, with lots of potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How are you hoping\nto help in the continuing evolution of PEIS?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll be doing my best to help maintain the already high quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Rhonda has published more than 60 papers in her career, including Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences.<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/browse-subjects\/mathematics\/rhonda-righter\"><strong>Explore a selection of her work<\/strong><\/a><strong>, free to access through 31st December 2019<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhonda Righter is joining the editorial board of the journal Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences. 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