



Mead Dream On Idea
Cynthia and 14 students visited the University Data Center (UDC). The director of UDC, Dale Robinson, gave us a wonderful tour so the students got to see cool high-performance servers, intricate networking setups, cutting-edge cooling systems that keeps everything running efficiently, etc. We also saw a telecom room which houses telecommunications equipment from AT&T, Verizon, etc. Every message sent out from the UVA stadium or JPJA would go through that room. Students also got a chance to meet with people from Research Computing (RC) department to learn about their work and the internship opportunities available in RC.
Thanks for the support from Mead!

New lab member will join us in the fall of 2025!
Star Karkowitz will join BAL LAB in the Fall of 2025 as a first year PhD student. Welcome!
Cynthia won the All-University Teaching Award!
Cynthia received the 2024 All-University Teaching Award at the University of Virginia.

New lab members will join us in the Fall of 2024!
Chad Davis and Jiepeng Yuan will join BAL LAB in the Fall of 2024 as first year PhD students. Welcome!

Richard and Dandan won a Double Hoo Award
Richard Jiang and Dandan Tang won a Double Hoo Award! Their project “A Bayesian Method for Compositional Data Analysis in Longitudinal Studies” has been selected for funding! Congratulations!

Cynthia is elected as a SMEP member!
Cynthia Tong is elected as a member of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP).

Welcome new lab members!
Dandan Tang and Sarvenaz Jahanzad will join BAL LAB in the Fall of 2023 as first year PhD students. Welcome!

Dandan received the Presidential Fellowship!
Congratulations to Dandan for receiving the Presidential fellowship of UVA!