  Professor, Texas Tech University.
 Peter Westfall is Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Statistics, James Niver Professor of Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences, and Director of the Center for Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence at Texas Tech University; he is also the editor of The American Statistician (2006-2008). He has published 70+ articles on statistical theory and practice and is lead author of three books, has given numerous invited papers and keynote addresses at major national and international conferences, has ongoing training and consulting arrangements with various pharmaceutical companies, periodically consults with the United States Food and Drug Administration, serves on data safety monitoring boards, and develops protocols for Phase III clinical trials conducted by researchers at Texas Tech University. His Center for Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence has been cited by Next-gen data center forum, Database Trends and Applications, and Grid Today for its contributions to grid computing technology; recently he has embarked on a joint Venture with Vertex Pharmaceuticals to develop a grid-enabled clinical trials simulation application.

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