Research

Some of my current and recent research projects.

Research Projects

Why Do Students Avoid Each Other? Investigating Positive and Negative Network Effects

Overview: Negative ties can greatly influence both positive network dynamics and the formation of beliefs and behaviors in social networks. Examples of negative ties include…
Dec 1, 2025
Sara Colando, Nynke Niezink, Eva Jaspers

Selecting ChIP-Seq Normalization Methods from the Perspective of their Technical Conditions

Overview: Chromatin immunoprecipitation with high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) provides insights into both the genomic location occupied by the protein of interest and…
Aug 1, 2025
Sara Colando, Danae Schulz, Jo Hardin

Analyzing Statistics Students’ Writing Before and After the Emergence of Large Language Models

Overview: The use of Large Language Models (LLMs) has become ubiquitous in academic settings, particularly in written assignments (Baek et al., 2024). Reinhart et al. (2025) …
Jul 1, 2025
Sara Colando, Erin Franke, Alex Reinhart

Philosophy within Data Science Ethics Courses

Overview: There is wide agreement that ethical considerations are a valuable aspect of a data science curriculum, and to that end, many data science programs offer courses…
Oct 1, 2024
Sara Colando, Jo Hardin

Clustering Race Horse Movement Profiles to Discover Trends in Injured Horses

Overview: Between 2009 and 2021, over 7,200 horses died or were euthanized due to racing-related injuries. Using horse profile data and horse tracking data from the NYRA, we…
Jul 1, 2023
Sara Colando, Jonathan Pipping, Kristopher Wilson

Implementing a Partially Bayesian Neural Network for Brain Tumor Segmentation

Overview: Radiologists segment tumors from MRI scans to determine treatment plans such as surgical resection or radiation therapy, whereas neural networks can streamline the…
Jul 1, 2022
Claire Chu, Sara Colando, Dhruba Nandi, Xavier Serrano
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