Detelina Stoyanova, Ph.D.

I am a data scientist, educator, and consultant with a strong background in computational science and extensive experience in both industry and academia. I hold a Ph.D. in Computational Science from Florida State University and have expertise in developing advanced algorithms for both business and science applications. Some areas of my work include recommender systems and personalizations, shape analysis and computer visualization.  

My industry experience includes a former Data Scientist role at Lowe’s and my current freelance consulting work. As a consultant, I help companies optimize business operations. In my most recent project, I developed algorithms that identify frequently purchased item groups, increasing sales by targeting customers interested in specific product subgroups.

In addition to my industry work, I serve as an Associate Teaching Professor and Assistant Area Director at the University of Kansas, where I teach graduate- and undergraduate-level courses in business analytics. The main topics of my courses are machine learning with structured and unstructured data sets, data visualization and visual analysis with Tableau and Power BI and recommender systems.  

My research has been published in top academic journals, and I have been recognized with multiple teaching awards, including the MS BSAN Outstanding Educator award (2022, 2024) and the Robert and Codie Iorio Business Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence (2023).

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