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The series responsible for Natasha knowing way too much about the British Royal Family
What is The Crown?
Natasha was born in this city, which is the state capital of a small Midwestern state
What is Des Moines, Iowa?
Natasha taught this theorem, which enables inference without knowing the population distribution, to undergrad students in Introduction to Statistics
What is the Central Limit Theorem?
Natasha loves cooking this classic Thai dish which is known for lots of garnishes, including peanuts, lime, and sprouts
What is Pad Thai?
As a kid, Natasha's dad caught this amphibian on her aunt’s farm to keep as a pet
What is a frog?
Natasha’s favorite artist from the 70s and 80s, whose hits include Piano Man and We Didn’t Start the Fire
Who is Billy Joel?
If Natasha is not at home or at work, she can most likely be found in one of these neighborhood hangout spots
What is a coffee shop?
As one of Natasha’s favorite concepts in measure theory, this theorem allows you to pull a limit inside an integral
What is the Dominated Convergence Theorem?
As a kid, Natasha loved this loose-meat sandwich that’s an Iowa staple
What is a Maid-Rite?
Even though Natasha hates being cold, she has always wanted to see this animal in its natural habitat
What are penguins?
The medical drama set in Chicago that Natasha is currently binging
What is E.R.?
The highlight of Natasha's 2022 spring break trip was seeing the Alhambra palace in this European country
What is Spain?
Natasha has always thought about getting a tattoo of this simple but elegant formula developed by one of the most prolific mathematics in history
What is Euler's formula?
This is Natasha's favorite place to order deep dish pizza in Chicago
What is Lou Malnati's?
Natasha's favorite animal is this famously unhurried creature
What is a sloth?
Natasha grew up auditioning in her room with songs from this iconic Broadway musical
What is Les Misérables?
Every year as a kid, Natasha would look forward to this event, which was the highlight of the summer in Iowa
What is the Iowa State Fair?
One of Natasha’ favorite memories from grad school is being called on to complete the proof of this theorem, which establishes a procedure for controlling the false discovery rate in multiple testing, having coincidentally read the 1995 paper immediately before class
What is the Benjamini-Hochberg Theorem?
This is one of Natasha's favorite meals, which her mom will only serve in a month containing the letter ‘R’
What is chili?
This activity is popular in Texas hill country, but Natasha never tried it until she came back to visit
What is horseback riding?
In 2018, Natasha went to this music festival inspired by a PBS show of the same name
What is Austin City Limits?
Natasha’s first trip abroad was to this French-speaking city
What is Quebec City?
One of Natasha’s favorite concepts in optimization, this theorem can be used to characterize the zero and non-zero coefficients in the Lasso and forms the basis of the Polyhedral lemma in selective inference
What are the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions?
When Natasha moved to Texas, her classmates thought it was funny that she never tried one of these pastries that are popular in Texas breakfast shops
What are kolaches?
The original Natasha in my family was not me but this four-legged pet (which I was allergic to)
What is a cat?