Matthew Avery

Matthew R. Avery is an Adjunct Professor at North Carolina State University's Department of Statistics and a Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) in the Operational Evaluation Division. He holds a PhD in Statistics from NCSU (2012), an MA in Statistics (2009), and a BA in Economics from New College of Florida (2006). His expertise includes functional data analysis, test plan evaluation for military unmanned systems, and data management policy development. He leads IDA's Land Warfare Group and Data Management Group within the Test Science team, focusing on Army, Marine Corps, and Navy systems.

• Education:
• PhD in Statistics (2012), North Carolina State University
• MA in Statistics (2009), North Carolina State University
• BA in Economics (2006), New College of Florida

His research interests emphasize applying statistical methodologies to defense evaluation and policy, with notable contributions to model selection and classification in functional data analysis. He has held roles at the Department of Defense's CAPE office (2017–2018) and received awards for presentation excellence in statistics and test evaluation.

• Affiliations: International Test and Evaluation Association, American Statistical Association