Katy Simonsen

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Education

  • B.Math., University of Waterloo, Applied Mathematics, 1990
  • M.Sc., Cornell University, Applied Mathematics, 1993
  • Ph.D., Cornell University, Applied Mathematics, 1996

Research Interests

  • Applied Probability
  • Bioinformatics and Biologically Related Disciplines (genomics, nutrition, proteomics, statistical genetics)
  • Computational Methods for Statistical Inference
  • Computer Languages and Environments for Data Analysis
  • Genomics
  • Modeling and Model Selection
  • Multiple Comparisons
  • Population Genetics
  • Resampling
  • Statistical Genetics
  • Statistics Education

Awards/Honors

  • Descartes Fellow, University Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1985-1990
  • Teaching for Tomorrow Award, 2002
  • School of Science Faculty Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Teaching by an Assistant Professor, 2004
For more information about Katy Simonsen, please visit: http://www.stat.purdue.edu/~simonsen/