Susan P. Holmes Explained

Susan Holmes
Field:Biostatistics
Work Institution:INRA, Montpellier
MIT
Harvard University
Cornell University
Stanford University
Alma Mater:Université Montpellier II
Doctoral Advisor:Yves Escoufier
Thesis Title:Computer-Intensive Methods for the Evaluation of Results after an Exploratory Analysis
Thesis Year:1985

Susan P. Holmes is an American statistician and professor at Stanford University. She is noted for her work in applying nonparametric multivariate statistics, bootstrapping methods, and data visualization to biology.[1] [2]

She received her PhD in 1985 from Université Montpellier II. She served as a tenured research scientist at INRA for ten years.[3] She then taught at MIT and Harvard and was an associate professor of biometry at Cornell before moving to Stanford in 1998.[1] She is married to fellow Stanford professor Persi Diaconis.[4]

She is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Susan Holmes. Stanford Medicine Profiles. 15 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Kubota. Taylor. Q&A with Stanford statistics Professor Susan Holmes: Statistics in the era of big data. Stanford News. 15 July 2017. 7 November 2016.
  3. Book: Hayes. David F.. Shubin. Tatiana. Alexanderson. Gerald L.. Ross. Peter. Mathematical adventures for students and amateurs. 2004. Mathematical Association of America. Washington, DC. 0-88385-548-8. 282.
  4. Web site: O'Conner. J. J.. Robertson. E. F.. Diaconis biography. MacTutor. 15 July 2017.