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Past Member

Samory Kpotufe

Funding provided by Eric and Wendy Schmidt

Affiliation

Mathematics

Field of Study

Machine Learning
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Samory Kpotufe works in machine learning, with an emphasis on nonparametric methods and high-dimensional statistics. Kpotufe’s work aims to yield insights on the inherent difficulty of high-dimensional problems under practical constraints arising in real-world application domains. Such understanding leads to improved procedures that can adapt to structural aspects of data.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Mathematics
Spring

Degrees

University of California, San Diego
Ph.D.
2010

Appointments

Columbia University
2019–2020
Associate Professor
Princeton University
2014–2018
Assistant Professor