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Sonja Petrovic

Sonja Petrovic

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  • Assistant Professor of Statistics and Mathematics
411 Thomas Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-2544

Education

  1. PhD, University of Kentucky, 2008

Research Interests

Algebraic statistics: random graph models, mixture models, non-asymptotic goodness-of-fit tests, Markov bases, existence and complexity of MLE, parameter identifiability.

Computational and applied algebraic geometry: toric geometry, combinatorics of Graver bases, symbolic and numerical computations; reductions, determinantal ideals, special fiber rings.

Biomathematics: algebraic phylogenetic models, Markov bases, model geometry, model identifiability.

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