Dr. Alice Paul

Biography

Alice J. Paul is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at Brown University, where she serves as the Director of Biostatistics. She has extensive experience in the field of algorithms, optimization, and data science. Her prior research has focused on the design and analysis of optimization algorithms used in bike-share systems and machine learning applications, specifically in revenue management. In her recent projects, she has collaborated with students to analyze the utilization of bike-share and scooter-share programs through data science. Before joining Brown University, she was an Assistant Professor in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Olin College of Engineering and worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Data Science Initiative at Brown University under the advisement of Professor Pedro Felzenszwalb. Dr. Paul completed her PhD in Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University, where she was advised by Professor David Williamson, and obtained her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College, where her undergraduate thesis was advised by Professor Susan Martonosi.

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