Dr. Cynthia Rush

Biography

Cynthia Rush is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at Columbia University. She received her Ph.D. in Statistics from Yale University in 2016, under the supervision of Andrew Barron. Dr. Rush completed her undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned a B.S. in Mathematics. Her research work focuses on mathematical statistics within interconnected domains, with a primary emphasis on developing analysis algorithms specifically designed for learning from high-dimensional data. In particular, her research employs tools and concepts from information theory, statistical physics, and applied probability as frameworks for addressing contemporary challenges in high-dimensional inference and estimation problems.

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