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Gennady Samorodnitsky received a B.S. from the Moscow Steel Alloys Institute in 1978, an M.S. in Operations Research from the Technion in 1983, and a D.Sc. in Statistics from the Technion in 1986. He joined the School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering at Cornell University in 1988. His research interests lie in the applications of probability theory, particularly in stochastic modeling. He focuses on 'non-standard' models that exhibit heavy tails and/or long-range dependence, which behave differently than usual models based on Gaussian Markov stochastic processes. His work spans various applications including finance, insurance, climate modeling, and social networks. He studies how classical statistical tools fail in the presence of long-range dependence and non-Gaussianity, which is essential for understanding the behavior of non-standard models. His research also explores the topology and geometry of ergodic theory in probability theory, with a significant focus on modeling extremes of climate and related phenomena that grow faster than averages.
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