Dr. Kelly Ramsay

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Kelly Ramsay is an Assistant Professor at York University specializing in Statistics. She completed her PhD in Statistics at the University of Waterloo in 2022, where she also earned her MSc in Statistics in 2018. Prior to that, she received her BSc (Hons.) in Statistics and Actuarial Science from the University of Manitoba in 2016. Dr. Ramsay's research interests encompass robust statistical techniques, privacy-preserving data analysis, and high-dimensional statistical methods. She has published extensively in reputable journals such as the Journal of Machine Learning Research and the Canadian Journal of Statistics. In addition to her academic contributions, she has been awarded multiple grants and scholarships for her research endeavors, including the NSERC Discovery Grant in 2023 and the Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral in 2019. Dr. Ramsay also has presented at numerous national and international conferences and has contributed as a speaker at various seminars.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2022-09-01 — Present

York University • Toronto, Canada

Teaching and conducting research in the field of Statistics.

Awards

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NSERC Discovery Grant

2023-01-01
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NSERC Launch Supplement

2023-01-01
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Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral

2019-01-01
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Sprott Scholarship

2021-01-01
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Canada Graduate Scholarship-Masters

2016-01-01
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SSC Student Presentation Award

2017-01-01
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Outstanding Research M.Sc. Student

2019-01-01

Requirements for York University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
4-year Honours Bachelor degree in a related discipline
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Specialization Notes

Department of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies graduate programs generally follow the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) B+ minimum requirement.