Jeffrey L. Solka
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- School: University of Mary Washington
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- Department: Computer Science
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Fredericksburg, VA - 22401 - Dates at University of Mary Washington: December 2015 - February 2020
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Biography
University of Mary Washington - Computer Science
Senior Scientific & Technical Manager for Naval Data Sciences at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
Research
Jeffrey
Solka
Dahlgren, Virginia
I have a great deal of experience in statistics, mathematics, computer science and the interface between these three disciplines. My goal is to develop techniques to analyze high dimensional data. I am particularly interested in technology watch and horizon scanning.
Specialties: computational statistics, statistical pattern recognition, technology watch and horizon scanning
Experience
George Mason University
Part time Adjunct Professor
I teach part time for the Department of Bioinformatics. I teach Biostatistics and Gene Expression Analysis.
University of Mary Washington
Part time adjunct professor.
I teach in the Department of Computer Science.
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Principal Scientist
I conduct research and development in statistics, mathematics, computer science, statistical pattern recognition, and technology watch/horizon scanning.
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
Senior Scientific & Technical Manager for Naval Data Sciences
Coordination of Naval research, development, and prototyping in Naval Data Sciences including activities in statistics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Education
James Madison University
M.S.
Mathematics
Virginia Tech
M.S.
Physics
George Mason University
Ph.D.
Computational Statistics
My dissertation director was Edward Wegman. My dissertation was in the area of visualization of semiparamteric mixture-based probability density estimates.George Mason University
Part time Adjunct Professor
I teach part time for the Department of Bioinformatics. I teach Biostatistics and Gene Expression Analysis.
Publications
Embedding in Space Forms
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
The goal of this paper is to give explicit procedures and equations for performing metric multidimensional scaling to surfaces. More specifically, we describe a method for determining a configuration of points in a closed and orientable surface (i.e., the MDS space) for which the interpoint distances closely approximate a given set of dissimilarities. More generally, these constant sectional curvature surfaces are examples of space forms (spaces which are quotients of Euclidean, spherical, or hyperbolic space by a subgroup of the isometry group of the space). We will cast our work in this language, thereby allowing the theory to easily be generalized to higher dimensions.
Embedding in Space Forms
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
The goal of this paper is to give explicit procedures and equations for performing metric multidimensional scaling to surfaces. More specifically, we describe a method for determining a configuration of points in a closed and orientable surface (i.e., the MDS space) for which the interpoint distances closely approximate a given set of dissimilarities. More generally, these constant sectional curvature surfaces are examples of space forms (spaces which are quotients of Euclidean, spherical, or hyperbolic space by a subgroup of the isometry group of the space). We will cast our work in this language, thereby allowing the theory to easily be generalized to higher dimensions.
Exploratory Data Analysis With MATLAB
Chapman and Hall/CRC Computer Science and Data Analysis
This book offers a good introduction at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level to exploratory data analysis using MATLAB. Numerous example are provided along with the associated code.
