CYNTHIA RUSH
Department of Statistics, Yale University
cynthia.rush@yale.edu
220 Park Street Apt. 105
New Haven, CT 06511
(910) 512-0365
EDUCATION
Yale University; New Haven, CT
Ph. D. in Statistics; expected May 2016
Yale University; New Haven, CT
M. A. in Statistics; December 2011
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, NC
B. S. in Mathematics and Mathematical Decisions Sciences; May 2010
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Statistical Machine Learning: Message Passing and Other Iterative Algorithms.
- Optimization and Inference.
- Statistical Information Theory and Communication Systems.
- Concentration Inequalities and Non-asymptotic Analysis.
ACADEMIC HONORS
- Yale University Dissertation Fellowship: Full Support, May 2014 – December 2015.
- Yale University Leonard J. Savage Writing Prize, May 2015.
- James Raymond Goodrich Fellow: Full Support, August 2013 – May 2014.
- Joint Statistical Meetings Data Expo Competition, Second Place, August 2013.
- Yale Graduate Fellowship: Full Support, August 2010 – August 2013.
- National Merit Scholar, 2006 – 2010.
- Mary C. Koch Scholar, 2006 – 2010.
- Robert Byrd Scholar, 2006 – 2010.
PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
- C. Rush, A. Greig, and R. Venkataramanan, “Capacity-achieving Sparse Superposition Codes with Approximate Message Passing Decoding,” (submitted to) IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. [preprint]
- B. Wexler, M. Iselli, S. Leon, W. Zaggle, C. Rush, A. Goodman, and E. Ahmet, “Brain Exercises: Neuro- priming and Far Transfer Academic Benefit in Children”, (submitted to) Nature.
- B. Wexler, L. Vitulano, C. Moore, L. Katsovich, S. Smith, C. Rush, H. Grantz, V. Eicher, J. Dziura, J. Dong, J. Leckman, “Response to Integrated Computer-Presented and Physical Brain-Training Exercises for Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Exploratory Analysis”, (submitted to) Developmental Psychology.
- G. Carter, C. Rush, F. Uygun, N. Sakhanenko, D. Galas, and T. Galitski, “A systems-biology approach to modular genetic complexity”, Chaos 20.2 (2010): 026102. [pdf]
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
- C. Rush, A. Greig, and R. Venkataramanan, “Capacity-achieving Sparse Regression Codes with Approximate Message Passing Decoding”, Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Information Theory (ISIT), 2015.
- C. Rush and A. Barron, “The Method of Nearby Measures” Proc. Workshop onInformation Theoretic Methods in Science and Engineering Proceedings (WITMSE), 2013. [pdf]
IN PREPARATION
- C. Rush and R. Venkataramanan, “Finite Sample Analysis of Approximate Message Passing”, (in preparation for) IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
- E. Ahmet, C. Rush, and B. Wexler, “Carry-over of Brain-training Effects from Kindergarten to First Grade”, (in preparation).
- S. Wang and C. Rush, “Visualization as the Gateway Drug to Statistics in Week One”, (in preparation for) Journal of Statistics Education.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
- Intro to Statistics via Modeling, STAT 135, Amherst College, Jan. 2015 - May 2015
TEACHING ASSISTANT
- Information Theory, STAT 664, Yale University, January 2016 – May 2016.
- Introductory Statistics, STAT 107, Yale University, July 2013 - Aug. 2013.
- Stochastic Processes, STAT 551, Yale University, Jan. 2013 – May 2013.
- Probability & Statistics, STAT 538, Yale University, Aug. 2013 - Dec. 2013.
- Data Analysis, STAT 661, Yale University, January 2013 – May 2013.
- Case Studies, STAT 625, Yale University, Aug. 2012 - Dec. 2012.
- Probability & Statistics, STAT 538, Yale University, Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2012.
- Introductory Statistics, STAT 101, Yale University, August 2010 – Dec. 2010.
- Math Help Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Aug. 2009 – May 2010.
CONFERENCES
- S. Wang and C. Rush, “Visualization as the Gateway Drug to Statistics in Week One”, United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS), 2015.
- S. Wang, C. Rush, and D. Brinda, “Soul of the Community Interactive Poster” Data Expo, Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM), 2013.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
- Graduate Affiliate, Saybrook College, September 2015 – Present.
- Vice President, Graduate and Professional Student Senate, May 2015 – May 2016.
- Social Sciences Grad. School Representative, Schwarzman Center Advisory Committee, May 2015 – May 2016.
- Statistics Department Representative, Graduate Student Assembly, Sept. 2013 – May 2016.
- Dean’s Advisory Committee on Student Grievances, Aug. 2014 – May 2015.
- Treasurer, Graduate and Professional Student Senate, May 2014 – May 2015.
- Social Sciences Representative, Graduate Student Assembly Executive Committee, Sept. 2013 – May 2015.
- Yale Represent, Ivy + Summit: Graduate Student Advocacy Conference, Nov. 2014.
- Conference Travel Fund Social Sciences Reader, July 2013 and July 2014.
- Social Sciences Grad. School Representative, Graduate and Professional Student Senate, Sept. 2013 – May 2014.