Sofia Massa
Dr Sofia Massa
Departmental Lecturer and MSc in Applied Statistics Course Coordinator
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Biographical Sketch
I received a Master degree in Mathematics from the University of Udine (Italy) and a PhD in Statistics (with Doctor Europaeus mention) from the University of Padua (Italy).
My research interests are in the area of graphical models and the study of the combination of evidence from different sources. I also collaborate on research problems in bioinformatics.
I joined the Department of Statistics in September 2010.
Research interests
Graphical models, structural meta-analysis, algebraic statistics, bioinformatics.
Selected publications
Massa, M.S., Lauritzen, S.L. (2010). Combining statistical models. In Algebraic Methods in Statistics and Probability II, Contemporary Mathematics Series, vol. 516, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, pp. 239-259.
Massa, M.S., Chiogna, M., Romualdi, C. (2010). Gene set analysis exploiting the topology of a pathway. BMC Systems Biology, 4:121
Risso, D., Massa, M.S., Chiogna, M., Romualdi, C. (2009). A modified LOESS normalisation applied to microRNA arrays: a comparative evaluation. Bioinformatics, 25, 2685-2691
Chiogna, M., Massa, M.S., Risso, D., Romualdi, C. (2009). A comparison on effects of normalisations in the detection of differentially expressed genes. BMC Bioinformatics, 10:61
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