Sumanta Basu

Assistant Professor, Computational Biology

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Sumanta Basu is broadly interested in structure learning and prediction of complex, high-dimensional systems arising in biological and social sciences. His current research focuses on network modeling of high-dimensional time series and nonlinear ensemble learning methods.

Sumanta joined BSCB in July 2016 as an Assistant Professor. Before coming to Cornell, he completed his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley Statistics and LBNL, and his PhD in Statistics at University of Michigan.

Courses Taught

BTRY 4950: Statistical Consulting
BTRY 7950: Statistical Consulting
STSCI 4950: Statistical Consulting
BTRY 6010: Statistical Methods I
BTRY 6010: Statistical Methods I
BTRY 6010: Statistical Methods I
BTRY 6010: Statistical Methods I
BTRY 6010: Statistical Methods I
ILRST 6100: Statistical Methods I
ILRST 6100: Statistical Methods I
ILRST 6100: Statistical Methods I
ILRST 6100: Statistical Methods I
ILRST 6100: Statistical Methods I

Contact Information

1192 Comstock Hall

(607) 255-9813

sb2457 [at] cornell.edu

Sumanta in the news

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Spotlight

May 29, 2020

Sumanta Basu: Analyzing data, finding hidden structure

“Statistics is unique; it’s like a language of science,” says Sumanta Basu, Statistics and Data Science/Computational Biology. “It gives researchers a rigorous framework to clearly present the logic behind their algorithms and analyses, as well...

Computational Biology
Statistics and Data Science
Molecular Biology and Genetics