Joshua Agterberg
Scholar

Joshua Agterberg

Google Scholar ID: wk3svSEAAAAJ
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
High-Dimensional StatisticsSpectral MethodsStatistical Network Analysis
Citations & Impact
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Citations
207
 
H-index
9
 
i10-index
9
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
16
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Paper on tensor inference with Anru Zhang accepted to the Annals of Statistics; Gave a discussion of 'A Statistical Exploration of the Manifold Hypothesis' by Nick Whiteley, Annie Gray, and Patrick Rubin-Delanchy at the Royal Statistical Society; Giving talks at CMStatistics, the NetStat Workshop, and the ICSA conference; Excited to be giving a talk at Iowa State!
Research Experience
  • Spent one year as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania working with René Vidal and Yuxin Chen; Currently an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Education
  • Graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2017 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in actuarial science and mathematics, advised by Margie Rosenberg; Defended his PhD in applied mathematics and statistics from Johns Hopkins in February 2023, advisor was Professor Carey Priebe.
Background
  • Broadly interested in the analysis of algorithms and statistical models for networks and structured matrix and tensor data. Member of Math Alliance.
Miscellany
  • In free time enjoys trail and ultra running and lifting weights. Ask him to run with you if you see him at a conference!