Laxmi Parida
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Laxmi Parida is an IBM Master Inventor and group leader in computational genomics[2] at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in New York.[1][3][4][5]
- ISCB Fellow (2020)
- IBM Fellow (2019)
- IBM Master Inventor (2019)
Laxmi Parida | |
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| Born | Odia: ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ପରିଡ଼ା |
| Alma mater | New York University (PhD) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computational genomics Population genomics Bioinformatics Cancer Genomics Topological data analysis[1] |
| Institutions | IBM Research New York University Thomas J. Watson Research Center Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences |
| Thesis | Algorithmic techniques in Computational Genomics (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bud Mishra Rohit Parikh |
| Website | researcher |
Education
Parida was educated at New York University (NYU) where she was awarded a PhD in 1998 for research on algorithms for computational genomics supervised by Bud Mishra.[6]
Research and career
Parida's research interests are in computational genomics, population genomics, bioinformatics, cancer genomics, topological data analysis[1][7][8] and their applications to coronavirus disease 2019.[9][10]
Awards and honors
Parida was awarded Fellowship of the ISCB in 2020 for outstanding contributions to computational biology and bioinformatics.[11] She was also awarded an IBM Fellowship and IBM Master Inventor status in 2019.[12][13] She is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).[8]
