Pardis Semnani
Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia
1984 Mathematics Road, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z2
Office: AUDX 135
Email: psemnani@math.ubc.ca
I am currently a PhD student at the Department of Mathematics in the University of British Columbia (UBC), working under the supervision of Dr. Elina Robeva. I began my PhD program in September 2022. In April 2024, I became a Vanier Scholar, and my research has been supported by the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship since May 2024.
My Academic Journey
Before beginning my work as a PhD student at UBC, I was fortunate enough to work with Dr. Robeva as a MSc student at UBC from September 2020 to August 2022. Here is a link to my master's thesis.
Prior to joining UBC, I received a BSc in Mathematics from Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Isfahan, Iran. I was a student at IUT from September 2016 to July 2020.
My Research Interests
My research interests include algebraic statistics, combinatorics, multilinear algebra, and applied algebraic geometry. I also enjoy thinking about tensors and the various types of decompositions one can think of for them. I have lately been working on the problem of causal inference as well as density estimation under specific shape constraints.