Curriculum Vitae Jeffrey L. Solka Ph.D. - George Mason University

Curriculum Vitae
Jeffrey L. Solka Ph.D.
Advance Computation Technology Group (Code B10)
Systems Research and Technology Department
Dahlgren Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center
Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100
Phone: (540) 653-1982
FAX: (540) 653-4930
Email:
308 Gerber Drive Fredericksburg,
VA 22408
Phone: (540) 371-3961
Phone: (540) 899-9799 Email:
Vita
Jeffrey L. Solka was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on January 31, 1955. He
earned the B.S. degree in Mathematics and Chemistry from James Madison
University in 1978, the M.S. in Mathematics from James Madison University
in 1981, the M.S. in Physics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University in 1989 and his Ph.D. in Computational Sciences and Informatics
(Computational Statistics) at George Mason University, working under the
direction of Prof. Edward J. Wegman, in May of 1995. Since 1984, Dr. Solka
has been working in nonparametric estimation and statistical pattern
recognition for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA. He has
published over 120 journal, conference, and technical papers, has won
numerous awards, holds 4 patents, and currently holds a SECRET security
clearance.
Research Areas: nonparametric and semiparametric estimation; discriminant
analysis, classification, clustering; statistical visualization; statistical pattern
recognition; statistical image analysis; gene expression analysis; exploratory
data analysis; computer intrusion detection, text data mining.
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Professional Experience:
Mathematician, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Dahlgren, VA, 1984 -
Present
Part-time Assistant Professor, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason
University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, Fall 1997 - Present
Adjunct Faculty Member, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason
University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, Summer 1995 - Summer 1997
Graduate Program Coordinator, George Mason University Information Technology
and Computational Sciences and Informatics Programs at NSWC, 1994
- 1998
Current Research Efforts:
Manifold Learning/Stratified Surface Discovery
Literature-based Discovery
Co-clustering
Spectral-based Methods of Data Analysis
Awards:
1995 Independent Research Excellence Award
1995 Outstanding Dissertation in Statistics Award
1999 Office of Naval Research Special Act Award
1999 Award of Merit for Group Achievement as part of the Quick Strike Planner
Development Group.
1999 Award of Merit for Group Achievement as part of the Secondary Heuristic
Analysis for Defensive On-Line Warfare (SHADOW) Team.
2001 NSWCDD Independent Research Excellence Award
2005 NSWCDD Science and Technology Excellence Award
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