Samuel E. Buttrey
Associate Professor of Operations Research
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Statistics, University of California, Berkeley,
1996. Dissertation: “Nearest-Neighbor Classification with
Categorical Variables.” Additional research on Monte Carlo
simulation to compare the performance of Markov chain and
kernel density estimates, and on assay data in genetics.
M.A. in Statistics, University of California, Berkeley,
1993.
A.B. in Statistics, Princeton University, 1983.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Chair of Instruction, Operations Research Department, Naval
Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 2003-2014.
Associate Professor, Operations Research Department, Naval
Postgraduate School, Monterey CA, 2002-present.
Assistant Professor, Operations Research Department, Naval
Postgraduate School, Monterey CA, 1996-2002.
Independent Contractor consulting for major biotechnology
firm, 1992-1997.
Acting Instructor, Department of Statistics, University of
California, Berkeley, 1995.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, University of
California, Berkeley, five semesters between 1992 and 1996.
Research Assistant, Department of Statistics, University of
California, Berkeley, three semesters between 1992 and 1996.
Senior Systems Analyst/Project Leader, American Real-Time
Services, New York, NY, 1989-1991.
Senior Systems Analyst/Project Leader, Cowen and Company,
New York, NY 1983-1989.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of
California, Berkeley, 1994.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Member of NSF-funded committee to produce a new generation
of X windows-based undergraduate statistics computer labs.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Statistical Association; Sections on Statistical
Computing, Statistical Graphics, Statistics in Sports
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
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