Orly Alter

Israeli-American physicist, geneticist, and mathematician
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Summary

Orly Alter was born on April 1964[1] in Tel Aviv[2]. She has worked as a professor[3], principal investigator[4], inventor[5], chief scientific officer[6], and co-founder[7]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Israel[9], United States[10]
  • Native language: Hebrew[11]
  • Occupation: geneticist[12], mathematician[13], physicist[14]
  • Field of work: genetics[15], mathematics[16], physics[17]
  • Employer: University of Utah[18], University of Texas at Austin[19], Stanford University[20], Israeli Air Force[21]
  • Educated at: Stanford University[22], Tel Aviv University[23]
  • Doctoral advisor: Yoshihisa Yamamoto[24]
  • Student: Joel R. Meyerson[25]
  • Discoverer or inventor: eigengene[26], multi-tensor decomposition[27]
  • Notable work: Inhibition of the measurement of the wave function of a single quantum system in repeated weak quantum nondemolition measurements[28], Singular value decomposition for genome-wide expression data processing and modeling[29], Quantum Measurement of a Single System[30], Generalized singular value decomposition for comparative analysis of genome-scale expression data sets of two different organisms[31], Integrative analysis of genome-scale data by using pseudoinverse projection predicts novel correlation between DNA replication and RNA transcription[32], Reconstructing the pathways of a cellular system from genome-scale signals by using matrix and tensor computations[33], Singular value decomposition of genome-scale mRNA lengths distribution reveals asymmetry in RNA gel electrophoresis band broadening[34], Discovery of principles of nature from mathematical modeling of DNA microarray data[35], A tensor higher-order singular value decomposition for integrative analysis of DNA microarray data from different studies[36], Global effects of DNA replication and DNA replication origin activity on eukaryotic gene expression[37], Tensor decomposition reveals concurrent evolutionary convergences and divergences and correlations with structural motifs in ribosomal RNA[38], A higher-order generalized singular value decomposition for comparison of global mRNA expression from multiple organisms[39], GSVD comparison of patient-matched normal and tumor aCGH profiles reveals global copy-number alterations predicting glioblastoma multiforme survival[40], SVD identifies transcript length distribution functions from DNA microarray data and reveals evolutionary forces globally affecting GBM metabolism[41]
  • Award received: Linear Algebra and its Applications (LAA) Lecture[42], Science Council Session Winner (SCSW) Lecture Award[43]
  • Religion or worldview: Judaism[44]
  • Influenced by: Gene H. Golub[45]
  • Sex or gender: female[46]
  • Doctoral student: Sri Priya Ponnapalli[47], Larsson Omberg[48]
  • Commons category: Orly Alter[49]
  • Academic degree: professor[50], postdoctoral research[51], Doctor of Philosophy[52], Bachelor of Science[53]
  • Family name: Alter[54]
  • Given name: Orly[55]
  • Official website: https://alterlab.org/orly/biography.html[56], https://faculty.utah.edu/bytes/biosketch.hml?id=u0729867[57]

Why It Matters

Orly Alter is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

FAQs

Where was Orly Alter born?

Orly Alter's place of birth was Tel Aviv[2].

What did Orly Alter do for work?

Orly Alter worked as a professor[3], principal investigator[4], inventor[5], chief scientific officer[6], and co-founder[7].

Where did Orly Alter go to school?

Orly Alter was educated at Stanford University[22] and Tel Aviv University[23].

What awards did Orly Alter receive?

Honors received include Linear Algebra and its Applications (LAA) Lecture[42] and Science Council Session Winner (SCSW) Lecture Award[43].

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  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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