Cristina Tortora, PhD
Dr. Cristina Tortora is an Associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at San José State University. She completed her Ph.D. in Statistics at the University of Naples Federico II in 2012. Her research focuses on data analysis, specifically, on the development of advanced clustering techniques addressing cluster flexibility, missing data, robustness in the presence of outliers, high dimensional data sets, and mixed-type data. She collaborates with experts in applied fields, including transportation, justice studies, and psychiatry.