Robert L Wolpert

Office: 211-C Old Chemistry Building
Phone: +1-919-684-3275
E-mail: rlw@duke.edu

Mailing Address:

Duke Univ Dept Statistical Science
211c Old Chem, Box 90251
Durham, NC 27708-0251 USA

A short description of my current research interests.
Recent research papers, presentations, my cv, Google Scholar, departmental site, or Duke's S@D website.

Past courses:

STA 230/MTH 230	Probability	F05, F08, F09, F10, F13, F18	STA 711	Prob & Measure	F15, F16, F17, F18, F19, F20
STA 250/MTH 342	Statistics	S00, S01, S09, F09, S11 S15	STA 732	Stat Inference	S00, S01, S02, S05, S06, S07
STA 532	Theo Inference	S15, S16	STA 961	Stoch Proc	Earlier, S12, S14, S16
STA 832	Multivariate	S10, S13	STA 690	Topics	F98, F01, F02, S04, S08

Go to DukeHub or Sakai
Go to the Statistical Science (Wiki), Arts & Sciences, NSOE (Duke Forest), or Duke (Today) home pages.

Member, ITAC (Information Technology Advisory Council) and of its Steering Committee (docs, zoom)
Core Member, LSST (Large Synoptic Survey Telescope) ISSC (Informatics and Statistics Science Collaboration)
Council Member, Jetscape (Jet energy-loss tomography) HEP collaboration
Member, RCAC (Research Computing Advisory Council)
Friend & supporter of the: APS of Durham, Art Institute of Chicago, Cornell Ornithology lab, Duke Lemur Center, Duke Park Neighborhood, Ellerbe Creek Watershed Assn, Museum of Life & Science, Nasher Museum of Art, NC Zoo, Piatigorsky Foundation, Walking Fish CSF, WCPE, Whitney Museum, WNCU.

Recent and Upcoming Conferences & Presentations

2019-09-06:07	Ithaca, NY	Cornell Celebration of Statistics & Data Science 2019	Lévy-based NPB Models and their Applications
2019-10-24:26	Medford, MA	GeoHazard Working Group Annual Fall Meeting
2021-06-25:26	Dali, Yunnan, CH	5th EAC-ISBA Conference Celebrating James O Berger's 70th Birthday
2021-06-28:02	Virtual via Zoom	2021 ISBA World Meeting
2021-08-07:12	Seattle, WA	JSM 2021
2022-04-12:15	Atlanta, GA	SIAM/ASA UQ22
2022-06-00:00	Montreal, CA	2022 ISBA World Meeting
2022-08-06:11	Washington, DC	JSM 2022
2023-08-05:10	Toronto, Ontario, CA	JSM 2023
2024-06-00:00	Venice, IT	2024 ISBA World Meeting
2024-08-03:08	Portland, OR	JSM 2024
2025-08-02:07	Nashville, TN	JSM 2025
Meeting Calendars: ASA, ISI, ISBA

Recent Research Papers

Volcanic hazard assessment for an eruption hiatus, or post-eruption unrest context: Modeling continued dome collapse hazards for Soufriére Hills Volcano (2020), with ET Spiller, SE Ogburn, ES Calder, JO Berger, AK Patra, & EB Pitman. Frontiers in Earth Science: Geohazards and Georisks 8, 1–18. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.535567.
Approximate Bayesian Computation for Finite Mixture Models, with U Simola and J Cisewski-Kehe (2021). J Statistical Computation & Simulation 91(6), 1155–1174. DOI: 10.1080/00949655.2020.1843169.
Improving Exoplanet Detection Power: Multivariate Gaussian Process Models for Stellar Activity, arxiv:1711.01318 [astro-ph.IM], with DE Jones, DC Stenning, EB Ford, TJ Loredo, C Gilbertson, and X Dumusque. Under invited revision.
Model-free inference on extreme dependence via waiting times, with JE Johndrow. arXiv:1512.07848 [math.ST] Under revision.
ACME: A Partially Periodic Estimator of Avian & Chiropteran Mortality at Wind Turbines, arXiv:1507.00749 [stat.AP] Submitted.
Coupling Computer Models through Linking their Statistical Emulators, with KN Kyzyurova & JO Berger (2018). SIAM/ASA J Uncertainty Quantification 6(3), 1151–1171. DOI: 10.1137/17M1157702.
Dynamic Statistical Models for Pyroclastic Density Current Generation at Soufriére Hills Volcano, with ET Spiller & ES Calder (2018). Frontiers in Earth Science: Geohazards and Georisks 6(55), 1–16. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2018.00055.
Modeling the Relationship Between Most Probable Number (MPN) and Colony-Forming Unit (CFU) Estimates of Fecal Coliform Concentration, with AD Gronewold. Water Research 42(13), 3327–3334. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.04.011.

More papers are on my curriculum vitæ.

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