Robert L Wolpert Office: 211-C Old Chemistry Building Phone: +1-919-812-3235 E-mail: rlw@duke.edu Title: Emeritus Professor of Statistical Science 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, 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

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• Member, ITAC (Information Technology Advisory Council) and of its Steering Committee (docs, zoom)
• Core Member, LSST (Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time) ISSC (Informatics and Statistics Science Collaboration)
• Council Member, Jetscape (Jet energy-loss tomography) HEP collaboration
• 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

Recent Research Papers

• The zero problem: Gaussian process emulators for range constrained computer models (2022), with Elaine T Spiller, Pablo Tierz, and Taylor Asher. Under invited revision for SIAM/ASA J Uncertainty Quantification.
• Volcanic hazard assessment for an eruption hiatus, or post-eruption unrest context: Modeling continued dome collapse hazards for Soufriére Hills Volcano (2020), with Elaine T Spiller, Sarah E Ogburn, Eliza S Calder, James O Berger, Abani K Patra, & E Bruce Pitman. Frontiers in Earth Science: Geohazards and Georisks 8, 1–18. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.535567.
• Approximate Bayesian Computation for Finite Mixture Models (2021), with Umberto Simola and Jesse Cisewski-Kehe. 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 (2022), with David E Jones, David C Stenning, Eric B Ford, Thomas J Loredo, Christian Gilbertson, and Xavier Dumusque. Annals of Applied Statistics 16(2), 652–679. DOI: 10.1214/21-AOAS1471.
• The Longevity of Lava Dome Eruptions (2016), with Sarah E Ogburn and Eliza S Calder. J Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 121(3), 676–686. DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012435.

More papers are on my curriculum vitæ.