Mike West, Duke University  

Mike West
Arts & Sciences Professor of Statistical Science
Department of Statistical Science
Duke University

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Mike's research and teaching activities are in a number of areas of Bayesian statistics involving methodology development and applications of complex stochastic modelling in higher-dimensional problems. Core areas of modelling research relate to theory and methods of multivariate analysis, latent structure, high-dimensional inference and computation, stochastic computational methods, time series modelling, among others.

Inter-disciplinary application areas have included research in signal processing, finance, climatology and neurosciences, among others. Recent and current collaborative projects focus heavily in biomedical research using genome technologies, including pathway studies in cancer and the use of genomic data in clinical studies.

The links at the left lead to information on research - including collaborative inter-disciplinary projects - papers, teaching, study and employment opportunities, as well as friends and intellectual family.



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  • The BEST Award for Student Research - annual competition open to Duke undergraduate and graduate statistics students. First award to be made in 2008 and competition to be announced soon.
  • Opportunities for research visitors in connection with the SAMSI program on Sequential Monte Carlo Methods (Sept 2008-Sept 2009)