Robert L Wolpert

' Robert L Wolpert

Robert L Wolpert

Office: 211-C Old Chemistry Building
Phone: +1-919-684-3275
Fax: +1-919-684-8594
E-mail: wolpert@stat.duke.edu

Mailing Address:

Duke University Dept Stat Sci
211c Old Chem, Box 90251
Durham, NC 27708-0251 USA

A short description of my current research interests.
Recent research papers, presentations, my cv, or our FDS website (up).
Current (F09) courses:

STA 104 Probability STA 114 Statistics SISS BB

Recent courses:

STA 104/MTH 135	Probability	F04, F05, F08, F09	STA 205	Prob & Measure	S04, S05, S06, S07, S08, S09
STA 114/MTH 136	Statistics	S00, S01, S09, F09	STA 215	Stat Inference	S00, S01, S02, S05, S06, S07
STA 113	Prob/Stat Egr	S03	STA 293	Topics	F98, F01, F02, S04, S08

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

Member, CTMS (Center for Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences) and its Steering Committee
Member, ITAC (Information Technology Advisory Council) and of its Steering Committee
Member, PARISS (Program for Advanced Research in the Social Sciences) Board
Member, RCAC (Research Computing Advisory Council)
Member, SCAC (Scalable Computing Advisory Committee)
Member, USP (University Scholars Program) Faculty Advisory Board.
Executive Secretary, ISBA (International Society for Bayesian Analysis), and member of ISBA Executive Committee.
Editor, Duke Statistics and ISBA websites and ISBA-SBSS Bayesian Abstract Archive
Honorary Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care, Imperial College, London
Adjunct Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Friend of the: Duke Lemur Center, NC Zoo, NCMLS and Cornell Ornithology lab.

Recent and Upcoming Conferences & Presentations

2008-01-07:11	Bormio, IT	MCM'Ski 2
2009-06-05:09	Philadelphia, PA	O'Bayes '09	Discussion of...
2009-08-01:06	Washington, DC	JSM 2009	Uncertain Tempering and Extreme Events in Volcanic Risk Assessment
2009-09-09	Chapel Hill, NC	CEHS	Bayesian Analysis for Water Quality
2009-09-13:17	RTP, NC	SAMSI Workshop on Space-Time Analysis
2010-03-17:20	San Antonio, TX	60^th Birthday Celebration for JOB
2010-06-03:08	Benidorm, ES	9^th Valencia Int Mtg Bayes Stat
2010-08-01:05	Vancouver, BC, CA	JSM 2010
2010-08-06:10	Vancouver, BC, CA	FRG Summer School
Duke Statistics Meetings Calendar		ASA Meetings Calendar	ISI Meetings Calendar

Recent Research Papers

Nonparametric Models for Peak Identification and Quantification in Mass Spectroscopy, with application to MALDI-TOF with Leanna House and Merlise Clyde. Submitted.
Lévy Adaptive Regression Kernels with Merlise Clyde and Chong Tu. Submitted.
Using Statistical and Computer Models to Quantify Volcanic Hazards with M. J. Bayarri, James O. Berger, Eliza S. Calder, Keith Dalbey, Simon Lunagomez, Abani K. Patra, E. Bruce Pitman, and Elaine Spiller. Technometrics, in press.
Likelihood-based inference for Matérn Type III Repulsive Point Processes with Mark Huber (2009). Adv. Appl. Prob., in press.
Spatial Inference of Nitrate Concentrations in Groundwater with Dawn Woodard and Michael O'Connell (2009). J. Agr. Biol. Envir. Stat., in press.
Modeling the Relationship between Most Probable Number (MPN) and Colony-Forming Unit (CFU) Estimates of Fecal Coliform Concentration with A. D. Gronewold (2008). Water Research 42(13), 3327-3334.
An Assessment of Fecal Indicator Bacteria-Based Water Quality Standards with A. D. Gronewold, M. E. Borsuk and K. H. Reckhow (2008). Environmental Science & Technology 42(13), 4676-4682.

More papers are in the Duke Statistics Discussion Papers list or on my curriculum vitæ.