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David van Dyk
ProfessorDEGREE:
Ph.D., 1995 University of ChicagoRESEARCH AREAS:
StatisticsRESEARCH INTERESTS:
Professor van Dyk's scholarly work focuses on methodological and computational issues involved with Bayesian analysis of highly structured statistical models and emphasizes serious interdisciplinary research. He is particularly interested in improving the efficiency of computationally intensive methods involving data augmentation, such as EM-type algorithms and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. Primary area of interdisciplinary work is Astro-statistics and focuses on constructing and fitting highly structured models for data obtained with the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
E-mail: dvd(at)uci(period)edu Office: DBH 2206 Phone: (949) 824-5679 Fax: (949) 824-9863 Website: www.ics.uci.edu/~dvd/
