David van Dyk's Home Page

David van Dyk, Associate Professor
Department of Statistics
University of California, Irvine

US Mail address:
  346B ICS Bldg 1
  Irvine, CA 92697-1250
Phone: 949-824-5679
Fax: 949-824-1683

e-mail: d v d [at] u c i [dot] e d u


Last modified July 30, 2003



David van Dyk is currently an associate professor in the Department of Statistics at The University of California at Irvine. Professor van Dyk received his Ph.D. from the Department of Statistics at the University of Chicago and his B.S. in Statistics and Probability from Michigan State University. His 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 various Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. Professor van Dyk's primary area of interdisciplinary work is Astro-statistics; he coordinates the California-Harvard Astrostatisics Collaboration, The group includes Astronomers and Statisticians and provides an open forum for discussing statistical issues that arise in astrophysical research, for example at the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The group's current work focuses on constructing and fitting highly structured models for data obtained with the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Research Links:

Teaching Links:


Publications and Manuscripts


Some Links