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Robert L. Wolpert
Professor Emeritus of Statistical Science
Statistical Science
rlw@duke.edu
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Selected Grants
Ixchel: Building understanding of the physical, cultural and socio-economic drivers of risk for strengthening resilience in the Guatemalan cordillera
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by University of Edinburgh ·
2021 - 2023
Collaborative Research: Capturing salient features in point process models via stochastic process discrepancies
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2020 - 2023
Collaborative Research: Using Precursor Information to Update Probabilistic Hazard Maps
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2018 - 2022
GRB Pulse Decomposition Using Bayesian Droplets
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Cornell University ·
2019 - 2021
Collaborative Research: SI2-SSI: Jet Energy-loss Tomography with a Statistically and Computationally Advanced Program Envelope (JETSCAPE)
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2016 - 2021
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Ixchel: Building understanding of the physical, cultural and socio-economic drivers of risk for strengthening resilience in the Guatemalan cordillera
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by University of Edinburgh ·
2021 - 2023
Collaborative Research: Capturing salient features in point process models via stochastic process discrepancies
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2020 - 2023
Collaborative Research: Using Precursor Information to Update Probabilistic Hazard Maps
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2018 - 2022
GRB Pulse Decomposition Using Bayesian Droplets
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Cornell University ·
2019 - 2021
Collaborative Research: SI2-SSI: Jet Energy-loss Tomography with a Statistically and Computationally Advanced Program Envelope (JETSCAPE)
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2016 - 2021
Hazards SEES: Persistent volcanic crises -- resilience in the face of prolonged and uncertain risk
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by State University of New York - Buffalo ·
2015 - 2019
Collaborative Research: Advances Statistical Surrogates for Linking Multiple Computer Models with Disparate Data for Quantifying Uncertain Hazards
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2016 - 2019
EMSW21-RTG: Geometric, Topological and Statistical Methods for Analyzing Massive Datasets
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Key Faculty ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2011 - 2018
Collaborative Research: Statistical And Computational Models and Methods for Extracting Knowledge from Massive Disparate Data for Quantifying Uncertain Hazards
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2012 - 2015
Hazards SEES Type 1: Persistent volcanic crises in the USA: from precursors to resilience
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by University of Hawaii System ·
2013 - 2015
FRG: Collaborative Research: Prediction and Risk of Extreme Events Utilizing Mathematical Computer Models of Geophysical Processes
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2008 - 2012
SCREMS: Distributed Environments for Stochastic Computation
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2004 - 2007
Spatial-temporal Models for Environmental Health Effects
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency ·
2001 - 2006
Sixth World Meeting of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis
Conference
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2000 - 2001
Spatial and Spatial-temporal Bayesian Point-process Models for Bioabundance and Other Applications
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
1996 - 1999
Mathematical Sciences Scientific Computing Research Environments
Equipment
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
1997 - 1998
Analysis of Regional Patterns and Trends in Atmospheric Deposition and EMAP Indicators
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency ·
1993 - 1996
Expert Systems for Parameter Estimation in Pollutant Transport-and-Fate Modeling
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
1990 - 1992
Expert System for Parameter Estimation in Pollutant Transport and Fate Modeling
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
1990 - 1992
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