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The Statistics Department at the Baskin School of Engineering has a strong reputation in research and graduate education. Faculty expertise include Bayesian methods, dependent data modeling, machine learning and optimization, data science, and applied statistics. Statistics faculty include four fellows of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and two fellows of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)—several have held leadership roles in both organizations. Graduates of the Statistics Ph.D. program have earned awards for their research and gone on to careers in industry, government, and academia.

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  • Kathleen Schmidt: Sequential Experimental Design for Materials Strength Model Calibration

    Jack Baskin Engineering, 165

    Presenter: Katie Schmidt, UQ & Optimization Group Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Description: Due to the time and expense associated with physical experiments, there is significant interest in optimal selection of the conditions for future experiments. Selection based on reduction in parameter uncertainty provides a natural path forward. We consider this type of optimal sequential […]

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