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Author:

Swenson, Craig Arnel

Title:

X-ray, Ultraviolet, and Optical Flares in Gamma-ray Burst Light Curves

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astronomy
astrophysics
GRB
gamma-ray burst
Swift
bayesian

File:

Download swenson_dissertation_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Pete Roming, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Andrew Nousek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric D Feigelson, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Stephane Coutu, Special Member

Author:

Fuller, Robert William

Title:

PROBABILISTIC INVERSION OF EXPERT ASSESSMENTS TO INFORM PROJECTIONS ABOUT ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET RESPONSES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

ice sheet
sea ice
antarctica
paleooceanography
ice shelf
ocean temperature
melting
cliffs
sea-level rise
calibration methods
overconfidence
uncertainty
deep uncertainty
bayesian
probabilistic inversion
markov chain
monte carlo

File:

Download Fuller_Robert_William-MS_thesis-Probabilistic_Inversion.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F. Kasting, Committee Member
Sridhar Anadakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Ensley, John Robert

Title:

Bayesian Semiparametric Covariance Function Estimation for Stationary Gaussian Processes by Overwhelming Force

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Gaussian process
bayesian
covariance function
mcmc
parallel computing
penalized splines
spectral density
monte carlo integration
semiparametric

File:

Download Ensley-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Adam Shaby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member

Author:

Bartley, Meridith

Title:

Advances in Ecological Statistics

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

statistics
environmental statistics
animal movement
multivariate statistics
bayesian
bird migration
ant trophallaxis
water quality
Hidden Markov model
data fusion
extrapolation
joint model

File:

Download Advances_in_Ecological_Statistics__Penalized_Stochastic_Processes_and_Optimal_Spatial_Design-5.pdf

Committee Members:

Ephraim Mont Hanks, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Murali Haran, Committee Member
David Hunter, Committee Member
David Peter Hughes, Outside Member
Benjamin Shaby, Special Member
Murali Haran, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tran, Thu

Title:

Computational Epidemiology of Large Multi-Dimensional Data Streams in Malaria and COVID-19

Graduate Program:

Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

malaria
plasmodium
falciparum
mathematical model
public health
epidemiology
fitness
evolution
infectious disease
antimalarial
kelch13
sub sahara africa
bayesian
rhode island
massachusetts
connecticut
drug resistance
vaccine
vaccination strategy
optimization
population immunity
attack rate
pandemic
USA
doubling time
covid 19
sars cov 2
differential equation
artemisinin

File:

Download ThuTran_dissertation_230905.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Schaeffer, Co-Chair of Committee
Justin Pritchard, Co-Chair of Committee
Manuel Llinas, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair
Maciej Boni, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor