Robert McCulloch's research focuses on Bayesian statistics. In the Bayesian approach, you write down a full joint distribution for all quantities of interest and then condition on the knowns. The computational revolution has made this strategy feasible in complex, high dimensional problems. Much of McCulloch's recent research is on Bayesian approaches for tree-based ensemble models. Tree based methods have emerged as a basic tool in Machine Learning because they are a relatively simple way to uncover complex nonlinear relationships in high dimensional problems. Ensemble methods combine many tree models into one overall model which is far more powerful than any one tree model can be on its own.
Recent applications look at personalized medicine, selection of long term portfolios (pensions), and scale conversion for Marketing data.
Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1985
Spring 2021 | |
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DAT 402 | Statistical Learning |
STP 540 | Computational Statistics |
STP 592 | Research |
STP 598 | Special Topics |
STP 792 | Research |
APM 792 | Research |
APM 795 | Continuing Registration |
STP 799 | Dissertation |
APM 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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STP 584 | Internship |
STP 593 | Applied Project |
STP 595 | Continuing Registration |
STP 599 | Thesis |
STP 792 | Research |
APM 792 | Research |
STP 799 | Dissertation |
APM 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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STP 595 | Continuing Registration |
STP 784 | Internship |
STP 792 | Research |
STP 795 | Continuing Registration |
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STP 592 | Research |
STP 593 | Applied Project |
STP 792 | Research |
APM 792 | Research |
APM 795 | Continuing Registration |
STP 799 | Dissertation |
APM 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
STP 494 | Special Topics |
STP 540 | Computational Statistics |
STP 593 | Applied Project |
STP 595 | Continuing Registration |
STP 598 | Special Topics |
STP 599 | Thesis |
STP 792 | Research |
APM 792 | Research |
STP 799 | Dissertation |
APM 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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STP 792 | Research |
Spring 2019 | |
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STP 493 | Honors Thesis |
STP 494 | Special Topics |
STP 590 | Reading and Conference |
STP 592 | Research |
STP 593 | Applied Project |
STP 598 | Special Topics |
STP 792 | Research |
APM 792 | Research |
STP 799 | Dissertation |
APM 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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STP 590 | Reading and Conference |
STP 593 | Applied Project |
STP 595 | Continuing Registration |
STP 792 | Research |
APM 792 | Research |
STP 799 | Dissertation |
APM 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2018 | |
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STP 493 | Honors Thesis |
STP 494 | Special Topics |
STP 593 | Applied Project |
STP 598 | Special Topics |
APM 792 | Research |
STP 792 | Research |
APM 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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STP 593 | Applied Project |
STP 595 | Continuing Registration |
APM 792 | Research |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
STP 598 | Special Topics |