David B. Dunson
Arts and Sciences Professor of Statistical Science
Overview
Development of novel approaches for representing and analyzing complex data. A particular focus is on methods that incorporate geometric structure (both known and unknown) and on probabilistic approaches to characterize uncertainty. In addition, a big interest is in scalable algorithms and in developing approaches with provable guarantees.
This fundamental work is directly motivated by applications in biomedical research, network data analysis, neuroscience, genomics, ecology, and criminal justice.
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Selected Grants
Reproducibility and Robustness of Dimensionality Reduction awarded by National Institutes of Health (Investigator). 2017 to 2022
Postdoctoral Training in Genomic Medicine Research awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2017 to 2022
Structured nonparametric methods for mixtures of exposures awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2022
CRCNS: Geometry-based Brain Connectome Analysis awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2021
Scalable probabilistic inference for huge multi-domain graphs awarded by Alibaba Innovative Research (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2020
Probabilistic learning of structure in complex data awarded by Office of Naval Research (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2020
New methods for quantitative modeling of protein-DNA interactions awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co Investigator). 2015 to 2020
An Integrated Nonparametric Bayesian and Deep Neural Network Framework for Biologically-Inspired Lifelong Learning awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Co Investigator). 2018 to 2020
BIGDATA:F: Scalable Bayes uncertainty quantification with guarantees awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2019
Predicting Performance from Network Data awarded by U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2019
Pages
Zhang, Z, Allen, GI, Zhu, H, and Dunson, D. "Tensor network factorizations: Relationships between brain structural connectomes and traits." Neuroimage 197 (April 25, 2019): 330-343. Full Text
Zhang, Z, Descoteaux, M, and Dunson, DB. "Nonparametric Bayes Models of Fiber Curves Connecting Brain Regions." Journal of the American Statistical Association (January 1, 2019). Full Text
Niu, M, Cheung, P, Lin, L, Dai, Z, Lawrence, N, and Dunson, D. "Intrinsic Gaussian processes on complex constrained domains." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology (January 1, 2019). Full Text