David B. Dunson, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
- Contact Info:
- 218 Old Chemistry Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
- (919) 684-8025
- dunson@duke.edu
- Personal Web Page:
- https://duke.box.com/s/35sttb14iqa9u8fqatejfpnf7q9cy7ii
- Office Hours:
- Thurs 9-10am
- Education:
- Ph.D., Emory University, 1997
- PhD, Emory University, 1997
- B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1994
- Research Interests: Nonparametric Bayes, Latent variable methods, Model uncertainty, Applications in epidemiology & genetics, Machine learning
Current projects: Nonparametric Bayes methods for conditional distributions, Semiparametric methods for high-dimensional predictors, New priors for functional data analysis, Borrowing information across disparate data sources, Methods for identifying gene x environmental interactions
Development of Bayesian methods motivated by applications with complex and high-dimensional data. A particular focus is on nonparametric Bayes approaches for conditional distributions and for flexible borrowing of information. I am also interested in methods for accommodating model uncertainty in hierarchical models, and in latent variable methods, including structural equation models. A recent interest has been in functional data analysis.
- Representative Publications
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- Dunson, DB. "Nonparametric Bayes local partition models for random effects.." Biometrika 96.2 (January, 2009): 249-262. [doi] [abs]
- Bigelow, JL; Dunson, DB. "Bayesian semiparametric joint models for functional predictors.." Journal of the American Statistical Association 104.485 (January, 2009): 26-36. [doi] [abs]
- Dunson, DB; Xing, C. "Nonparametric Bayes Modeling of Multivariate Categorical Data.." Journal of the American Statistical Association 104.487 (January, 2012): 1042-1051. [doi] [abs]
- Dunson, DB; Park, JH. "Kernel stick-breaking processes." Biometrika 95.2 (June, 2008): 307-323. [doi] [abs]
- Dunson, DB; Herring, AH; Engel, SM. "Bayesian selection and clustering of polymorphisms in functionally related genes." Journal of the American Statistical Association 103.482 (June, 2008): 534-546. [doi] [abs]