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The fields of the investigators are described in detail below. They represent a combination of senior and junior scientists who are included on the team to: provide subject knowledge on wood products; provide continuity through long term involvement; build as the project unfolds a regional, not just institutional, pool of experts; provide the skills needed to apply statistical knowledge to the problems described; cover a diverse variety of statistical fields thought relevant to the project. Their fields are listed below.
Investigators
Derek Bingham (Simon Fraser University): design and analysis of industrial experiments, Bayesian design, computer models.
Jiguo Cao (Simon Fraser University): functional data analysis, dynamic systems analysis, Bayesian statistics.
Jiahua Chen (University of British Columbia): design of complex surveys, mixture distributions, statistical theory.
Nancy Heckman (University of British Columbia): functional data analysis, nonparametric regression.
Tom Loughin (Simon Fraser University Surrey): categorical data analysis, design and analysis of experiments, statistics in sports.
Natalia Nolde (University of British Columbia): extreme value theory, quantitative risk management, multivariate and stochastic modeling.
Jürgen Pilz (University of Klagenfurt, Austria). Spatial statistics, monitoring, engineering applications.
Matías Salibián-Barrera (University of British Columbia): software development, robust statistics, quantile regression.
Boxin Tang (Simon Fraser University): design, industrial statistics, survey sampling.
Constance van Eeden (University of British Columbia): estimation in restricted parameter spaces, decision theory, nonparametrics.
Will Welch (University of British Columbia): design, computer models, machine/statistical learning.
Lang Wu (University of British Columbia): survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis.
Ruben Zamar (University of British Columbia): data mining, robust statistics, statistical computing, bioinformatics.
Jim Zidek (University of British Columbia): Bayesian statistics, environmetrics and lumber properties.
Collaborators
Conroy Lum (FPInnovations): structural engineering and lumber properties.
Ciprian Pirvu (FPInnovations): structural engineering and lumber properties.
Carolyn Taylor (University of British Columbia): data analysis, software development and lumber properties.