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    Christopher J. Paciorek is a Ph.D. candidate in statistics at Carnegie Mellon University, with research interests in Bayesian statistics, spatial statistics, and nonparametric regression. He received his B.A. in biology from Carleton College and M.S. degrees in botany and statistics from Duke University and CMU. His dissertation focuses on nonstationary covariance models for spatial data and regression problems. He has taught graduate-level courses and worked on statistical modeling projects for government agencies.

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    Christopher J. Paciorek is a Ph.D. candidate in statistics at Carnegie Mellon University, with research interests in Bayesian statistics, spatial statistics, and nonparametric regression. He received his B.A. in biology from Carleton College and M.S. degrees in botany and statistics from Duke University and CMU. His dissertation focuses on nonstationary covariance models for spatial data and regression problems. He has taught graduate-level courses and worked on statistical modeling projects for government agencies.

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    Christopher J. Paciorek is a Ph.D. candidate in statistics at Carnegie Mellon University, with research interests in Bayesian statistics, spatial statistics, and nonparametric regression. He received his B.A. in biology from Carleton College and M.S. degrees in botany and statistics from Duke University and CMU. His dissertation focuses on nonstationary covariance models for spatial data and regression problems. He has taught graduate-level courses and worked on statistical modeling projects for government agencies.

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    Christopher J.

    Paciorek
    Contact
    Information

    Baker Hall 232


    Department of Statistics
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA

    Voice: (412) 268-6276


    Fax: (412) 268-7828
    E-mail: paciorek@stat.cmu.edu
    WWW: www.stat.cmu.edu/~paciorek

    Research
    Interests

    Bayesian statistics, spatial statistics, nonparametric regression, statistical methods for large datasets,
    statistics for public policy

    Education

    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA


    Ph.D. Candidate, Statistics, December 2001 (expected graduation date: May 2003)
    Dissertation Topic: Nonstationary Covariance Models for Spatial Data and Regression Problems
    Advisor: Mark J. Schervish
    M.S., Statistics, May 2000
    Duke University, Durham, North Carolina USA
    M.S., Botany (Ecology), May, 1998
    Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota USA
    B.A., Biology, May, 1993

    Honors and
    Awards

    National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1996

    Academic
    Experience

    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

    Carleton College: graduated Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Biology, Phi Beta Kappa, 1993

    Graduate Student
    August, 1998 - present
    Includes current Ph.D. research, Ph.D. and Masters level coursework and research/consulting projects.
    Instructor
    May - June, 2002
    Co-taught graduate level course for the Master of Science in Computational Finance program.
    Shared responsibility for lectures, exams, homework assignments, and grades.
    46-731 Probability and Statistics, Summer 2002.
    NSF VIGRE Teaching Fellow
    January - May, 2001
    Head teaching assistant. Duties included shared administrative responsibilities with faculty instructor, fielding of all student inquiries, and oversight of graduate student teaching assistants and
    graders.
    36-217 Probability Theory and Random Processes, Spring 2001.
    Teaching Assistant
    August, 2001 - present
    Duties at various times have included office hours and leading weekly computer lab exercises.

    Publications

    Paciorek, C.J., J.S. Risbey, V. Ventura, and R.D.Rosen. 2002. Multiple indices of Northern Hemisphere Cyclone Activity, Winters 1949-1999. Journal of Climate 15:1573-1590.
    Paciorek, C.J., R. Condit, S.P. Hubbell, and R.B. Foster. 2000. The demographics of resprouting
    in tree and shrub species of a moist tropical forest. Journal of Ecology 88:765-777.
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    Paciorek, C.J., B.R. Moyer, R.A. Levin, and S.L. Halpern. 1995. Pollen consumption by hummingbird flower mite Proctolaelaps kirmsei and possible fitness effects on Hamelia patens. Biotropica
    27:258-262. (author order determined by lot)
    Papers in
    preparation

    Ventura, V., C.J. Paciorek, and J.S. Risbey. Controlling the proportion of falsely-rejected hypotheses
    when conducting multiple tests with geophysical data.
    Ickes, K., C.J. Paciorek, and S. Thomas. Effects of wild pigs on forest demographic processes in
    Malaysia.

    Conference
    Presentations

    Paciorek, C.J., J.S. Risbey, V. Ventura, and R.D.Rosen. 2001. Changes in Northern Hemisphere
    winter storm activity (1949-1999) based on a comparison of cyclone indices. 8th International
    Meeting on Statistical Climatology, Luneberg, Germany, March, 2001.
    Paciorek, C.J. and R. Rosenfeld. 2000. Minimum classification error training in exponential language
    models. 2000 Spring Transcription Workshop, College Park, Maryland.
    http://www.nist.gov/speech/publications/tw00/html/abstract.htm#cp1-50

    Professional
    Experience

    Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington,


    District of Columbia USA
    Summer researcher
    May, 2000 - August, 2000
    Carried out several consulting projects, including modelling of injuries to cadavers in crash test
    experiments, analysis of airline delay data, and advice on analysis of airline economics data.
    Abt Associates, Bethesda, Maryland USA
    Associate Programmer Analyst and Research Assistant
    October, 1994 - August, 1996
    Researcher and computer model developer for U.S. EPA Regulatory Impact Analysis of Section
    403 Lead Paint Hazard Rule. Other projects included database analysis, literature reviews, and
    cost-benefit analysis.

    Computer Skills

    Statistical Packages: R, S-Plus, BUGS; some experience with SAS; extensive use of C and Fortran
    statistical libraries.
    Languages: C++, Perl, Pascal, some use of Unix shell scripts, MPI parallel processing library.
    Applications: Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) - Unix mapping software, LATEX, common Windows
    database, spreadsheet, and presentation software
    Algorithms: Experience programming Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations of Bayesian posterior distributions
    Operating Systems: Unix/Linux, Windows.

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