December 5, 2006: Interdisciplinary Speed Networking
Dr. Michael Lavine
Full Professor, Interdisciplinary Statistics and Decision Sciences
michael@stat.duke.edu
1. Please briefly describe your research and the way in which it is interdisciplinary. I am a statistician. I run our Statistical Consulting Center, which offers free consulting to Duke researchers. In addition to many, many consulting projects, I have had major collaborations with Ecologists, Biologists, Environmental Scientists, Oceanographers, and Neurobiologists.
2. How would you recommend that a student learn more about your research? Talk to me.
3. What kinds of interdisciplinary connections are you interested in making at Duke? I like to establish research connections with faculty and graduate students from a wide variety of departments. These connections work best when I can supply statistical expertise for their research in a non-statistical field. Therefore, projects and funding would have to come from the other field. My own methodological research in statistics is unlikely to be a fruitful area for collaborations outside my department.
4. In what ways can you see a graduate student from another group or discipline fit into what you discussed above? Graduate students can work with me or with the consulting center in a variety of ways. We usually begin with one or two free consulting sessions. Then, if further collaboration is warranted, we establish a long term arrangement either directly with the student or with the student's advisor.
5. What skills or expertise would help you move forward in your research? N/A
6. Who are the people at Duke that you collaborate with on interdisciplinary work or have regular discussions about your research? oceanography --- Susan Lozier, faculty, NSEES neurobiology --- Jennifer Stapleton, student, Sid Simon, faculty ecology --- Jim Clark, faculty, NSEES
7. Comments
• Come to the statistical consulting center. Make an appointment at scc@stat.duke.edu .
• The consulting center is staffed by statistics PhD students. We want to expose our students to a wide range of problems, so we welcome clients from all around Duke. The service is free for the first several meetings. Long term arrangements are made on an individual basis.
Last Updated (by wat@duke.edu): 11/27/2006