Members
Dr. Caroline Brophy
Dr. Niamh Cahill
Dr. Rafael de Andrade Moral
Dr. Katarina Domijan
Dr. Catherine Hurley
Dr. David Malone
Dr. Keefe Murphy
Professor Andrew Parnell
Dr. Tríona Ryan
Dr Danilo Sarti
Amit Chinwan
Hannah Comiskey
Blake Corrigan
Bharvi Dhall
Alessandra Dos Santos
Emma Govan
Daire Healy
Alan Inglis
Mateus Maia
Niamh Mimnagh
Estevao Prado
Amin Shoari Nejad
Maeve Upton
Bruna Wundervald
Eleni Zavrakli
Research Topics
Research topics of interest to this group include: Statistical Modelling in Environmental and Ecological Science, Bayesian Methods of Statistical Inference, Machine Learning for Complex High Dimensional Data, and Statistical Computing and Graphics.
Postgraduate Researchers
Current
| Researcher | Supervisor(s) | Research Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Amit Chinwan | Dr. Catherine Hurley | (PhD) |
| Ms. Hannah Comiskey | Dr. Niamh Cahill | (PhD) |
| Mr. Blake Corrigan | Dr. Oliver Mason Dr. Rafael de Andrade Moral |
Mathematical models in theoretical and applied ecology (PhD) |
| Ms. Bharvi Dhall | Dr. Katarina Domijan Dr. Catherine Hurley |
(PhD) |
| Ms Alessandra Dos Santos | Professor Andrew Parnell Dr. Rafael de Andrade Moral |
Variational Bayesian methods (PhD) |
| Ms Emma Govan | Professor Andrew Parnell | (PhD) |
| Mr Daire Healy | Professor Andrew Parnell | (PhD) |
| Mr. Alan Inglis | Professor Andrew Parnell Co-supervised by: Dr. Catherine Hurley |
(PhD) |
| Mr Mateus Maia | Professor Andrew Parnell | (PhD) |
| Mr. Niamh Mimnagh | Dr. Rafael de Andrade Moral | Multispecies N-mixture models (PhD) |
| Mr. Estevao Prado | Professor Andrew Parnell Co-supervised by: Dr. Rafael de Andrade Moral |
Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART) (PhD) |
| Dr. Tríona Ryan | Professor Andrew Parnell | (Post-doc) |
| Dr Danilo Sarti | Professor Andrew Parnell | (Post-doc) |
| Mr Amin Shoari Nejad | Professor Andrew Parnell Dr Gerard McCarthy |
(PhD) |
| Ms Maeve Upton | Professor Andrew Parnell Dr Niamh Cahill |
(PhD) |
| Ms. Bruna Wundervald | Professor Andrew Parnell Co-supervised by: Dr Katarina Domijan |
(PhD) |
| Ms Eleni Zavrakli | Professor Andrew Parnell Professor Subhra Dey |
(PhD) |
Graduated
| Researcher | Supervisor(s) | Research Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jack McDonnell | Dr. Caroline Brophy Co-supervised by: Dr Deirdre Hennessy, Teagasc Dr Laurence Shalloo Teagasc |
Predicting grass growth at farm level to allow producers to adapt to changing and volatile weather conditions (PhD)(2018) |
| Dr. Áine Dooley | Dr. Caroline Brophy | Modelling techniques for biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality - theoretical development and application. (PhD)(2018) |
| Dr. Mark O'Connell | Dr. Katarina Domijan & Dr. Catherine Hurley | Conditional Visualisation for Statistical Models.(PhD)(2017) |
| Dr. Denise Earle | Dr. Catherine Hurley | Combinatorial methods for Data Visualization. (PhD) (2011) |
Events Organised
- Conference on Applied Statistics Ireland (CASI) 2013. , 15-17 May, 2013.
- Irish Statistical Association Short Course: The Association Graph and the Multigraph for Loglinear Models. 3rd-4th November 2011.
Presented by Harry Khamis.
Organised by Caroline Brophy. - Irish Statistical Association Short Course: Mixed Models and Convergence Issues. 4th-5th March 2010.
Presented by Catherine Truxillo and Russell Wolfinger (SAS Inc).
Organised by Caroline Brophy and John Connolly.
Recent Conference Talks
- Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, (8th – 12th August 2011) “Climatic effects on the composition of four-species agronomic grassland systems at 30 sites over three years.” Presented by C Brophy.
- Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, (8th – 12th August 2011) “Assessing interactions among species in high richness communities using Diversity-Interaction modelling combined with random effects.” Presented by A Dooley.