Robert Kass
Maurice Falk Professor of Statistics & Computational Neuroscience
Bio
I received my Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Chicago in 1980. My early work was in geometrical methods, in the mid-1980s I turned to Bayesian inference, and then around 2000 I began studying statistical methods in neuroscience, which became my sole focus of interest soon after.
I am actively involved not only in the Department of Statistics (where I served as head for nine years), but also the Neuroscience Institute, and I remain a core faculty member in the Machine Learning Department.
Specific Research Interests
I am broadly interested in developing and understanding statistical methods in neuroscience, especially involving approaches from Bayesian analysis, graphical models, multivariate analysis, high-dimensional inference, point processes, and time series. Please see my website for more-or-less complete and current information.