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McCulloch Illustrates BART Method of Data Analysis

October 27th, 2009 · Filed under: Faculty News · Research · Top Stories

Posted by Amber Walkowiak

Bayesian statistics is not, perhaps, the most accessible field of study, but Robert McCulloch, a professor of Information, Risk, and Operations Management at McCombs, opened up this important topic at a Faculty Research Presentation Oct. 20.
McCulloch, an internationally renowned statistician, illustrated how he uses BART (no relation to the Simpsons), a computer system that can analyze data [...]

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Carvalho to Join Faculty as Visiting Harrington Fellow

March 27th, 2009 · Filed under: Faculty News · Honors & Awards

Posted by Rob Meyer

Assistant Professor Carlos Carvalho (right) of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business will join the McCombs School’s Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management (IROM) as a visiting scholar in the coming academic year under the prestigious Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program.”
“Professor Carvalho is an outstanding young researcher in econometrics and statistics,” said [...]

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