We are an Duke-based statistics lab focused on research, outreach, and the effectiveness of caffeine as a creative fuel
Principal Investigator
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor
Statistical Science and Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Duke University 2021 – Present
Research interests:
Adaptive Clinical trials, Non-regular Inference for Adaptively-collected Data
Current projects:
Adaptive Randomization in SMARTs, Non-Dominated Adaptive Randomization, Working on the ISPY Breast Cancer Trial
Research interests:
Reinforcement learning, statistics
Current projects:
Secret corporate projects
Research interests:
Sequential design, Bayesian optimization, and causal inference
Current projects:
Optimal experimental designs for the average treatment effect under incentives
Research interests:
Bandit algorithms
Current projects:
Bandit algorithms under partially ordered surrogates
Research interests:
Functional data analysis and dynamic treatment regimes
Current projects:
Functional regression problems for physiological data
Research interests:
Not specific
Current projects:
Sample Splitting
Research interests:
Scalable reinforcement learning and optimization in high dimensions, deep neural networks, transfer learning
Current projects:
Nonparametric information methods for reinforcement learning algorithms, Bayesian transfer learning
Research interests:
Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning, Distribution Robust Optimization
Current projects:
Spatial Reinforcement Learning
Research interests:
Q Learning, Experiment design, Dynamic Treatment Regime
Current projects:
Experimental Design for Q Learning
Research interests:
Reinforcement learning methods and theory
Current projects:
Asymptotics of Bayesian MDPs, Asymptotics of Outcome Weighted Learning, Combinatorial bandits in industrial settings
Research interests:
Machine learning and functional data analysis
Current projects:
Functional Data Analysis in Healthcare
Research interests:
Reinforcement Learning
Current projects:
Reinforcement Learning
Research interests:
Theoretical computer science and machine learning
Current projects:
Computer vision applications in kitchens
Research interests:
Precision medicine, reinforcement learning
Current projects:
Identifying preferences of patients through treatment assignments by experts
Current projects:
Zombies on Treadmills, Statistics Boardwalk: Vincent Price Presents..., Flying Squirrel
Current projects:
Zombies on Treadmills, Flying Squirrel, 2 Minute Stats