Margaret Short
2006 | Associate Professor of Statistics
University of Minnesota 2003, PhD
CH 201B | 907-474-5249
mshort18@alaska.edu
My primary interests are in Bayesian statistics and spatial statistics, often in areas of overlap. I enjoy statistical computing, sometimes using off-the-shelf software (OpenBUGS, JAGS, Stan), sometimes writing custom software for (e.g.) Markov chain Monte Carlo using C++. I'm primarily interested in applications, especially those that involve environmental or ecological topics, or natural resource management (salmon escapement, halibut movement modeling, integrated population models, e.g.). I'm partial to problems in astronomy.
Highlighted works:
Jasper*, J., Short, M.B., Shelden, C., Grant, W.S., 鈥淗ierarchical Bayesian estimation of unobserved salmon passage through weirs.鈥 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Vol 75, 1151--1159, 2018.
Rounce, D., Khurana**, T., Short, M.B., Hock, R., Shean, D., and Brinkerhoff, D., 鈥淨uantifying parameter uncertainty in a large-scale glacier evolution model using Bayesian inference: application to High Mountain Asia,鈥 Journal of Glaciology, Vol 66, Issue 256, 175-187, 2020.
*denotes 51风流官网 graduate student, **denotes 51风流官网 undergraduate student