Dr. James V. Zidek
Fellow
Current Employer
The University of British Columbia
Election Year
2003
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Department
Department of Statistics
Keywords
Decision analysis, spatial statistics, monitoring networks, risk assessment
LONG
James V. Zidek is an innovative researcher who has made fundamental contributions in statistical decision theory and developed theoretical foundations for the problems of decision making by multiple decision makers and of forming an aggregate opinion for a panel of experts. In recent work focusing on environmental science, he has developed novel approaches to designing monitoring networks and to interpolating a multivariate spatial random field, such as several air pollutants measured at a network of monitoring stations, thereby allowing improved estimation of the exposure of individuals for use in the evaluation of the health impacts of air pollution.
SHORT
James V. Zidek has made innovative contributions to statistical decision theory, and to the problems of decision making by multiple decision makers and of forming an aggregate opinion from a panel of experts. He has developed novel approaches to designing monitoring networks and to interpolating a multivariate spatial random field.
James V. Zidek is an innovative researcher who has made fundamental contributions in statistical decision theory and developed theoretical foundations for the problems of decision making by multiple decision makers and of forming an aggregate opinion for a panel of experts. In recent work focusing on environmental science, he has developed novel approaches to designing monitoring networks and to interpolating a multivariate spatial random field, such as several air pollutants measured at a network of monitoring stations, thereby allowing improved estimation of the exposure of individuals for use in the evaluation of the health impacts of air pollution.
SHORT
James V. Zidek has made innovative contributions to statistical decision theory, and to the problems of decision making by multiple decision makers and of forming an aggregate opinion from a panel of experts. He has developed novel approaches to designing monitoring networks and to interpolating a multivariate spatial random field.