Professor Jim Smith
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My interests are very wide ranging but focus on theoretical and applied Bayesian statistics and decision theory. I have spent many years studying the theory of graphical models, and Bayes Nets and have a particular interest in dynamic and causal variants of these. I hold an EPSRC award to develop a new graphical tool - more expressive than the discrete Bayes Net - called a Chain Event Graph - with Peter Thwaites, Guy Freeman with support from Bob Cowell, Milan Studeny and Eva Riccomagno. I am also currently working with a team studying the use of Bayesian partition models for longitudinal gene expression data especially Fourier models of circadian genes, see the links below. I have had a long interest in Bayesian decision making under conflict and have recently developed multiattribute utility models for training real time decision makers in such environments. The links between algebraic geometry and various graphical models are a strong interest of mine: especially semi-algebraic structures. I have also studied Bayesian models of forensic evidence for a number of years with a special current interest in fingerprints. As Chairman of RISCU - the consultancy arm of the statistics department at Warwick - I continue to be involved in university consultancy work with a number of well-known companies. To check out some examples of my current academic work see the publications given below. Contact him at J.Q.Smith@warwick.ac.uk
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