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Ryan Martin

The focus of my research is extremal graph theory and random combinatorial structures. I have also worked in a variety of other areas, including intersecting hypergraphs, the theory of positional games and Ramsey theory. Combinatorics, and particularly graph theory, has a wide variety of applications. My own research in the edit distance of graphs has applications in biology and computer scienc...

Ryan Brady

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Bayesian methods provide an eeective tool for shrinkage in wavelet models. An important issue in any Bayesian analysis is the elicita-tion of a prior distribution. Elicitation in the wavelet domain is considered by rst describing the structure of a wavelet model, and examining several prior distributions that are used in a variety of recent articles. Although elicitation has not been directly c...

Hugh Dickinson

Crump interprets the stories, rather than simply recounting them. Her background as a research biologist, and her fi eld experience with native peoples, give her a broad perspective on the topic. She weaves a deft blend of summary and commentary, and often returns to emergent themes. Why do particular species appear in leading roles? Why do snakes and toads so often end up both as hero and vill...