Contact Information:
Marian Farah
Welcome to my webpage!
I am a 3rd year PhD student in the Statistics group at the Applied Math and Statistics Department, working under the supervision of Dr. Athanasios Kottas. I am interested in Bayesian nonparametric modeling and analysis of computer model experiments, with applications in remote sensing and earth sciences.
Things I'm working on..
- Calibration & validation (including Bayesian sensitivity analysis) of Leaf-Canopy Model (LCM), a Radiative Transfer Model, which simulates light reflected by a vegetated region of the Earth as detected by a satellite sensor. The long-term goal is to invert the LCM in order to obtain the distribution of Leaf Area Index, a key input to global climate models, over large geographic regions, given measured reflectances from the satellite data.
- My poster at Baskin School of Engineering's Open House, March 12, 2009 about the sensitivity analysis of the LCM.
- The prediction of on-orbit single event upset rate: We have developed a Bayesian nonparametric model for uncertainty in the estimated cross-section vs. LET curve. Our data comes from a set of heavy-ion tests conducted on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) used in aerospace applications.
- My poster at The 7th Workshop on Bayesian Nonparametrics in Turin, Italy about estimating the cross-section vs. LET curve.
