(Last updated: 5/4/24)

Dr. Derek Bean Teaching Faculty Department of Statistics University of Wisconsin - Madison Contact Information Teaching Research CV Useful Links

Contact Information

Office: 1586 Medical Sciences Center

E-mail: derekb [AT] stat [DOT] wisc [DOT] edu

Phone: 263-3615

Address:

Department of Statistics
1220 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706

Teaching

Spring 2024: n/a

Fall 2023: Statistics 311

Spring 2023: n/a

Fall 2022: Statistics 421

Spring 2022: n/a

Fall 2021: Statistics 421

Spring 2021: Statistics 312

Fall 2020: Statistics 312

Spring 2020: Statistics 421

Fall 2019: Statistics 421

Spring 2019: n/a

Fall 2018: n/a

Spring 2018: Statistics 610

Fall 2017: Statistics 609

Spring 2017: Statistics 371, Statistics 610.

Fall 2016: Statistics 301.

Summer 2016: Statistics 301.

Spring 2016: Statistics 610.

Fall 2015: Statistics/Forestry/Horticulture 571.

Spring 2015: Statistics 310, Statistics 610.

Research

My research interests lie primarily in high-dimensional statistics and ``big data'' settings. In my work, I have explored the statistical behavior of robust M-estimates of regression in the linear model in high-dimensions. I have also studied a high-dimensional signal separation problem called Non-Gaussian Components Analysis (NGCA), similar to Independent Component Analysis (ICA).

Selected publications on high-dimensional robust linear regression:

• D. Bean, P. J. Bickel, N. El Karoui and B. Yu. Optimal M-estimation in high-dimensional regression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 110 (36) (August, 2013) 14563--14568.

• N. El Karoui, D. Bean, P. J. Bickel and B. Yu. On robust regression with high-dimensional predictors. PNAS, 110 (36) (August, 2013), 14557--14562.

• D. Bean, P. J. Bickel, N. El Karoui and B. Yu. Penalized robust regression in high-dimension. Technical Report No. 813 (2012), Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley. [pdf]
  

• D. Bean, P. J. Bickel, N. El Karoui and B. Yu. Optimal objective function in high-dimensional regression. Technical Report No. 810 (2012), Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley. [pdf]
  

• N. El Karoui, D. Bean, P. J. Bickel, C. Lim and B. Yu. Robust regression with high-dimensional predictors. Technical Report No. 812 (2012), Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley. [pdf]
  

• N. El Karoui, D. Bean, P. J. Bickel, C. Lim and B. Yu. On robust regression with high-dimensional predictors. Technical Report No. 811 (2012), Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley. [pdf]
  

Here are some slides from talks I have given:

• High-dimensional regression: how to pick the objective function in high-dimension. In Berkeley Statistics Annual Research Symposium (BSTARS), March 11, 2013, University of California, Berkeley.

CV

The most recent copy of my CV is here (pdf).

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