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I am on sabbatical Winter and Spring 2010. Until September
27, my time will be split between
the Research and Development Group at the New York Times and my humble
abode in Los Angeles. I am working on a text on exploratory data analysis
(for the non-professional) and finishing some chapters for a book
on information theory with Bin Yu.
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I was invited to give a talk at the R meetup in NYC. I spoke on a
6-week program in data analysis I created with teachers
from LAUSD. It is part of a year-long program in computer science and the
curriculum is organized around participatory sensing. Students learn computational
methods for working with time, location, images and text. My slides (55Mb, ugh)
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The (previous) O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference took place May 19-21, 2009. I was asked to
give a presentation on R and spatial analysis.
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I was asked to give a talk in our Seminar on the
Teaching of Statsitics. Here is my attempt at
describing how computational ideas fit into a
lower-division course. [PDF of slides]
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November 21 2008 saw the opening of
Terre Natale, Ailleurs Commence Ici, at the
Cartier Foundation in Paris. It is the culmination of
a summer-long collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro,
Laura Kurgan, and Ben Rubin that evolved under the watchful
eye of Paul Virilio and the excellent curatorial staff at Cartier.
The work moved to Copenhagen in December of 2009, and
Bilbao in Summer of 2010.
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In academic year 08-09, the Center for Statistical Computing
sponsored a seminar and a lecture series on
non-professional
practices of data collection and analysis. It was
the second in a "series" of long-running events to understand
the use of computing for scientific advancement, for
advocacy and for cultural expression.
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Projects
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Ben Rubin and I are starting a summer of work on an
art installation in the lobby of the new New York Times Building.
The piece is called Moveable Type; there was a nice
story in The Times, as well some coverage on NPR's On the Media.
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Mark H. Hansen
Professor of Statistics
Co-PI, Center for Embedded Networked Sensing
Courtesy appointments in the Departments of
Desgin|Media Art
and Electrical Engineering, UCLA
8951 Mathematical Sciences Building
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Tel: 310.206.8375
FAX: 310.206.5658
e-mail: cocteau@stat.ucla.edu
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Research
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I started my career at Bell Laboratories,
easily the best private research lab on the planet. Given that
background, my work tends to be grounded in applications.
I often find myself analyzing large, complex data streams -- The context varies
from environmental monitoring to the mechanics of
information technologies.
My current fascination is with so-called participatory sensing, projects
that engage the general public in
non-professional practices of data collection and analysis.
[ CV(5/09) | Patents and Papers | Talks ]
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Teaching & Students
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Stat 260
Site specifics
Winter 2007
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Stat 202a, Fall 2009
Statistical Computing
MW 3:00-4:20, 9413 Boelter
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Stat 240, Fall 2009
Smoothing
TR 1:00-2:20, 5203 MS
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Stat 13, Winter 2009
Statistics for the Life and Health Sciences
MW 3:00-4:20, Humanities 135
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Stat 101c, Spring 2009
Advanced Regression
MW 3:00-4:20, 9413 Boelter Hall
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Stat 237, Spring 2007
Database Aesthetics
Tues 9:00-12:30, 5061 Broad
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Stat 257, Winter 2007
Design, modeling and analysis
for embedded sensing
MW 3:00-4:20, 2042 Public Policy
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In 2003, I became the Vice Chair for Graduate Studies in
the Department of Statistics; students should feel free to
drop by any time to talk about our graduate program
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I am currently serving on several
thesis/dissertation committees and
am eager to work with more students
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A new job, a new spam filter. While the setup at UCLA is effective,
I've had a few important emails banished to an inaccessible quarantine
area. Paranoid fool that I am, I decided to live life outside the
the protective cushion of the Department's spam filters. Mistake. But I did start
to appreciate a rhythm to my unsolicited email, a kind of poetry.
Here are a few patterns that I've found strangely poignant.
My troubling decline
[12 subject lines, VIC0D1N e-mails, 10/04]
how is my brother hurting
your son hurting
your mother hurting
pain is killing you
assist your brother in pain
assist your brother with his suffering
is his sister in pain treatment
are you in pain
your father needs to cope with the pain
is her father suffering
is my boyfriend hurting
how is my boyfriend hurting
Berlioz's uncle
[15 subject lines, "mo r t gage" ads, 11-12/04]
the splash of waves
by blue night-lights. Out
Thoughts raced, short, incoherent
window-sill with his hand,
up still more...
Well, who knows, who
sang out. His eyes
more. But I pity
the woman meanwhile, without
Drink! said the executioner
water-soaked cloth of his
that the professor was
right out of you!
You see, Poplavsky began
the next door bore
Spam Waugh
[Senders of pornographic spam, ads, 2/15-3/20/05]
Giggler C. Gilgamesh
Axiom M. Isolationism
Insinuations P. Ability
Strowe L. Transmuted
Archaeologist A. Machs
Punched O. Vilification
Sedatest Q. Sushing
Forced Q. Sadness
Unimpressive U. Counterfeited
Generalities S. Gnaw
Chastity J. Misleads
Insemination D. Solitaries
Fortyfying F. Shipwright
Muddiest E. Ladybird
Detected I. Pitchmen
Unknowable S. Easiness
Dixon D. Gurgles
Demand R. Tautly
Sourpuss I. Translator
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