extreme weather

Prof. Raphaël Huser wins the Lambert Aw​ard 2015

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The Swiss Statistical Society (SSS) has established since 2013 the Johann Heinrich Lambert Award to recognize the work of young statisticians. The Lambert Award consists of a certificate and 1'000 Swiss Francs. It entitles to a plenary talk at the `Swiss Statistics Meeting'.

How extreme weather exacerbates air pollution

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Simultaneously modeling of air pollutants and weather under extreme conditions highlights the potential for serious health risks.

Reining in computational complexity

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A more efficient approach to modeling spatial data involving thousands of variables keeps computation time in check.

New paper accepted in JABES

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New accepted paper: Castro-Camilo, D., Huser, R., and Rue, H. (2019+), A spliced Gamma-generalized Pareto model for short-term extreme wind speed probabilistic forecasting, Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, to appear [ PDF preprint]

Steep learning in mathematics of big waves

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A better mathematical understanding of how big waves form could lead to better prediction of tsunami impacts.

New paper accepted in Earth Science Reviews (ESR)

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New paper accepted: Lombardo*, L., Opitz, T., Ardizzone, F., Guzzetti, F., and Huser, R. (2020+), Space-time landslide predictive modelling, Earth Science Reviews, to appear [PDF preprint]

Modeling non-stationary temperature maxima based on extremal dependence changing with event magnitude

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New paper accepted: Zhong, P., Huser, R., and Opitz, T. (2021+), Modeling non-stationary temperature maxima based on extremal dependence changing with event magnitude, Annals of Applied Statistics [ arXiv][ PDF preprint].

Approximate Bayesian inference for analysis of spatio-temporal flood frequency data

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New paper accepted : Jóhannesson, Á. V., Siegert, S., Huser, R. , Bakka, H., and Hrafnkelsson, B. (2021+), Approximate Bayesian inference for analysis of spatio-temporal flood frequency data , Annals of Applied Statistics, to appear [ arXiv][ PDF preprint ]

Heatwave model shows it is hotter in more places, more often

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New modeling shows that heatwaves across Europe have increased in both frequency and spatial extent over the past century.

New paper accepted in Extremes

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New paper accepted: Zhang, Z., Huser, R., Opitz, T., and Wadsworth, J. L. (2021+), Modeling spatial extremes using normal mean-variance mixtures, Extremes, to appear [ arXiv][ PDF preprint]

Finding Terra Incognita

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A new study addresses the difficulty in modeling atmospheric turbulence at sub-kilometer resolution, which is challenging due to atmospheric variability, meteorology and changeable terrain such as mountains and cities.

Congratulations to Zhongwei for successfully defending his PhD thesis

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Left: Zhongwei before starting his PhD defense. Right: picture taken at the group dinner following the defense, with Zhongwei (center) and Prof. Raphael Huser (carrying a child next to Zhongwei)

Congratulations to Yan for successfully defending her PhD thesis

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