Abhi Datta
dattascientist.bsky.social
Abhi Datta
@dattascientist.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University

Geospatial statistics, machine learning, AI, environmental health, global health

https://abhidatta.com/
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Taught a new course at the International Biometric Conference 2024 on Machine Learning for Geospatial Data that took significant effort to develop. Covers random forests and neural nets that model spatial correlation. See materials👇

abhirupdatta.github.io/geospatial_s...

#rstats #rspatial #pystats
Course information
Statistical and Machine Learning for Big Geospatial Data.
abhirupdatta.github.io
Reposted by Abhi Datta
We are thrilled to announce that @dattascientist.bsky.social and @stephaniehicks.bsky.social have been elected Fellows of the American Statistical Association! 🎉 This prestigious honor recognizes outstanding contributions to statistical science. Congrats Abhi & Stephanie! 👏 @amstatnews.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Excited to share our paper with @betsyogburn.bsky.social and former advisee Brian Gilbert that studies common estimators of exposure effect under unmeasured spatial confounding.
doi.org/10.1093/biom...

Our results debunk some myths about spatial confounding. Summary of our main findings 👇: 1/
Consistency of common spatial estimators under spatial confounding
Abstract. This paper addresses the asymptotic performance of popular spatial regression estimators of the linear effect of an exposure on an outcome under
doi.org
January 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Taught a new course at the International Biometric Conference 2024 on Machine Learning for Geospatial Data that took significant effort to develop. Covers random forests and neural nets that model spatial correlation. See materials👇

abhirupdatta.github.io/geospatial_s...

#rstats #rspatial #pystats
Course information
Statistical and Machine Learning for Big Geospatial Data.
abhirupdatta.github.io
December 9, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Looking forward to speaking at the RAND Statistics Seminar Series today about Bayesian transfer learning methods to improve child cause-specific mortality estimates from verbal autopsy data.
www.rand.org/statistics/s...
Seminar Series
A listing of upcoming and recent RAND Statistics seminars. RAND Statistics hold seminars throughout the year that are open to the public.
www.rand.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Reposted by Abhi Datta
I'm excited to see that @jhubiostat.bsky.social created a starter pack for members and alumni of this historical department

Help us spread the word around to get more members and alumni on it! 🙌🏽

#AcademicSky #Biostats #Biostatistics

go.bsky.app/T6DV4MQ
November 15, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Reposted by Abhi Datta
The Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute is looking for post-docs! Flexible topics; applications due January 6. ai.jhu.edu/postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute
Data Science and AI Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program The Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute welcomes applications for its postdoctoral fellowship program, seeking scholars to advance...
ai.jhu.edu
November 14, 2024 at 1:38 AM