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My Research Interests
I became the George W. Housner Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus, at
the California Institute of Technology in 2017. Although I no longer run a research group, I am
collaborating with other researchers at different institutions. I have also been pursuing research
interests on my own, especially on the foundations of quantum mechanics.
My research is focused primarily on stochastic dynamics where I use Bayesian probability as a
logic to handle the uncertainties involved in the modeling of physical systems and their
excitation. I have a particular interest in the dynamics of structural systems, including stochastic
response prediction under earthquakes, and using sensor data from monitoring structures for
system identification and structural health monitoring. I have published on many research
topics, including robust-to-modeling-uncertainty response prediction and performance
reliability, structural health monitoring, seismic loss estimation, performance-based
earthquake-resistant design, seismic early warning, stochastic robust structural control,
Bayesian updating and model class selection using Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation
methods, Bayesian state and parameter estimation using particle filter methods, and sparse
Bayesian learning.
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Beck Symposium
- Feb 3 & 4, 2017
"Making Rational Decisions Under Uncertainty and Model Complexity"
ICOSSAR Keynote Lecture - June 2013 (pdf) |
