Bertrand Clarke

Bertrand Clarke is a Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, within the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources. He holds a PhD in Statistics from the University of Illinois (1989) and has held academic positions at Purdue University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Miami (Medical School), and served as Chair of the Department of Statistics at UNL. His research focuses on prediction, model uncertainty, and statistical methods for complex/high-dimensional data, including genomic data and machine learning applications.

Education: PhD in Statistics from University of Illinois (1989), with early work recognized by the Browder J. Thompson Award. His career includes sabbaticals at University College London, Duke University (SAMSI), and the Newton Institute at Cambridge. He pioneered biostatistics programs at the University of Miami and authored a Springer textbook on data mining/machine learning.

Research Interests: Prediction theory, model bias/uncertainty, ensemble methods, Bayesian approaches, and applications in genomics. He emphasizes statistical principles like variance-bias tradeoff and robustness in complex data analysis.

Awards: ASA Fellow (2014), Browder J. Thompson Award (1989). Editorial roles in four journals and service on the Savage Award Committee.