About me…
Professor and researcher at the School of Statistics and the Center for Research in Pure and Applied Mathematics (CIMPA) at the University of Costa Rica (UCR).
Interests
- Time Series Analysis
- Spatio-temporal Analysis
- Data Science
- Statistical Theory and Applications
Education
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PhD in Statistics, 2020
University of São Paulo
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MSc in Statistics, 2015
University of Costa Rica
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BSc in Statistics, 2012
University of Costa Rica
Research interests
My research interests focus on theory and methods of statistics and data science, particularly time series, spatial, and spatiotemporal analysis, and their applications to real-world problems in physics, economics, environmental sciences, and health sciences. I am also open to exploring new theoretical and applied areas.
Publications
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(2025).
Detection and attribution of trends of meteorological extremes in Central America.
Climatic Change, 178 (95).
(2025).
Unsupervised Detection of Anomaly in Public Procurement Processes.
Data Science, Classification, and Artificial Intelligence for Modeling Decision Making. IFCS 2024. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization..
(2024).
Additive partial linear models with autoregressive symmetric errors and its application to the hospitalizations for respiratory diseases.
Statistical Papers, 65 (8).
(2024).
Forecasting hospital discharges for respiratory conditions in Costa Rica using climate and pollution data.
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 21 (7).
(2023).
Bayesian spatio-temporal model with INLA for dengue fever risk prediction in Costa Rica.
Environmental & Ecological Statistics, 30(4).
Contact
- shuwei.chou@ucr.ac.cr
- Escuela de Estadística, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica 11501