James P. Hobert Professor and Graduate Coordinator Department of Statistics University of Florida P.O. Box 118545 Gainesville, FL 32611-8545 PHONE: (352) 273-2990 FAX: (352) 392-5175 E-MAIL: jhobert "at" stat "dot" ufl "dot" edu Personal HomePage: http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~jhobert

Research Interests

• Convergence rates of Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms
• Perfect sampling algorithms
• Connections between Markov chain theory and decision theory

Selected Publications

• Honest exploration of intractable probability distributions via Markov chain Monte Carlo, Statistical Science, 16 (2001), 312-334 (with Galin L. Jones).
• Maximizing generalized linear mixed model likelihoods with an automated Monte Carlo EM algorithm, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 61 (1999), 265-285 (with James G. Booth).
• The effect of improper priors on Gibbs sampling in hierarchical linear mixed models, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 91 (1996), 1461-1473 (with George Casella).

Degrees

• B.S. (1989) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Chemistry
• M.S. (1992) Cornell University, Statistics
• Ph.D. (1994) Cornell University, Statistics