TAO SHI

My research interests are Statistical properties of machine learning algorithms, Statistical methodology and computation on massive data sets, and applications of statistics in environmental science and geo- science. I have conducted research in building efficient and accurate statistical algorithms to detect clouds over polar regions using satellite data provided by NASA’s Earth Observing System. In statistical methodology research, we studied the statistical properties of machine learning algorithms (Support Vector Machines and spectral learning algorithms) and applied them to the cloud detection problem. My long term goal is to further study statistical methodology needed for large scale dataset analysis and apply such methods in the context of statistical problems arising in geo- and environmental sciences.