About Sabrina Vettori Sabrina Vettori Ph.D. Student, Statistics Statistics of extremes Environmental Statistics STSDS Sabrina Vettori was a Ph.D. student in Statistics at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), under the joint supervision of Prof. Marc Genton and Prof. Raphaël Huser. She successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled " Models and Inference for Multivariate Spatial Extremes" and graduated in December 2017; see his PhD thesis here. Her PhD committee was composed of Professors Marc Genton (chair), Raphaël Huser (co-chair), Anthony Davison (external examiner from EPFL, Switzerland), Ying Sun and Slim Alouini. After her PhD, Sabrina co-founded the successful KAUST start-up Articles Related News April 2020 KAUST startup Edama Organic Solutions has been featured in Arab News 1 min read · Tue, Apr 21 2020 News Edama Throughout the world, organic waste generation is posing serious challenges, threatening food security and water purity and availability. Saudi Arabia is no exception. July 2019 New paper accepted in JCGS 1 min read · Wed, Jul 17 2019 News Statistics of extremes New accepted paper: Vettori, S., Huser, R., Segers, J., and Genton, M. G. (2019+), Bayesian model averaging over tree-based dependence structures for multivariate extremes, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, to appear. September 2018 How extreme weather exacerbates air pollution 1 min read · Tue, Sep 4 2018 News statistics extreme weather air pollution xstat research highlights Simultaneously modeling of air pollutants and weather under extreme conditions highlights the potential for serious health risks. April 2018 Students shine on the statistics stage 2 min read · Mon, Apr 2 2018 News Spotlight Statistics of extremes Environmental Statistics spatial statistics KAUST Ph.D. alumna Sabrina Vettori and Ph.D. student Yuxiao Li have been selected by the Eastern North American Region (ENAR) of the International Biometric Society to receive a Distinguished Student Paper Award at the 2018 ENAR Spring Meeting. October 2017 Congratulations to Sabrina for successfully defending her PhD thesis 1 min read · Sun, Oct 22 2017 News September 2017 KAUST Ph.D. student wins American Statistical Association paper competition 1 min read · Thu, Sep 14 2017 Awards News Spotlight student award Sabrina Vettori, a Ph.D. student co-supervised by KAUST Distinguished Professor Marc Genton, who leads the Spatio-Temporal Statistics & Data Science group, and KAUST Assistant Professor Raphaël Huser, who leads the Extreme Statistics Research Group, won the 2017 Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) of the American Statistical Association (ASA). Eligible papers focused on environmental statistics, and the four competition winners presented their papers at an ENVR-sponsored session at the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), held from July 2017 Going to extremes to predict natural disasters 1 min read · Sat, Jul 8 2017 News simulation statistics A systematic approach to selecting and configuring statistical models improves predictions of extreme events. May 2017 A talk with PhD student Sabrina Vettori: Catastrophic events are forecastable, after all! 3 min read · Mon, May 15 2017 News Statistics of extremes Environmental Statistics spatial statistics Environmental disasters occur daily and hit almost every country around the world, taking a heavy toll on lives and economies. According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, every year there are around 350 reported disasters causing more than 20,000 deaths and affecting the life of almost 100 million people with an overall economic damage of 66.5 billion US$. But this can change. December 2016 PhD student Sabrina Vettori selected for an ENVR Student Paper Award. Congrats! 1 min read · Sun, Dec 18 2016 News Spotlight Spatial extremes extreme-value theory PhD student Sabrina Vettori has been selected to receive a Best Student Paper Award from the Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) of the American Statistical Association (ASA) for her manuscript entitled "Bayesian clustering and dimension reduction in air pollutant multivariate extremes".
KAUST startup Edama Organic Solutions has been featured in Arab News 1 min read · Tue, Apr 21 2020 News Edama Throughout the world, organic waste generation is posing serious challenges, threatening food security and water purity and availability. Saudi Arabia is no exception.
New paper accepted in JCGS 1 min read · Wed, Jul 17 2019 News Statistics of extremes New accepted paper: Vettori, S., Huser, R., Segers, J., and Genton, M. G. (2019+), Bayesian model averaging over tree-based dependence structures for multivariate extremes, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, to appear.
How extreme weather exacerbates air pollution 1 min read · Tue, Sep 4 2018 News statistics extreme weather air pollution xstat research highlights Simultaneously modeling of air pollutants and weather under extreme conditions highlights the potential for serious health risks.
Students shine on the statistics stage 2 min read · Mon, Apr 2 2018 News Spotlight Statistics of extremes Environmental Statistics spatial statistics KAUST Ph.D. alumna Sabrina Vettori and Ph.D. student Yuxiao Li have been selected by the Eastern North American Region (ENAR) of the International Biometric Society to receive a Distinguished Student Paper Award at the 2018 ENAR Spring Meeting.
Congratulations to Sabrina for successfully defending her PhD thesis 1 min read · Sun, Oct 22 2017 News
KAUST Ph.D. student wins American Statistical Association paper competition 1 min read · Thu, Sep 14 2017 Awards News Spotlight student award Sabrina Vettori, a Ph.D. student co-supervised by KAUST Distinguished Professor Marc Genton, who leads the Spatio-Temporal Statistics & Data Science group, and KAUST Assistant Professor Raphaël Huser, who leads the Extreme Statistics Research Group, won the 2017 Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) of the American Statistical Association (ASA). Eligible papers focused on environmental statistics, and the four competition winners presented their papers at an ENVR-sponsored session at the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), held from
Going to extremes to predict natural disasters 1 min read · Sat, Jul 8 2017 News simulation statistics A systematic approach to selecting and configuring statistical models improves predictions of extreme events.
A talk with PhD student Sabrina Vettori: Catastrophic events are forecastable, after all! 3 min read · Mon, May 15 2017 News Statistics of extremes Environmental Statistics spatial statistics Environmental disasters occur daily and hit almost every country around the world, taking a heavy toll on lives and economies. According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, every year there are around 350 reported disasters causing more than 20,000 deaths and affecting the life of almost 100 million people with an overall economic damage of 66.5 billion US$. But this can change.
PhD student Sabrina Vettori selected for an ENVR Student Paper Award. Congrats! 1 min read · Sun, Dec 18 2016 News Spotlight Spatial extremes extreme-value theory PhD student Sabrina Vettori has been selected to receive a Best Student Paper Award from the Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) of the American Statistical Association (ASA) for her manuscript entitled "Bayesian clustering and dimension reduction in air pollutant multivariate extremes".
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