Key details
Dr Ana Paula Palacios
Senior Lecturer in Statistics
Dr Palacios joined the University of Greenwich in September 2016 as a Senior Lecturer in Statistics after being a Lecturer in Statistics at Plymouth University for over three years. Previously, she held a teaching assistant position at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2008-2013) where she also obtained here PhD with cum laude distinction in October 2012.
Dr Palacios's primary research interest is in applied statistics, in particular stochastic processes and Bayesian statistics. Her research includes applications to a variety of real-world problems including bacterial growth, software reliability, criminology and degradation data, among others.
Ana Paula has a BSc in Economics in Mathematics from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina). Early in her career, as a researcher of the Stock Market in Córdoba and the Institute of Economy and Finance (UNC), she focused on the study of the labour market and income distribution.
Research / Scholarly interests
My research interests are mainly focused on the following areas:
- Bayesian Statistics
- Stochastic Processes
- Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods Applied Statistics
Recent publications
Article
Jolliffe, Darrick , Farrington, David P., Brunton-Smith, Ian, Loeber, Rolf , Ahonen, Lia , Palacios, Ana Paula (2018), Depression, anxiety and delinquency: Results from the Pittsburgh Youth Study. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Criminal Justice, 62 . pp. 42-49 ISSN: 0047-2352 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.08.004).
Conference proceedings
Palacios, Ana Paula , Marín, J. Miguel, Wiper, Michael P. (2015), A subordinated stochastic process model. Springer. In: , , , Bayesian Statistics from Methods to Models and Applications. Springer, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 126: 5 . pp. 49-57 ISSN: 2194-1009 (Print), 2194-1017 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16238-6_5).