Functional Analysis to Statistics for Public Good – a David Findley approach

Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center 

David was an accomplished mathematician who went from being a functional analyst to being a statistician who worked on official statistical problems. In this talk, we will take a combined approach, celebrating both aspects of David's life, and looking at how functional data analysis methods can be used in official statistical problems. We will do this in relation to analyses of temporally and spatially related curves (dependence being another of David's interests). We will show that many public policy questions can be framed using functional data and functional concepts of smoothness and continuity used to help address these, gaining insight into problems with considerable policy implications. [Joint work with Luke Barratt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin].

Functional Data Analysis

House Price Statistics

COVID-19

Spatial Statistics

Time Series