Luis A. Barboza, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Researcher
Mathematics Department, Centro de Investigación en Matemática Pura y Aplicada (CIMPA),
Universidad de Costa Rica

Office Phone: (506) 2511-6628
E-mail: luisalberto.barboza@ucr.ac.cr
Office Location: Cubículo # 9, Edificio anexo de Matemática, Ciudad de la Investigación.
links: Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Personal Web Site, CV

DegreeMajor EmphasisInstitutionYear
Ph.D.StatisticsPurdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana, USA)2012
M.S.Statistics with Specialization in Computational FinancePurdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana, USA)2011
M.Sc.Applied MathematicsUniversidad de Costa Rica (San José, Costa Rica)2007
B.S.Actuarial ScienceUniversidad de Costa Rica(San José, Costa Rica)2003

RESEARCH

  • Bayesian estimation of spatio-temporal models.
  • Space-State models and applications to Paleoclimate Reconstructions.
  • Bayesian estimation of Dynamical Systems. Applications to epidemiological models.
  • Applications of Statistical Learning techniques to epidemiological and climate modeling.
  • Parameter Estimation of Long-Memory Processes.
  • Functional data analysis.

AWARDS

  • 2018 – UCREA Grant for the research project: “Mathematical Models for the Development of Prevention/Control Strategies of Aedes aegypti in Costa Rica”, Collaborator.

  • Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship Graduate School. Purdue University. May-December 2012.

  • Summer Research Grant Graduate School. Purdue University. June-August 2009.

  • PhD Scholarship Oficina de Asuntos Internacionales. Universidad de Costa Rica. August 2007-May 2012.

  • Academic Excellence Diploma Universidad de Costa Rica. “Highest GPA: Actuarial Science Major”. 2003.

  • Academic Excellence Diploma Universidad de Costa Rica. “Highest GPA: Sciences Area”. 1999.

PUBLICATIONS

Consistent multi-decadal variability in global temperature reconstructions and simulations over the Common
EraL Neukom, R., Barboza.L.A., Erb, M., Shi, F., Emile-Geay, J., Evans, M. Nature Geoscience, 643-649
2
2019;
Efficient Reconstructions of Common Era Climate via Integrated Nested Laplace Approximations
LA Barboza, J Emile-Geay, B Li, W HeJournal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 24 (3), 535-554
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2019
Infection model for analyzing biological control of coffee rust using bacterial anti-fungal compounds
J Arroyo-Esquivel, F Sanchez, LA BarbozaMathematical biosciences 307, 13-24
8
2019
Parameter estimates of the 2016-2017 Zika outbreak in Costa Rica: An Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) Approach
F Sanchez, L Barboza, P VasquezMathematical Biosciences and Engineering 16 (4)
5
2018
Comparative analysis of dengue versus chikungunya outbreaks in Costa Rica
F Sanchez, LA Barboza, D Burton, A Cintrón-AriasRicerche di Matematica 67 (1), 163-174
4
2018
¿ Pueden los micetozoos ser usados como indicadores de salud del suelo en el contexto agrícola de Costa Rica?
R Sibaja-Matarrita, L Barboza-Chinchilla, C RojasRevista de Ciencias Ambientales 52 (1), 161-174
1
2018
Parameter estimation of Gaussian stationary processes using the generalized method of moments
LA Barboza, FG ViensElectronic Journal of Statistics 11 (1), 401-439
9
2017
Discussion on temperature reconstruction with sediment core data in Ilvonen et al.
B Li, L Barboza, M Tingley, F ViensEnvironmetrics 27 (7), 428-430
28
2014
Reconstructing past temperatures from natural proxies and estimated climate forcings using short-and long-memory models.
L Barboza, B Li, MP Tingley, FG ViensThe Annals of Applied Statistics 8 (4), 1966-2001