Simon Papalexiou, University of Calgary

Research

big-data analysis diagnostics of climate change engineering hydrology extreme precipitation extreme temperature geostatistics hydrological and climatological statistics risk analysis

Latest funding

Advancing stochastic modeling and diagnostics of change for hydroclimatic processes and extremes
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$182,000

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Advancing stochastic modeling and diagnostics of change for hydroclimatic processes and extremes

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Papalexiou, Simon Michael

Keywords: engineering hydrology; hydrological and climatological statistics; stochastic modeling of hydroclimatic processes; diagnostics of climate change; big-data analysis; extreme precipitation; extreme temperature; trend analsysis; risk analysis; geostatistics

$182,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: big-data analysis Dear Professor Papalexiou, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on big-data analysis connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Advancing stochastic modeling and diagnostics of change for hydroclimatic processes and extremes" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]