Paul Tupper, Simon Fraser University

Research

diversities functional data analysis game theory high dimensional data linguistics mathematical modelling metric geometry phylogenetics

Latest papers

Open-access network science: Investigating phonological similarity networks based on the SUBTLEX-US lexicon.
Behavior research methods · 2025 · senior author
Measuring genetic diversity across populations.
PLoS computational biology · 2024 · senior author
Capturing diversity: Split systems and circular approximations for conservation.
Journal of theoretical biology · 2024 · senior author

All 14 publications

Latest funding

CANMOD: Canadian Network for Modelling Infectious Disease
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000
Mathematical Methods in Linguistics and Phylogenetics
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$126,000
Mathematical Models in Cognitive Science: Neural Fields and Exemplar Dynamics
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$120,000

All 9 grants and awards

14 publications.

01

Open-access network science: Investigating phonological similarity networks based on the SUBTLEX-US lexicon.

Alderete J, Mann S, Tupper P

Behavior research methods2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3758/s13428-025-02610-9 PMID: 39966206

02

Measuring genetic diversity across populations.

Abhari N, Colijn C, Mooers A, Tupper P

PLoS computational biology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012651 PMID: 39630855

03

Capturing diversity: Split systems and circular approximations for conservation.

Abhari N, Colijn C, Mooers A, Tupper P

Journal of theoretical biology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2023.111689 PMID: 38061489

04

A method to estimate the serial interval distribution under partially-sampled data.

Susvitasari K, Tupper P, Stockdale JE, Colijn C

Epidemics2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100733 PMID: 38056165

05

Genomic epidemiology offers high resolution estimates of serial intervals for COVID-19.

Stockdale JE, Susvitasari K, Tupper P, Sobkowiak B, Mulberry N, Gonçalves da Silva A, Watt AE, Sherry NL, Minko C, Howden BP, Lane CR, Colijn C

Nature communications2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40544-y PMID: 37563113

06

COVID-19 endgame: From pandemic to endemic? Vaccination, reopening and evolution in low- and high-vaccinated populations.

Are EB, Song Y, Stockdale JE, Tupper P, Colijn C

Journal of theoretical biology2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111368 PMID: 36436733

07

COVID-19 cluster size and transmission rates in schools from crowdsourced case reports.

Tupper P, Pai S, COVID Schools Canada, Colijn C

eLife2022First author

DOI: 10.7554/elife.76174 PMID: 36269056

08

The contrast between clear and plain speaking style for Mandarin tones.

Tupper P, Leung KW, Wang Y, Jongman A, Sereno JA

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America2021First author

DOI: 10.1121/10.0009142 PMID: 34972264

09

Vaccine rollout strategies: The case for vaccinating essential workers early.

Mulberry N, Tupper P, Kirwin E, McCabe C, Colijn C

PLOS global public health2021

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000020 PMID: 36962089

10

COVID-19 in schools: Mitigating classroom clusters in the context of variable transmission.

Tupper P, Colijn C

PLoS computational biology2021First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009120 PMID: 34237051

CANMOD: Canadian Network for Modelling Infectious Disease

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative (EIDM)

Principal investigators: Colijn, Caroline

$2,500,000