Personal profile
Research
I am a statistician with research interests in Bayesian longitudinal analysis, spatio-temporal models and the integration of physical and probabilistic models. My primary applications are environmental, meteorological and oceanographic processes and their influence on engineering decision making and resource management. Australian natural resource industries and environmental bodies are experiencing an unparalleled growth in the quantity of available data. Together with the increasing availability of computer based modelling and simulation, the so called Data Sciences and its mathematical underpinnings are firmly entrenched in scientific inference and industrial decision making. My research examines model/data missmatch and its impact on inference and decisions, using high quality, rather than high quantity, data to integrate our mathematical abstractions of the world with probabilistic approaches to uncertainty quantification.
Funding is available through joint government/industry grants for potential PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers -- see funding overview below. Those interested in the above approach to data science are encouraged to contact me about such opportunities.
Industrial relevance
The increasing need for (a) rigorous data science applications and (b) the development of statistical methodology to address more complex problems has resulted in my collaboration and/or consultation with many industrial and governmental bodies. Most recently, these have included INPEX, Shell Australia, Woodside Engergy, Bureau Veritas - France, Lloyd's Register Global Technology Centre, Fugro Australia Marine, Wood Group Kenny Australia, Geosciences Australia, Newcrest Mining, McKinsey & Company, IAG Insurance, ALCOA of Australia, BHP Billton, Roy Hill Holding, CORE Innovation Hub, NSW Natural Resources Commission, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Western Australia Biodiversity Science Institute, Bureau of Meteorology, Water NSW, Alan Turing Institute (UK).
Funding overview
* 2021--2025 ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Transforming Energy Infrastructure Through Digital Engineering. University of Western Australia. Approx. $10 million. Personal Role: Chief Investigator and UWA Data Science Leader.
* 2020--2024 ARC Industrial Transformation Training Center for Data Analytics for Resources and Environment. University of Sydney. Approx. $8 million. Personal Role: Deputy Director, Chief Investigator and UWA Node Leader.
* 2019--2023 ARC Inudstrial Transformation Training Centre for Transforming Maintenance Through Data Science. Curtin University of Technology. Approx $8 million. Personal Role: Chief Investigator.
*2016--2020 ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Offshore Floating Facilities. University of Western Australia. Approx $10 million. Personal Role: Chief Investigator and Data Science Leader.
Teaching overview
In 2022 I am teaching
- STAT2063 Probabilistic Methods and Their Applications. A first semester course (2nd year) in probability for engineers
- STAT1520 Economics and Business Statistics. A Second Semester applied statistics unit (1st year) for economics and business students.
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor of Economics, The University of Western Australia
Maths and Stats, Bachelor of Science, Honours Class 1, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Statistics, PhD, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Industry keywords
- Environmental
- Mining and Resources
- Government
Research expertise keywords
- Computational statistics
- Bayesian statistics
- Applied statistics
- Mixture modelling
- Spatial/temporal modelling
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Bias correction of quadratic spectral estimators
Astfalck, L., Sykulski, A. M. & Cripps, E., 2025, In: Biometrika. 112, 3, 9 p., asaf033.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Feature fusion-enhanced t-SNE image atlas for geophysical features discovery
Portes, L., Pirot, G., Nzikou, M. M., Giraud, J., Lindsay, M., Jessell, M. & Cripps, E., 17 May 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 13 p., 17152.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interpreting Deepkriging for spatial interpolation in geostatistics
Leal-Villaseca, F., Cripps, E., Jessell, M. & Lindsay, M., Feb 2025, In: Computers and Geosciences. 196, p. 1-15 15 p., 105833.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Machine learning to assess troglofauna occurrences in the northern part of Western Australia
Lopes Paula, M. C., Jessell, M., Cripps, E., Lindsay, M., Pirot, G. & Gibson, L., Sept 2025, In: Next Research. 2, 3, 20 p., 100693.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An open-source analysis workflow for geometrically imperfect bolted ring-flanges in wind turbine support structures
Jorgensen, J., Hodkiewicz, M., Cripps, E. & Hassan, G. M., 10 Jun 2024, Journal of Physics: Conference Series: The Science of Making Torque from Wind (TORQUE 2024). 6 ed. IOP Publishing, Vol. 2767. p. 1-10 062004. (Journal of Physics: Conference Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review
Open Access1 Link opens in a new tab Citation (Scopus)
Datasets
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Finite Element Method Numerical Simulation results for analysis of Segment Model of Bolted Ring Flange
Jorgensen, J. (Creator), Hodkiewicz, M. (Contributor), Cripps, E. (Contributor) & Hassan, G. M. (Contributor), The University of Western Australia, 22 Dec 2022
DOI: 10.26182/31hp-td58, https://publiclargefiles.it.uwa.edu.au/public/CENTRAL-RPDS_REPOSITORY_LARGE_DATA_ACCESS-001/JJorgensen/Bolted_Flange_FEA.zip
Dataset
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ARC Research Hub for Transforming Energy Infrastructure Through Digital Engineering
Watson, P. (Investigator 01), Jones, N. (Investigator 02), Draper, S. (Investigator 03), Bransby, F. (Investigator 04), Cripps, E. (Investigator 05), O'Loughlin, C. (Investigator 06), Hansen, J. (Investigator 07), An, H. (Investigator 08), Karrech, A. (Investigator 09), Doherty, J. (Investigator 10), Ivey, G. (Investigator 11), Randolph, M. (Investigator 12), Zhao, W. (Investigator 13), Wolgamot, H. (Investigator 14), Stemler, T. (Investigator 15), Cheng, L. (Investigator 16), French, T. (Investigator 17), Mian, A. (Investigator 18), Small, M. (Investigator 19), Hodkiewicz, M. (Investigator 20) & Grime, A. (Investigator 21)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/07/21 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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ARC Training Centre in Data Analytics for Resources and Environments (DARE)
Cripps, E. (Investigator 01), Lindsay, M. (Investigator 02) & Jessell, M. (Investigator 03)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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ARC Training Centre for Transforming Maintenance through Data Science
Rohl, A. (Investigator 01), Small, M. (Investigator 02), Hodkiewicz, M. (Investigator 03), Loxton, R. (Investigator 04), O'Halloran, K. (Investigator 05), Tan, T. (Investigator 06), Calo, V. (Investigator 07), Reynolds, M. (Investigator 08), Liu, W. (Investigator 09), While, R. (Investigator 10), French, T. (Investigator 11), Cripps, E. (Investigator 12), Cardell-Oliver, R. (Investigator 13) & Correa, D. (Investigator 14)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/19 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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ARC ITRH for Offshore Floating Facilities
Watson, P. (Investigator 01), Cassidy, M. (Investigator 02), Efthymiou, M. (Investigator 03), Ivey, G. (Investigator 04), Jones, N. (Investigator 05), Cheng, L. (Investigator 06), Draper, S. (Investigator 07), Zhao, M. (Investigator 08), Randolph, M. (Investigator 09), Gaudin, C. (Investigator 10), O'Loughlin, C. (Investigator 11), Hodkiewicz, M. (Investigator 12), Cripps, E. (Investigator 13), Zhao, W. (Investigator 14), Wolgamot, H. (Investigator 15), White, D. (Investigator 16), Doherty, J. (Investigator 17), Taylor, P. (Investigator 18), Stanier, S. (Investigator 19) & Gourvenec, S. (Investigator 20)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/14 → 30/12/22
Project: Research
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ARC ITRH for Offshore Floating Facilities
Watson, P. (Investigator 01), Cassidy, M. (Investigator 02), Efthymiou, M. (Investigator 03), Ivey, G. (Investigator 04), Jones, N. (Investigator 05), Cheng, L. (Investigator 06), Draper, S. (Investigator 07), Zhao, M. (Investigator 08), Randolph, M. (Investigator 09), Gaudin, C. (Investigator 10), O'Loughlin, C. (Investigator 11), Hodkiewicz, M. (Investigator 12), Cripps, E. (Investigator 13), Zhao, W. (Investigator 14), Wolgamot, H. (Investigator 15), White, D. (Investigator 16), Doherty, J. (Investigator 17), Taylor, P. (Investigator 18), Stanier, S. (Investigator 19) & Gourvenec, S. (Investigator 20)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/14 → 30/12/21
Project: Research
Prizes
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MinEx CRC 2022-2023 publication prize
Lindsay, M. (Recipient), Piechocka, A. M. (Recipient), Jessell, M. (Recipient), Scalzo, R. (Recipient), Giraud, J. (Recipient), Pirot, G. (Recipient) & Cripps, E. (Recipient), 15 Nov 2023
Prize: Award