
Dr Dafydd Evans
Lecturer in Operational Research
- evansd8@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 0621
- M/0.28, Ground Floor, Mathematics Institute, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff, CF24 4AG
Overview
My research interests include nearest neighbour statistics and nonparametric entropy estimation opportunistic networks.
Administrative duties
School
- Welsh Language Coordinator
National
- LANCS Postdoctoral Training Scheme Coordinator
Biography
Education
- 2001 PhD Mathematics Cardiff University
- 1994 MSc Mathematics University of London
- 1993 BSc Mathematics University College London
Appointments
- 2011 Lecturer in Operational Research Cardiff University
- 2003 - 2011 Royal Society University Research Fellow Cardiff University
- 2001 - 2003 Research Associate Cardiff University
Publications
2016
- Evans, D. and Gillard, J. W. 2016. Difference-based methods for truncating the singular value decomposition. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation 45(3), pp. 863-879. (10.1080/03610918.2013.875572)
2010
- Bareš, R., Evans, D. and Long, S. 2010. Noise estimation in long-range matched-filter envelope sonar data. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 35(2), pp. 230-235. (10.1109/JOE.2009.2036947)
2009
- Bareš, R., Evans, D. and Long, S. 2009. Environmentally Adaptive Noise Estimation for Active Sonar. Presented at: Underwater Defence Technology Europe (UDT 2009), Cannes, France, 9-11 June 2009.
2008
- Evans, D. 2008. A law of large numbers for nearest neighbour statistics. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 464(2100), pp. 3175-3192. (10.1098/rspa.2008.0235)
- Jones, A. J. and Evans, D. 2008. Non-parametric estimation of residual moments and covariance. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 464(2099), pp. 2831-2846. (10.1098/rspa.2007.0195)
- Evans, D. 2008. A computationally efficient estimator for mutual information. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 464(2093), pp. 1203-1215. (10.1098/rspa.2007.0196)
2007
- Jones, A. J., Evans, D. and Kemp, S. E. 2007. A Note on the Gamma Test Analysis of Noisy Input/Output Data and Noisy Time Series. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 229(1), pp. 1-8. (10.1016/j.physd.2006.12.013)
2005
- Evans, D. 2005. Estimating the Variance of Multiplicative Noise. Presented at: AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 780. Noise and Fluctuations: 18th International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations - ICNF 2005. , (10.1063/1.2036708)
2002
- Evans, D., Jones, A. J. and Schmidt, W. M. 2002. Asymptotic Moments of Near-Neighbour Distance Distributions. Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 458(2028), pp. 2839-2849. (10.1098/rspa.2002.1011)
- Jones, A. J. and Evans, D. 2002. A Proof of the Gamma Test. Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 458(2027), pp. 2759-2799. (10.1098/rspa.2002.1010)
Teaching
I teach the following modules:
- MA1500 Introduction to Probability Theory
- MA2500 Foundations of Probability & Stats
- MA2500 Foundations of Probability & Stats (Continued)
PhD students
Previous
- Robert Bareš : Environmentally Adaptive Noise Estimation for Active Sonar. 2010.
Current
- Richard Coombs: Information Propagation in Opportunistic Networks
Research interests
- Nearest neighbour statistics
- Nonparametric entropy estimation Opportunistic networks