Dr. Dave Campbell

Biography

Dr. Dave Campbell is computational statistics methodologist with a penchant for collaboration and a strong interest in ensuring student employability.  He is a full Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics and the School of Computer Science at Carleton University and also the Assistant Director of Data Science Applications at the Bank of Canada.

Before moving to Ottawa in 2019, Dave was an Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, where he led the creation of their BSc in Data Science.  He was the inaugural President of the Data Science and Analytics Section of the Statistical Society of Canada and a co-organizer of the Vancouver Learn Data Science Meetup (>5000 members).   Dr. Campbell researches inferential algorithms at the intersections of statistics with machine learning, computing, and applied mathematics to solve problems in forensic science, environmental toxicology, paleo-climatology, psychology,  economics, and more.  He has co-authored discussion papers in Bayesian Analysis and the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (series B) and been awarded over $3.5 million in research grants.  His recent projects include identifying orcas from underwater acoustic hydrophones and predicting when they will cross into shipping lanes (funded by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans),  improving uncertainty quantification methods for nuclear magnetic resonance (funded by the National Research Council of Canada), and developing inferential statistical language processing tools for quantifying covariate effects in language. At Carleton he supervises a team of grad students and post-doctoral fellows.   At the Bank of Canada he leads a team of Data Scientists who work on problems like understanding the impact of supply chain issues on inflation, handling cybersecurity threats, understanding the economic health of Canadians, and  assessing the fitness of Banknotes.

At the Bank of Canada he is often hiring new recruits with strong computing and statistics skills. Find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdavecampbell/