Spatio-Temporal Hererogeneity Analysis and Modern Phytometry

今年的提案与2009年的提案一致，因为它是建立在当前“发现基金”获得的成果基础上的，同时包含了新的挑战和独特的研究和培训机会。自1992年12月以来，我在植物科学系担任统计学教授，多年来一直影响着我的研究兴趣，特别是在2003年在麦吉尔大学麦克唐纳校区建立了用于农业和环境研究的CT扫描实验室之后，这得益于NSERC和CFI的支持（CT：计算机断层扫描）。我在2009年和2014年提出的建议并不是互不相干的；第二部分是加强对异质性研究的一些定量和统计方面的“植物科学味道”。计划研究和培训在各部分之间的比例保持在2/3（时空异质性分析）和1/3（现代植物学）。

This year’s proposal is in line with the 2009 one because it is built on the results obtained thanks to the current Discovery Grant, while including new challenges and unique research and training opportunities. My location in a plant science department as statistics professor since Dec. 1992 has influenced my research interests over the years, especially after the creation of the CT Scanning Laboratory for agricultural and environmental research on Macdonald Campus of McGill in 2003, thanks to NSERC and CFI support (CT: computed tomography). The two parts of my 2009 and 2014 proposals are not disjoint; there is a second part to enhance the ‘plant-science taste’ of some quantitative and statistical aspects of the heterogeneity studied. The ratio of planned research and training between the parts remains 2/3 (Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneity Analysis) and 1/3 (Modern Phytometry).