Prof Adrian Bowman

  • Professor of Statistics (Statistics)

telephone: 01413304046
email: Adrian.Bowman@glasgow.ac.uk


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Research Interests

Identifying the nature of relationships between variables forms a key part of scientific investigation and regression modelling, where a response variable is related to potential explanatory variables, is an invaluable tool in a very wide variety of settings where measurements of the response variable are subject to a degree of uncertainty. Flexibility can be introduced by freeing the form of relationships from the constraints of linear and other simple patterns and many approaches to this are available. Major themes of my recent research in this area lie in two directions. One is in the development of inferential tools for flexible models, to allow the evidence for the presence and nature of effects to be assessed quantitatively and expressed graphically. The other is in the application of these methods to environmental data, mainly involving air pollution and water quality, to identify spatial and temporal trends which lie at the heart of the very importnat activity of environmental monitoring.

A second major research interest is in statistical shape analysis based on high resolution measurement of surfaces in three-dimensions. There is particular interest in modelling the shape of the human face, in order to quantify any remaining unusual features present after facial surgery or to investigate characteristic associated with particular medical conditions. Methods for formulating the information presented in a facial scan and using this to provide statistical tools for analysis are the focus of the recently formed Face3D consortium.

Research Groups

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Number of items: 48.

2013

Bowman, A.W., and Crujeiras, R.M. (2013) Inference for variograms. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis . ISSN 0167-9473 (doi:10.1016/j.csda.2013.02.027) (In Press)

Henseler, H., Smith, J., Bowman, A., Khambay, B., Ju, X., Ayoub, A., and Ray, A. (2013) Investigation into variation and errors of a three-dimensional breast imaging system using multiple stereo cameras. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 65 (12). e332-e337. ISSN 0032-1052

Rushworth, A.M., Bowman, A.W., Brewer, M.J., and Langan, S.J. (2013) Distributed lag models for hydrological data. Biometrics . ISSN 0006-341X (doi:10.1111/biom.12008) (In Press)

2012

Miller, C., and Bowman, A. (2012) Smooth principal components for investigating changes in covariances over time. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), 61 (5). pp. 693-714. ISSN 0035-9254 (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9876.2012.01037.x)

Goodall, C., Bowman, A., Smith, I., and Ayoub, A. (2012) A randomized trial of brief intervention strategies in patients with alcohol-related facial trauma as a result of interpersonal violence. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 7 . A66-A66. ISSN 1742-6405 (doi:10.1186/1940-0640-7-S1-A66)

Henseler, H., Smith, J., Bowman, A., Khambay, B., Ju, X., Ayoub, A., and Ray, A. (2012) Objective evaluation of the latissimus dorsi flap for breast reconstruction using three-dimensional imaging. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 65 (9). pp. 1209-1215. ISSN 1748-6815 (doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2012.03.043)

Molinari, D., Evers, L., and Bowman, A. (2012) Smoothing Parameter Selection for Spatiotemporal Models with Application to the Analysis of Contaminants in Groundwater. In: Proceedings of the 27th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, 16-20 July 2012, Prague, Czech Republic.

Powell, H., Lee, D., and Bowman, A. (2012) Estimating constrained concentration-response functions between air pollution and health. Environmetrics, 23 (3). pp. 228-237. ISSN 1180-4009 (doi:10.1002/env.1150)

Bell, A., Lo, T-W., Brown, D., Bowman, A., Siebert, J.P., Simmons, D., Millett, D.T., and Ayoub, A. (2012) Three-dimensional assessment of facial appearance following surgical repair of unilateral cleft lip and palate. Cleft Palate: Craniofacial Journal . ISSN 1055-6656 (doi:10.1597/12-140) (Unpublished)

Millar, K., Bell, A., Bowman, A., Brown, D., Lo, T-W., Siebert, J.P., Simmons, D., and Ayoub, A. (2012) Psychological status as a function of residual scarring and facial asymmetry after surgical repair of cleft lip and palate. Cleft Palate: Craniofacial Journal, 49 (6). ISSN 1055-6656 (doi:10.1597/10-222)

2011

Ventrucci, M., Miller, C., Gross, J., Schoffelen, J.-M., and Bowman, A. (2011) Spatiotemporal smoothing of single trial MEG data. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 200 (2). pp. 219-228. ISSN 0165-0270 (doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.06.004)

Ayoub, A., Garrahy, A., Millett, D., Bowman, A., Siebert, J.P., Miller, J., and Ray, A. (2011) Three-Dimensional Assessment of Early Surgical Outcome in Repaired Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate: Part 1. Nasal changes. Cleft Palate: Craniofacial Journal, 48 (5). pp. 571-577. ISSN 1055-6656 (doi:10.1597/09-147)

Ayoub, A., Garrahy, A., Millett, D., Bowman, A., Siebert, J.P., Miller, J., and Ray, A. (2011) Three-dimensional assessment of early surgical outcome in repaired unilateral cleft lip and palate: Part 2. Lip changes. Cleft Palate: Craniofacial Journal, 48 (5). pp. 578-583. ISSN 1055-6656 (doi:10.1597/09-148)

Ayoub, A., Bell, A., Simmons, D., Bowman, A., Brown, D., Lo, T.-W., and Xiao, Y. (2011) 3D assessment of lip scarring and residual dysmorphology following surgical repair of cleft lip and palate: a preliminary study. Cleft Palate: Craniofacial Journal, 48 (4). pp. 379-387. ISSN 1055-6656 (doi:10.1597/10-057)

Giannitrapani, M., Bowman, A., and Scott, E.M. (2011) Additive models for sulphur dioxide pollution in Europe. In: Chander, Richard and Scott, E. Marian (eds.) Statistical Methods for Trend Detection and Analysis in the Environmental Sciences. Wiley, pp. 265-282. ISBN 9780470015438

Ventrucci, M., Bowman, A., Miller, C., Gross, J., and Ghosh, K. (2011) A dipole model for MEG data. In: 26th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, 11-15 Jul 2011, Valencia.

2010

Bowman, A.W., Gibson, I., Scott, E.M., and Crawford, E. (2010) Interactive teaching tools for spatial sampling. Journal of Statistical Software, 36 (13). ISSN 1548-7660

Bowman, A. (2010) Smoothing techniques. In: Miodrag, L. (ed.) The International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science. Springer-Verlag, pp. 1353-1355. ISBN 9783642048975

Magdalina, A., Ferguson, C., Bowman, A., Willows, R., Johnson, D., Burgess, C., Pope, L., Scott, E.M., and Lee, D. (2010) Spatiotemporal modelling of nitrate and phosphorus in river catchments for England and Wales. In: 25th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling (IWSM 2010), 5-9 Jul 2010, Glasgow, UK.

2009

Downie, J.J., Mao, Z.L., Lo, T.W.R., Barry, S., Bock, M., Siebert, J.P., Bowman, A., and Ayoub, A.F. (2009) A double-blind, clinical evaluation of facial augmentation treatments: a comparison of PRI 1, PRI 2, Zyplast ® and Perlane ®. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 62 (12). pp. 1636-1643. ISSN 1748-6815 (doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2008.06.056)

Bowman, A.W., Giannitrapani, M., and Scott, E.M. (2009) Spatiotemporal smoothing and sulphur dioxide trends over Europe. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), 58 (5). pp. 737-752. ISSN 0035-9254 (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9876.2009.00671.x)

Ferguson, C. A., Bowman, A. W., Scott, E. M., and Carvalho, L. (2009) Multivariate varying-coefficient models for an ecological system. Environmetrics, 20 (4). pp. 460-476. ISSN 1180-4009 (doi:10.1002/env.945)

Ferguson, C.A., Bowman, A.W., Scott, E.M., and Carvalho, L. (2009) Multivariate varying-coefficient models for an ecological system. Environmetrics, 20 (4). pp. 460-476. ISSN 1180-4009 (doi:10.1002/env.945)

Hosey, M.T., Asbury, A.J., Bowman, A.W., Millar, K., Martin, K., Musiello, T., and Welbury, R.R. (2009) The effect of transmucosal 0.2mg/kg Midazolam premedication on dental anxiety, anaesthetic induction and psychological morbidity in children undergoing general anaesthesia for tooth extraction. British Dental Journal, 207 (E2). ISSN 0007-0610 (doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.570)

Hosey, MT, Asbury, AJ, Bowman, AW, Millar, K, Martin, K, Musiello, Toni, and Welbury, RR (2009) Summary of: The effect of transmucosal 0.2 mg/kg midazolam premedication on dental anxiety, anaesthetic induction and psychological morbidity in children undergoing general anaesthesia for tooth extraction. British Dental Journal, 207 (1). pp. 32-33. ISSN 0007-0610 (doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.570)

2008

Barry, S.J.E., and Bowman, A.W. (2008) Linear mixed models for longitudinal shape data with applications to facial modelling. Biostatistics, 9 (3). pp. 555-565. ISSN 1465-4644 (doi:10.1093/biostatistics/kxm056)

Bowman, A.W. (2008) Smoothing techniques for visualisation. In: Chen, C.H., Hardle, W. and Unwin, A. (eds.) Handbook of Data Visualization. Series: Springer Handbooks of Computational Statistics (3). Springer, Berlin, pp. 493-538. ISBN 9783540330363

Ferguson, C., and Bowman, A. (2008) Nonparametric principal components analysis for ecological data. In: 23rd International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, 7-11 July 2008, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Ferguson, C.A., Carvalho, L., Scott, E.M., Bowman, A.W., and Kirika, A. (2008) Assessing ecological responses to environmental change using statistical models. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45 (1). pp. 193-203. ISSN 0021-8901 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01428.x )

Goodall, C.A., Ayoub, A.F., Crawford, A., Smith, I., Bowman, A., Koppel, D., and Gilchrist, G. (2008) Nurse-delivered brief interventions for hazardous drinkers with alcohol-related facial trauma: a prospective randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 46 (2). pp. 96-101. ISSN 0266-4356 (doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.11.014 )

Khambay, B., Nairn, N., Bell, A., Miller, J., Bowman, A., and Ayoub, A.F. (2008) Validation and reproducibility of a high-resolution camera based three-dimensional facial imaging system. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 46 (1). pp. 27-32. ISSN 0266-4356 (doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.04.017 )

2007

Bock, M, Bowman, AW, and Ismail, B (2007) Estimation and inference for error variance in bivariate nonparametric regression. Statistics and Computing, 17 . pp. 39-47. (doi:10.1007/s11222-006-9000-0)

Bowman, A, Crawford, E, Alexander, G, and Bowman, RW (2007) rpanel: Simple interactive controls for R functions using the tcltk package. Journal of Statistical Software, 17 .

Devlin, M.F., Ray, A., Raine, P., Bowman, A., and Ayoub, A.F. (2007) Facial symmetry in unilateral cleft lip and palate following alar base augmentation with bone graft: A three-dimensional assessment. Cleft Palate: Craniofacial Journal, 44 . pp. 391-395. ISSN 1055-6656 (doi:10.1597/06-179.1)

Ferguson, C.A., Bowman, A.W., Scott, E.M., and Carvalho, L. (2007) Model comparison for a complex ecological system. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 170 . pp. 691-711. ISSN 0964-1998

Giannitrapani, M, Bowman, A, Scott, M, and Smith, R (2007) Temporal analysis of spatial covariance of SO2 in Europe. Environmetrics, 18 . pp. 409-420. (doi:10.1002/env.819)

McMullan, A., Bowman, A.W., and Scott, E.M. (2007) Water quality in the River Clyde: a case study of additive and interaction models. Environmetrics, 18 . pp. 527-539. (doi:10.1002/env.823)

Millar, K, Asbury, AJ, Bowman, AW, Hosey, MT, Martin, K, Musiello, T, and Welbury, RR (2007) A randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effects of midazolam premedication on children's postoperative cognition. Anaesthesia, 62 . pp. 923-930. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05148.x)

2006

Bock, M.T., and Bowman, A.W. (2006) On the measurement and analysis of asymmetry with applications to facial modelling. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), 55 (1). pp. 77-91. ISSN 0035-9254 (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9876.2005.00532.x)

Bowman, AW (2006) Comparing nonparametric surfaces. Statistical Modelling, 6 . pp. 279-299. (doi:10.1177/1471082006071848)

Bowman, AW, and Bock, MT (2006) Exploring variation in three-dimensional shape data. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 15 . pp. 524-541. (doi:10.1198/106186006X136679)

Bowman, AW, Pope, A, and Ismail, B (2006) Detecting discontinuities in nonparametric regression curves and surfaces. Statistics and Computing, 16 . pp. 377-390. (doi:10.1007/s11222-006-9618-y)

Giannitrapani, M, Bowman, A, Scott, M, and Smith, R (2006) Sulphur dioxide in Europe: Statistical relationships between emissions and measured concentrations. Atmospheric Environment, 40 . pp. 2524-2532. (doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.12.052)

Millar, K, Asbury, AJ, Bowman, AW, Hosey, MT, Musiello, T, and Welbury, RR (2006) The effects of brief sevoflurane-nitrous oxide anaesthesia upon children's postoperative cognition and behaviour. Anaesthesia, 61 . pp. 541-547. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04662.x)

2003

Bowman, AW, and Azzalini, A (2003) Computational aspects of nonparametric smoothing with illustrations from the sm library. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 42 . pp. 545-560.

McMullan, A, Bowman, AW, and Scott, EM (2003) Non-linear and nonparametric modelling of seasonal environmental data. Computational Statistics, 18 . pp. 167-183.

2002

Bock, M., Bowman, A., and Bowman, J. (2002) Data extraction from dense 3-D surface models. In: Härdle, W. and Ronz, B. (eds.) COMPSTAT: Proceedings in Computational Statistics; 15th Symposium Held in Berlin, Germany, 2002. Physica, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 279-284. ISBN 9783790815177

2001

Diblasi, A, and Bowman, AW (2001) On the use of the variogram in checking for independence in spatial data. Biometrics, 57 . pp. 211-218.

This list was generated on Wed May 22 09:20:57 2013 BST.

Current research staff

Stanislav Katina
Alastair Rushworth (Spatial regression for river networks)

Current PhD students

Daniel Molinari (Spatiotemporal modeling of groundwater contaminants)
Kathakali Mukherjee (Statistical models for MEG brain images)
Liberty Vittert (The statistical analysis of facial shape)

Current MSc students

Anna Price (The Statistical Analysis of facial shape in children)

Postgraduate opportunities

Spatiotemporal modelling of hydrological catchments
Modelling three-dimensional shape data
Modelling data from brain images