Marcela Alfaro Cordoba

Also known as: Marcela Alfaro-Córdoba; Marcela Alfaro; Marcela Alfaro-Cordoba; Marcela Alfaro Cordoba

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7703-3578

Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is interested in developing novel statistical methods to address scientific questions related to the environment and turning those experiences of interdisciplinary collaboration into teaching methods for statistics and data science. Her areas of application include climate models, biophysics, spectrophotometry, among others. Marcela is committed to practicing open science and she believes in mentoring young scientists. Her volunteering activities include being a co-chair of CODATA-RDA Schools of Data Science, being part of the organizing committee of ConectaR2019 and ConectaR2021, the first R Users Conference in Central America. She is a founding member of the R-ladies chapter in San José, Costa Rica.

Works (19)

Updated: July 5th, 2023 15:41

2022 journal article

Ten simple rules to host an inclusive conference.

PLoS Computational Biology, 7.

co-author countries: Argentina 🇦🇷 Austria 🇦🇹 Brazil 🇧🇷 Switzerland 🇨🇭 Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧 India 🇮🇳 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 United States of America 🇺🇸
MeSH headings : COVID-19 / epidemiology; Humans; India; Italy; Pandemics; Writing
Source: ORCID
Added: July 27, 2022

2021 journal article

A School and a Network: CODATA-RDA Data Science Summer Schools Alumni Survey

Data Science Journal, 20(1), 10.

By: L. Bezuidenhout*, S. Drummond-Curtis, B. Walker*, H. Shanahan* & M. Alfaro-Córdoba*

co-author countries: Costa Rica 🇨🇷 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧 United States of America 🇺🇸
Source: ORCID
Added: February 21, 2021

2021 journal article

First evidence for an aposematic function of a very common color pattern in small insects

Plos One, 16(2), 0237288.

By: A. Mora-Castro R

co-author countries: Costa Rica 🇨🇷
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Mimicry / genetics; Biological Mimicry / physiology; Color; Female; Insecta; Male; Pigmentation / physiology; Predatory Behavior / physiology; Skin Pigmentation / physiology; Spiders / physiology; Wasps / physiology
Source: ORCID
Added: February 21, 2021

2021 journal article

Operationalizing Intentionality to Play Hanabi With Human Players

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GAMES, 13(4), 388–397.

By: M. Eger*, C. Martens n, P. Sauma Chacon*, M. Alfaro Cordoba* & J. Hidalgo-Cespedes*

co-author countries: Costa Rica 🇨🇷 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Games; Artificial intelligence; Timing; Color; Special issues and sections; Intelligent agents; Communication channels; Game artificial intelligence; human computer interaction; intelligent agents; logic
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 3, 2022

2020 journal article

Aridity Trends in Central America: A Spatial Correlation Analysis

Atmosphere.

co-author countries: Costa Rica 🇨🇷
author keywords: aridity; Central American climate; spatial correlation; trend analysis; variability
Source: ORCID
Added: April 25, 2020

2020 journal article

Use of unconventional mixed Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol solvents for anthocyanin extraction from Purple-Fleshed sweetpotatoes

Food Chemistry, 314, 125959.

co-author countries: Costa Rica 🇨🇷 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Ipomoea batatas; Anthocyanidins; Phenolics; Cyanidin; Peonidin; Temperature; Flour
MeSH headings : Acetone / chemistry; Anthocyanins / analysis; Anthocyanins / chemistry; Anthocyanins / isolation & purification; Butanols / chemistry; Chemical Fractionation / methods; Ethanol / chemistry; Ipomoea batatas / chemistry; Phenols / isolation & purification; Plant Extracts / chemistry; Solvents / chemistry
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: December 11, 2019

2019 report

A curriculum for foundational Research Data Science skills for Early Career Researchers

In Research Data Alliance.

By: H. Shanahan

Source: ORCID
Added: December 18, 2019

2019 journal article

Spectral measure of color variation of black-orange-black (BOB) pattern in small parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), a statistical approach

PLOS ONE, 14(10).

Contributors: R. Mora-Castro*, M. Hernández-Jiménez*, M. Alfaro-Córdoba*, E. Avendano* & P. Hanson-Snortum*

MeSH headings : Algorithms; Animals; Color; Models, Biological; Pigmentation / physiology; Pigments, Biological / analysis; Spectrum Analysis / methods; Wasps / physiology
Source: ORCID
Added: October 31, 2019

2018 journal article

A comparison of testing methods in scalar-on-function regression

AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 103(3), 411–436.

By: M. Tekbudak n, M. Alfaro-Córdoba*, A. Maity n & A. Staicu n

co-author countries: Costa Rica 🇨🇷 United States of America 🇺🇸

Contributors: M. Tekbudak n, M. Alfaro-Córdoba*, A. Maity n & A. Staicu n

author keywords: Functional regression; Functional linear model; Nonparametric regression; Mixed-effects model; Hypothesis testing
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: May 15, 2019

2017 journal article

A data-driven weighting scheme for multivariate phenotypic endpoints recapitulates zebrafish developmental cascades

TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY, 314, 109–117.

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Zebrafish; High-dimensional; Bayesian; Developmental cascade; ToxRefDB; Risk assessment; Multiple endpoints; Multivariate; Scoring
MeSH headings : Animals; Models, Theoretical; Multivariate Analysis; Phenotype; Zebrafish / embryology
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 dataset

Data from: The use of functional data analysis to evaluate activity in a spontaneous model of degenerative joint disease associated pain in cats

Source: ORCID
Added: May 15, 2019

2017 journal article

The Use of Functional Data Analysis to Evaluate Activity in a Spontaneous Model of Degenerative Joint Disease Associated Pain in Cats

PLOS ONE, 12(1), e0169576.

By: M. Gruen n, M. Alfaro-Córdoba n, A. Thomson n, A. Worth n, A. Staicu n & B. Lascelles n

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸

Contributors: M. Gruen n, M. Alfaro-Córdoba n, A. Thomson n, A. Worth n, A. Staicu n & B. Lascelles n

Ed(s): J. Harezlak

MeSH headings : Accelerometry; Animals; Cat Diseases / physiopathology; Cats; Female; Male; Motor Activity / physiology; Osteoarthritis / physiopathology; Osteoarthritis / veterinary
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 article

Variable Selection Methods with Applications to Atmospheric Sciences

(2017, May 23). North Carolina State University. https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/handle/1840.20/34318?show=full

Source: ORCID
Added: May 15, 2019

2014 journal article

Iodine Quantification to Distinguish Clear Cell from Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma at Dual-Energy Multidetector CT: A Multireader Diagnostic Performance Study

RADIOLOGY, 273(3), 813–820.

By: A. Mileto, D. Marin*, M. Alfaro-Cordoba n, J. Ramirez-Giraldo*, C. Eusemann, E. Scribano, A. Blandino, S. Mazziotti, G. Ascenti

co-author countries: Italy 🇮🇹 United States of America 🇺🇸

Contributors: A. Mileto, D. Marin*, M. Alfaro-Cordoba n, J. Ramirez-Giraldo*, C. Eusemann, E. Scribano, A. Blandino, S. Mazziotti, G. Ascenti

MeSH headings : Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Carcinoma, Papillary / diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Papillary / pathology; Carcinoma, Papillary / surgery; Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology; Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery; Contrast Media; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Iopamidol / analogs & derivatives; Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging; Kidney Neoplasms / pathology; Kidney Neoplasms / surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Multidetector Computed Tomography; Nephrectomy; Retrospective Studies
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Nonlinear Image Blending for Dual-Energy MDCT of the Abdomen: Can Image Quality Be Preserved If the Contrast Medium Dose Is Reduced?

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, 203(4), 838–845.

By: A. Mileto*, J. Ramirez-Giraldo, D. Marin, M. Alfaro-Cordoba, C. Eusemann, E. Scribano, A. Blandino, S. Mazziotti, G. Ascenti

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸

Contributors: A. Mileto*, J. Ramirez-Giraldo, D. Marin, M. Alfaro-Cordoba, C. Eusemann, E. Scribano, A. Blandino, S. Mazziotti, G. Ascenti

author keywords: contrast medium; dual-energy CT; linear blending; MDCT; nonlinear blending
MeSH headings : Abdominal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Algorithms; Contrast Media / administration & dosage; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Iopamidol / administration & dosage; Iopamidol / analogs & derivatives; Male; Middle Aged; Multidetector Computed Tomography / methods; Nonlinear Dynamics; Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods; Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods; Radiography, Abdominal / methods; Radiography, Dual-Energy Scanned Projection / methods; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Subtraction Technique
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Comparación metodológica de encuestas vía telefonía fija y celular en Costa Rica

Revista De Ciencias Económicas. https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/economicas/article/view/7064/6749

Source: ORCID
Added: May 15, 2019

manuscript

Multivariate Spatial-Temporal Variable Selection with Applications to Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Modeling

https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.03318

Source: ORCID
Added: May 15, 2019

conference paper

An intentional AI for hanabi

Source: ORCID
Added: May 15, 2019

article

Spectral measure of color variation of black - orange - black (BOB) pattern in small parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), a statistical approach

Mora, R., Hernandez-Jimenez, M., Alfaro-Córdoba, M., Avendaño-Soto, E., & Hanson, P.

co-author countries: Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Source: ORCID
Added: June 28, 2022

Employment

Updated: October 6th, 2021 11:41

2021 - present

University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, US
Assistant Teaching Professor Statistics

2017 - 2021

Universidad de Costa Rica San Jose, San José, CR
Assistant Professor Statistics

2013 - 2017

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Research Assistant Statistics

2009 - 2011

Universidad de Costa Rica San Jose, San José, CR
Visiting Professor Statistics

Education

Updated: July 14th, 2017 06:05

2011 - 2017

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Ph.D Statistics

2007 - 2009

Iowa State University Ames, IA, US
M.Sc. Statistics

2002 - 2006

Universidad de Costa Rica San Jose, San José, CR
B.Sc. Statistics