Marcela Alfaro Cordoba
Also known as: Marcela Alfaro-Córdoba; Marcela Alfaro; Marcela Alfaro-Cordoba; Marcela Alfaro Cordoba
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
journals.plos.org (publisher PDF)
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.
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.
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.
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 🇺🇸
Contributors: A. Zuleta-Correa n, M. Chinn n , M. Alfaro-Córdoba *, V. Truong, G. Yencho n & J. Bruno-Bárcena n
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.
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.
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 🇺🇸
Contributors: G. Zhang n, K. Roell n, L. Truong *, R. Tanguay * & D. Reif n
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.
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.
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.
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
