Robert Calderbank is Director of the Information Initiative at Duke University, where he is Professor of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics. He joined Duke in 2010, completed a 3 year term as Dean of Natural Sciences in August 2013, and also served as Interim Director of the Duke Initiative in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in 2012. Before joining Duke he was Professor of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at Princeton University where he also directed the Program i

My primary research focus has been investigating statistical methods of preserving data confidentiality. More generally, I am interested in the analysis of complex surveys, especially missing data methods and causal inference. I enjoy collaborating on data analyses with researchers who are not statisticians, particularly in the social sciences. I also am the associate director of the Information Initiative at Duke (iiD).