Thomas J. Maierhofer
Lecturer, UCLA Department of Statistics & Data Science
Visit me in BH 9406
Welcome! My name is Thomas Maierhofer, I’m a lecturer in the Department of Statistics & Data Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Here is my faculty profile. My office is on the 9th floor of the Boelter Hall BH 9406. My research focuses on applied statistics, in particular in the fields of climate science, the life sciences, and education.
I am excited about the use of Large Language Models and how they can be used to improve undergraduate education. Currently, I am devloping ALISSTAIR (Artificial Language Intelligence System for Statistical Teaching Aid and Individualized Response), you can try it out here. Say hi and ask it how to compute a correlation coefficient and/or a linear regression. You’ll be amazed how much more useful it’s answer is in comparison to vanialla-chatGPT or Wikipedia.
I am happy to write letters of recommendation, please follow the guidelines.
selected publications
- A Twenty-First Century Structural Change in Antarctica’s Sea Ice SystemNature - Communications Earth & Environment, 2025
- From Textbooks to Chatbots: How a Custom AI Supports STATS 10 - Introduction to Statistical ReasoningApr 2025Invited Talk at Instructional Design Showcase, UCLA
- Introducing ALISSTAIR - Artificial Language Intelligence System for Statistical Teaching Aid and Individualized ResponseOct 2024Invited Talk at Statistics Seminar, Texas State University
- A Bayesian model for 20th century Antarctic sea ice extent reconstructionEarth and Space Science, Oct 2024
- Statistical Reconstruction of 20th Century Antarctic Sea IceUniversity of California, Los Angeles, Oct 2023
- Cost analysis as a tool for assessing the efficacy of intensive care unitsWiener klinisches Magazin, Oct 2019