PhD/MSc Alumni
2016
Thesis Title: Stochastic Processes, Statistical Inference and Efficient Algorithms for Phylogenetic Inference
Supervisor: Alexandre Bouchard-Côté
First Position: Quantitative Analyst, Google
Current Position: Quantitative Analyst, Google
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: Assessing performance of classiers by cross-validation based on binary data
Supervisor: Jiahua Chen
Program: MSc
2015
Thesis Title: Statistical Methods for Relating Strength Properties of Dimensional Lumber
Supervisor: James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C.
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: Instrumental Variables Selection: A Comparison between Regularization and Post-Regularization Methods
Supervisor: Gabriela V. Cohen Freue
First Position: Statistician- Medical Research Council, Lifecourse, Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, UK
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Divide and Conquer Sequential Monte Carlo for Phylogenetics
Supervisor: Alexandre Bouchard-Côté
First Position: PhD student, University of Washington, Department of Statistics
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Conditional Extremes in Asymmetric Financial Markets
Supervisor: Natalia Nolde
First Position: PhD student in Finance, INSEAD, Fontainebleau
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Causal Inference Approaches for Dealing with Time-dependent Confounding in Longitudinal Studies, with Applications to Multiple Sclerosis Research
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson, John Petkau
First Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES)
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: A Markov Random Fields Approach to Modelling Habitat
Supervisor: Matías Salibián-Barrera
Program: MSc